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Operation Zero Zero

Explanation
Eight young activists were killed and at least seven were injured in explosions involving booby-trapped hand grenades in Duduza, KwaThema and Tsakane, Tvl, on 26 June 1985. The zero-timed grenades had been provided by a Vlakplaas operative purporting to be an MK operative. The operation, codenamed 'Zero Zero', had been authorised by the Minister of Law and Order. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation.

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... until I got home. It was late at night. They were shooting in the air. Now, this hand of yours that has been damaged, how is it now after the operation? --- This left hand doesn't function properly as the right hand. I do not know what they did. I don't know whether they put in some ...
CHAIRPERSON: I understand that this was not a matter of a simple interpretation, but it required the co-operation of a number of people including the applicant, but I gather we are now satisfied with the version that has been put up and we should, perhaps, mark it 35A so that it can go into the ...
MR VISSER: He also said that after he had committed this task in co-operation with Mamome and Ramouseau, he reported back and you were not satisfied that they did not remove enough articles from that house and that you thought he had to remove more articles from that house to simulate a break-in.
After the operation, I told this policeman that we did not do anything, there was no need for him to guard us and he left. I stayed in the hospital for three weeks and after that I was sent to prison. I stayed for three months in prison and I was released but had to go and report to the police ...
... us. Even if the arrests happened before we achieved our objective. It was in 1985 when we were still planning to bring the consumer boycott into operation, as we know that even before Judas Iscariot was there. I was arrested on the 12th of September, and therefore our plans to continue with ...
... in the Dawn Magazine which explained that both your sons were Commanders in MK and that they had been shot in a shootout with the police after an operation. They were actually named in the heros column of the Dawn Magazine. I am not sure if that was quite clear to ...
... Mr Chairperson, Hugo on behalf of Mr de Kock. De Kock also applied for amnesty with regards to the Khanya House incident. He was in charge of the operation and I can tell you for record purposes, he did not say that General van der Merwe or Vlok gave any instructions. He is not going to say ...
... that his general instructions were to seek, identify and attack the enemy, as well as to train other cadres and to command them in whatever operation that was being embarked upon. Applicant testified that on 21st January 1993 he commanded a unit of APLA cadres to attack policemen working ...
... and not during a testimony. So if you need to leave please will you leave after someone has given his or her testimony. Could we have your co-operation in that regard. Thank you. ...
Then we went to Mr Tiro’s house. Mr Tiro took me to the hospital. Whilst I was on the way, the ambulance took me to the hospital, I was made an operation to remove the blade from my left hand. Two children slept in the hospital for two days. The other one slept for three days in the hospital. ...
The third incident relates to the burning of the house of Mr Mazibuko. This was done on instruction of Mqibi but he was not able to give the names of the cadres who carried out the operation.
... to protect the community. When the shooting took place he also aligned himself with the actions of his colleagues who also participated in this ...
ADV GCABASHE: So when you were in command of a particular operation you never split up into sub-groups, it's this one group that would follow the IFP chaps who had been attacking you, one group?
Mr Makura, in this operation, were you carry out orders?
Would it be correct if I were to assume that for this operation you would of had to have a meeting place somewhere that you know to part of the plan was that at some place people would meet and gather and then station themselves at strategic points and so. Would I be correct in assuming that?
Who do you think in your own mind, was responsible for the entire operation, the entire plan?
... because the situation is there, the fact that there may not be full competence at the time of the application, it certainly doesn't exclude the operation of the act, it's not a juristic transaction where you have to have a contractual capacity, and in the same as sense the Committee now ...
MR BLOSE: No, not at all. That was mainly to avoid the leakage of information and also to protect the operation so everything was compartmentalised.
When we entered, we instructed them to lay down. Mr Ngwenya led us in the operation. Then Mr le Krish volunteered to show us where the safes are, where guns are put. He went there, then he informed us that he is not able to find the keys. Then Mrs le Krish told us that she would go and ask ...
... such activity. Mr Vlok was emphatic in stating that the maximum effort mustbe made to ensure that no lives were put at risk when carryingout the ...
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