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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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... testimony about the body of your son having been removed, police claiming it and you getting it back again with all the cuts. It seems as if an operation had been performed, as if there was an autopsy done. Have you ever had a further explanation for that and what people were searching for ...
... to use his house and use his yard to get access to the fortified house of the deceased, access thereto being indeed difficult without his open co-operation in that regard. Plus that there was the aspect of his omission, he could have easily have telephonically have alerted the police to what ...
ADV STEENKAMP: Can you give us an idea or indication who was actually in charge of this operation.
... given to statements appearing in the Golden Cities of Sunday, 7th November 1958. On the material level we just cannot see any possibility of co-operation. To say that we are prepared to accept anybody who subscribes to our programme is but to state a condition that one knows cannot be ...
MR VISSER: With Gen Kat Liebenberg, did you also believe that it was an authorised operation?
As I am talking, my mom is not feeling well. She does not even know what is happening and what is taking place with me in my life. I underwent an operation and they extracted one bullet, which penetrated through my head. Now my life is drastically changed from all ...
MR BLACK: Now have you any grudges against any of these people who you say were present at the rehearsal and who conducted this operation?
JUDGE PILLAY: I can understand that. I found out now that it happened but here is a brother of a person who was suspected, now why an operation so no one would know?
MR XABA: Sorry. What I meant was I didn’t want the Court to know that my aim of killing this person was because of my organisation’s objectives. It was an operation which I’ve planned.
It is clear that De Kock acted in support of the SB members from Germiston and Witbank.  They were busy with an operation to detect and arrest MK guerrillas who they believed were "hard-core" operatives intent on bombing and other acts of violence.  The deceased was shot while resisting ...
My operation then troubled me, it’s my winds that were troubling me. There were doctors there, every morning I went to doctor it was quite serious. The one policeman had a hammer, he wanted to hit my knuckles with the hammer. I told him that I’m not well. He then said - he then said they must ...
... visiting imprisoned supporters of his organisation who had applied for amnesty. It was only then that they first met him and the details of the operation were never discussed with ...
MR RAUTENBACH: General, you speak with Erasmus, your fellow General with whom you decided, is your answer then simply that you just left it there and you did not even want to know if the operation was completed properly?
I also think that if I were to explain further, we also indicated that we accepted their manner of operation, accept it and pleased about it, knowing that they were attempting to bring about stability. At the same time being aware that some people might get injured.
... station. Shots were fired from the police at NU 13 and the people dispersed. As my car was damaged I asked the man in authority of the whole operation to summons a finger print expert to come. Photographs were taken and I opened a case. I don’t know anything about this man being shot, ...
MRS NKOSI: Yes, he did, because even the establishment, he was a member in the struggle like in the WCCA and we asked his co-operation, and he was always co-operating with us.
CHAIRPERSON: Were you the only one that discharged firearms there in that operation?
He further testified that the acts were committed in the execution of the orders of his Commander, one Bulelani Quma, who was then a Director of Special Operations of APLA who also provided the weapons for the operation.
CHAIRPERSON: Good morning everybody. Today is a continuation of the application of Jerry Richardson, he completed his evidence-in-chief yesterday and before we commence, I would like to thank Correctional Services for their co-operation with the Committee.
"My involvement in the operation was that I was in the vehicle together with Willie Nortje when the arrest of Malaza was executed and the handler was arrested and abducted."
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