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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation MS COLERIDGE: And can you inform us, what was your first operation that Mr Slang van Zyl required you to do for him? MR CORNELIUS: I put it to you that Mr van Heerden was a Constable two months stationed there and that he was an insignificant little figure against the other chief officials who were running the operation. ADV SANDI: Whilst you were being trained in the Transkei as a member of APLA were you told anything about the Beauty Salon operation as one of the strategies of APLA? MR MAHLAKAONE: The question of Ntengweni Police Station was that during my operation in this province I got the information that Ntengweni Police Station was used as one of the police stations which are used by the askaris to hide or to put their weapons in the area because that is part and parcel ... MR HATTINGH: You knew that Mr de Kock was the commander of that unit, that it executed the operation? General Nienaber issued the order for the operation. Subsequent thereto and on instruction from Pretorius, Lengene, Moni and Monyani informed the members of the unit that directions had been received from the MK command abroad to attack identified targets. school, what has happened in the high school. Are you already doing national service by imitation, and I am referring to the cadet corp that was in operation, has been part of the South African Defence Act since 1912. And I think thirdly your employers, because I want to get back to ... The first applicant stood guard outside the bank. At first the operation worked according to how he had planned. But whilst the others were inside the police appeared and foiled the robbery. CHAIRPERSON: Okay. Let me ask you this then. In the operation in which Mr Els died, how did you fit into the structure then? MR PAPIER: Now, is it correct that you participated in the operation at the Bontheuwel Rent Office on the 28th of September 1988, as described by Sidney? ... one of them and slapped her on the face to compel her to keep quiet. he further states that he had a particular interest in the success of the operation because at the time hew was a member of C2 and was doing research on MK and APLA members' activities. They had photo albums of refugees as ... to meet up with some of his former colleagues. That might lead to him observing their relationship with the Security Police and secure his future co-operation. He called on the 1st Applicant and instructed him to take the matter further. He did not personally speak to Knowles, but assumed that ... MR VALLY: And as someone who was ultimately responsible for Operation Jotta under which RRL fell. MR VAN WYK: There is a history since 1994 in respect of your co-operation with the police and the investigation that there was several non-disclosures, do you concede that? to Kenneth Mashalaba. Virginia Khatshwa was also present in the vehicle at the time and the applicants pointed a firearm at them to ensure their co-operation. The applicants promised not to damage the vehicle. Mashalaba and Khatshwa were dropped off between Alice and Fort Beaufort. This is the ... We went to NU6 to do something called reconnaissance, to reconnoitre the place where this operation was going to take place. We came back. We went there again with another comrade called Bongani Dukwana, who was the main person who knew this policeman, because we did not know this policeman. thus enabling this to be not some small hole in the corner operation but something which can be experienced by the entire nation. This is a dangerous revolutionary advising a young person who had behaved in a violent manner. Was this taken into consideration before putting the decision, to put him to death, into operation? Mr Vermeulen, you are an applicant for amnesty in this matter and you've given your full co-operation to the TRC, is that correct? ... the parking under the lamp post was insignificant because the light was not on because I think he was asked by my colleague that if you're on this operation, why go park under a light which is, well, it wasn't as if he wanted to be seen, it was in the afternoon. Am I correct in my ... |
