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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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MR LAMEY: Did you attempt to ask her questions in a way in order to get her co-operation, in another way apart from - by not assaulting her?
The assassins used a Golf motor car when they committed the murders. They drove this car to a pre-arranged spot where they got into Robey's car and were driven by him to their hotel. The applicant Vlietstra took control of the car used in the operation and as arranged saw to its destruction later.
... was a member of the Security Police.  This occurred during the period 1989 to 1990.  Riley who is now deceased, was a member of the Civil Co-operation Bureau (CCB), a government approved institution established to assist in covert security ...
MR STEWART: Now you say in your affidavit that a result of this attack where Walter Mtelani’s sister was burned to death, Mudla Induna told us that you were going to conduct an operation to retaliate. Is that correct?
We also had certain duties that were assigned to us. It so happened that on this particular day when we were on duty, the Protea police station, or the police stationed to the Protea police station, had come to attack us. We had an operation clean up that we had instituted locally.
MR MOHLABA: And other than knowing that the target is Mveke's residence, were you told how the operation is going to be carried out, that is who was going to throw the hand-grenade and so forth?
At the time of the incident he was based in Kimberley. He was working in close co-operation with the members of the Regional and Local Peace Committee, and with the Regional co-ordinator of the Peace Secretariat for the Northern Cape, Adv Jean Nel.
MR STUART: What did you then do to put that plan into operation?
They expected no financial gain from this operation, nor did they act out of spite, ill-will or malice.
... Cape and spread to Gauteng, specifically Soweto, where AZAPO members and supporters were targeted and attacked. Explaining the reason for the operation which led to the attack of the security guard, the applicant said they needed arms to protect themselves. Moreover, as part of the ...
ADV SANDI: Sorry Mr Khaba, were you not interested to know how seriously he was injured, maybe he was so seriously injured that he could have ended up a cripple and go out of operation?
MR MOHLABA: The nature of the operation, the way it was to be carried out, was it discussed in full details at this meeting?
CHAIRPERSON: We thank the co-operation that we’ve enjoyed from all the people including the audience in having helped expedite the hearings. We have come to the end of the roll for the week and we therefore adjourn. We reserve our judgment.
MR DU PLESSIS: Sorry, there's another complication, my client is currently, they call it Crime Intelligence, but it is in the same sort of field that he's been operating herein, and he's involved in certain operation that could cause him severe difficulties next week.
... He is here GRANTED amnesty for conspiracy to murder members of the African National Congress ("ANC") in Mozambique during or about 1989, which operation was aborted after ANC cadres became aware of the presence of the bomb in the kombi. No person was injured. According to the Applicant, ...
... operated on your husband is one of the people that has applied for amnesty, according to your evidence, his life had deteriorated because of this ...
... of personal malice, ill-will or spite directed against the victim, we submit that this is an appropriate case which this proviso should be put into operation. The evidence that he punched another police officer, the fact that they would not allow him to sit on a chair because he was a black ...
... and make salient reference because all in all we were inundated with something like fourteen volumes of lever arch files. We would welcome your co-operation in that regard. ...
... act with which the CP would not associate with because they did not believe in violence at all, but that they had a political programme to put into operation, do you recall ...
... Louis and Melanie and all the other people who have been assisting and collaborating with them to ensure that we have a smooth and efficient ...
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