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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation ... 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 ... ... herein and are satisfied that the Applicants have complied with the requirements of the Act. It is quite clear that they intended to carry out an operation against members of a liberation movement, the ANC, which was in conflict with the erstwhile regime. We also accept that they have given a ... MR PLAATJIES: We were arming ourselves because for the operation SAP or security branch police and National Party, the white dominium oppressed us, harassed us, that's how we got involved because we were sick and tired ...[intervention] ANSWER:: It was, we did it in the open. After we had taken firearms from the ANC members we would go to the single quarters at the barracks and we operated freely, people would come to my room freely so it was a general operation amongst us. The first is with regard to the interception of postal items, that the impression has been created at the very least that there was a very effective operation on the way to intercept all postal items? MR KOOPEDI: Okay, now do you know if anyone was injured in this operation, injured or killed? ... to identify him. He said that he had no option but to kill her in order to prevent the exposure of the whole incident as being a security police ... MR MBANDAZAYO: Now there was a mention that you were five in this operation, this incident. CHAIRPERSON: So to that extent you did not even contribute to the operation there, because you were not even allowed? ... light was switched off. I stayed for an hour after that and I was sure that even if there could be anything around, I will be able to carry out my operation quite successfully and I threw in the hand grenade and I disappeared in the dark of the ... MR BOOYENS: And further that you as the Technical Division received orders, you were never in a position to consider the merits of an operation, is that correct? ... 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 ... ... Musi and them but listen then, make a plan, you know, show, you know, draw a sketch plan of their houses etc., you know, one doesn't embark on an operation like this without a sketch plan. Or it could be that Musi had said, look these are our plans, we've got a sketch plan. But the point is ... ... 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 ... 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? 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. In June 1984, the operation in Secunda II and II was attempted again. Again the effort failed as the rockets veered away from the intended target. Again five rockets were fired. Evidence tendered by family members of Patrick Mahlangu corroborated the version of the 7th applicant that he was only involved in the deep cover operation, and not in the abduction. MR VALLY: And as someone who was ultimately responsible for Operation Jotta under which RRL fell. 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? |
