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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 VISSER: Thank you. Were you ever informed of any operation in which Mbulelo Ngono was involved in, in South Africa, or one of the so-called home States, homelands?
... no difficulty in the circumstances, that as at April the year before last, the fifth applicant was able to make the statement during the car bomb operation at the Why Not bar, three people were killed and 69 injured. He made that under oath. It is an admission which he is bound by and which ...
... written submission. In the second paragraph of the letter, the letter states, in the written submission we only stated that the details of this operation would be contained in the amnesty application of the applicants who are now before you. The written submissions, with respect are somewhat ...
... shot at him. They went to the traffic officer who opened his window, drew out a firearm, they fled and shot at him, but there were several other operations which really didn't take place. For instance, there was one operation where they were going to throw a hand grenade at police officials. ...
Further to that, there is no operation of this - the ANC hierarchy somewhere you know, from upper authority where this power was given or the authority to go ahead and kill anybody that was Inkatha in the area.
MR NYAWUZA: And how many of you were to undertake this operation, not the hijacking, the attack on this army base?
MR NGHOBENI: The murder and unit members worked in co-operation with prison warders. They would come to fetch me from prison without authorisation from the court. When I reported this to the head of the prison, they did not take the matter up. He would inform me that there was nothing he could ...
MR DU PLESSIS: Captain Hechter, and do you accept that you were in command of this operation?
... with her attorney, Mr J Kruger. I understand the purpose of these visits to be to get me to drop the investigations in exchange for Renata's co-operation regarding the statement and my files. However, it would have been abundantly clear to Renata that I will not be subjected to extortion at ...
Although they were not in the same unit, wherever members of the different units were working together they obeyed the order of the senior officer in charge of the specific operation.
... and certain equipment on the premises were damaged in the explosion. All reasonable steps were taken to avoid any loss of life or injuries in the operation. The explosives were primed to detonate at 03h00 when no-one would be present on the school premises. Snyders and his colleagues were ...
CHAIRPERSON: ...[inaudible] symptoms were evident before this whole operation started.
MR SANDI: Secondly we learnt today that you were commanding this operation to shoot and kill Mr August.
... that you could shoot into the hostels across the road. That is just as an example, but were you ever involved in giving SDU units that were on an operation ...
ADV VISSER: And lastly also in your application, you also incorporated Mr Erwee's application in so far as it relates to the facts of this particular operation on that date?
MS BUYA: I was not in the leadership, it was just the way we used to do things. If there was something people would go door to door and ask for co-operation so you were forced to be members of any organisation.
... Offices to demonstrate the ANC's solidarity with the protesters. Their intention was not to injure any people, so they decided to carry out the operation after closing hours when the employees have left the ...
... the Republic of South Africa and upon the orders of Mr Joe Modise. The Applicant was a member of the unit responsible for the execution of the operation of which the commander was General Lombard Moloi. The Applicant himself was tasked to "plant the shells of the mortars". The objective of ...
There is no indication that the Applicant acted out of a personal grudge against the deceased. There is also no evidence that he personally benefitted from the operation. We are satisfied that he is entitled to amnesty.
I thought you did not want anyone to be aware of your intention to kill Mr Phumayo, least it leaks out? I thought you were the only one who was going to be involved in this operation, and nobody else?
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