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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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DR BORAINE: Thank you very much for your help and co-operation. The story you have to tell is a very distressing one, and we want you to know that we are sympathetic towards you, and are hoping that you will feel relaxed as much as possible as you tell this story, and I am going to hand over to my ...
a car registration number which would help with the identification, a description of the person, photographs of him, standard part and parcel of our operation. If I have mentioned after the fact that Ms Hirshman did make a reference to Mr Madhav, that is true. There is no - I'm a little bit lost ...
MR VIKTOR: Chairperson, during this operation it would be between me and Mr Hechter, as to the one who handled the device. I cannot recall with regard to this specific incident, who particularly handled the device.
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?
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 ...
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.
... 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, ...
... 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.
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?
... 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 ...
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.
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.
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?
PANEL MEMBER: Thank you for your co-operation Mr Hens, I will hand over to the Chairperson.
go to the toilet and had no appetite at all. However, gradually I managed to get back. My heart was torn apart, because each time I looked at this operation I felt like ...
... 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 ...
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.
MR VISSER: With Gen Kat Liebenberg, did you also believe that it was an authorised operation?
... was arrested in 1980. And I was in detention for almost three months and I was tortured. I think both my eardrums have been perforated and I had an operation, I have been put a temporal (...indistinct) in both ears. Then I was sentenced in 1981 to 10 years in Robben Island. Then I finished my 10 ...
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