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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation During the night of 25/26 September 1986 Charles Sebe was freed from the Middledrift Prison in an operation conducted by a special unit. He was then taken to safe sanctity in Transkei. ... a question where I've asked him whether it has since come to his knowledge that a small child, a boy of about 12, in fact lost his life in the operation in question and also that those two girls who are seated over there also lost their father, you are also aware of ... that if we undertook the practise run during the day, it would become general knowledge, we wanted to keep it a secret because of the situation. The operation was to take place at night and it would be incorrect for them to practise during the day for something which they were going to do at ... MR COETZEE: Were you given any time framework within which you had to execute the operation? MR MEMANI: You see, Mr Khoja, Mr Ngo instructs me that the firearm which you issued, the 9mm firearm which you issued with eight bullets, was issued for him specifically because he was going to be involved in an operation which involved the shooting of the unknown security guard at Pahama. The 2nd Applicant confirmed the evidence of the 1st Applicant concerning the decision to kill Mr Kotelo and the formation of a unit to carry out the operation. ... these pellets a wad is blown out at the same time. The wad in the cartridge keeps the pellets separate from the shot and allows for more efficient operation of the cartridge. As the pellets exit from the muzzle of the weapon so they start to spread and that spread can be used to give an ... ... therefore they are going to help us to conquer the ANC. We were told that we will be given different kinds of firearms as soon as we start our operation. Briefly I will say the aim was that we should use these arms to conquer the ANC and the ... ... we can go back to the bank and get the money. I have already mentioned that we were not taking money just for fun, but we wanted to support our ... "We dropped the IFP Chairlady and we discussed that we should indeed have this operation. We returned home, the three of us. As we were at Nklasagazi before we crossed the bridge, people from Montabela should know this area, we met some women who were standing along the road. This "operation" took place after the first democratic elections had already occurred; ... General Johan Coetzee reported back to us at security head office and said that a decision was taken at the summit, that there should be closer co-operation between the individual members of the security community and other divisions and departments with regard to the collection and exchange of ... ... because if they were to repair it, he’d die and then. I then transferred him to Groote Schuur Hospital and there they performed the ninth operation on him and repaired the whole in his ... ... put our hands together to work to bring our town together. I think lots is been done in the recent past, in the municipal elections where co-operation and working together has been become more and more real, ... ... the affidavit of Mr Khotle as well as his own affidavit which was at that time submitted to the State President for indemnity before the coming to operation of the said ... MS SLOVO: It was made by a director called Adam Louw and a film crew and with my co-operation. MR BERGER: It's correct, is it not, Mr Mthembu, that not one of the attackers was hurt during this operation, am I right? MR RAUTENBACH: So it was about the whole issue of co-operation? CHAIRPERSON: So to that extent you did not even contribute to the operation there, because you were not even allowed? MR MBANDAZAYO: Now there was a mention that you were five in this operation, this incident. |