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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation ... Only two amnesty applications were received in this category. 38. The number of attempted killings reflects those individuals targeted in failed operations as well as those injured ‘in the cross f i re’ where such information was specified. In many instances, however, no such detail was ... ... ‘went wrong’. Intentional military actions: “We were at war.” 9 As is apparent from the testimony of the former head of ANC special operations, Mr Aboobaker Ismail, in the amnesty hearing on the Church Street bombing of the South African Air Force headquarters (in which nineteen ... the Commission. The Case of the Chesterville Four Vlakplaas operatives killed four members of the Chesterville Youth Organisation in an undercover operation using askaris in May/June 1986. The deceased were Mr Russell Mngomezulu, Mr Muntuwenkosi Dlamini, Mr Russell Mthembu and Mr Sandile ... number of prominent community leaders and activists were targeted for attack during this period. Many of these attacks were attributed to the covert operations of the security police. The Case of Fatima Meer Durban academic Ms Fatima Meer’s home was petrol-bombed in 1977. Meer had been the ... 182 The Commission has made a comprehensive finding concerning Operation Marion. It is contained in a lengthy document which includes the full reasons for the finding and which can be found in the State Archives. The main features of the finding are as follows: IN 1986, THE SADF FORCE CONSPIRED ... ... included a propaganda campaign and student protest action in a number of black and English-medium universities. On 16 December 1961, MK launched Operation Mayibuye, a sabotage campaign directed mainly at government installations. This led to a large number of bannings, arrests and ... with the slogan “one settler, one bullet”. I understood this slogan to apply to every white person who came into the line of fire during an APLA operation, or an operation to support APLA, or where we, as PASO members were to assist in making the country ungovernable. 70 While both the ANC ... ... killed in these attacks and 122 seriously injured . 90. Most of these attacks took place between 1991 and 1994 and formed part of the PAC’s ‘Operation Great Storm’. In this campaign, the targets of APLA attacks were, on the one hand, white-owned farms in the Orange Free State, the ... vehicle. They heard the attack reported on the radio news the following morning. Shiceka testified that he then telephoned ‘Power’ to report the operation and said that ‘Power’ told him that he would claim it as an APLA attack under the code name ‘Bambata’. 101. Ms Amanda Warner, one ... ... were found at the scene. Subsequent inquests found that they had died as the result of an explosion. While initial impressions suggested that the operation had simply gone awry, a number of questions have remained concerning the circumstances of their deaths. Suspicions existed that the ... ... Mr Wilberforce Sandla Mkhizwayo and Mr Elliot Michael Pama. 57. Maseko, who was standing outside the hall to prevent any interference with the operation, told the Amnesty Committee that, although he did not see what happened, the commanders of the other two groups told him that the police ... ... of the incident or the orders allegedly given by Oelofse. 227. All but one of the applicants testified that they were engaged in an official AWB operation on the orders of the General Staff of the AWB and General Japie Oelofse, as conveyed to them by Kloppers at the roadhouse where they had ... ... and kill, allowing the former apartheid state to move even further into the criminal arena. This was particularly so in the case of its internal operations, where it had to operate at a covert and clandestine level so that no operation was traceable to the state. It was this that led directly ... ... massacre and that the two state witnesses, being members or the SADF Military Intelligence, were directly involved in planning and execution of the operation. The court was not able to find who had provided backing for the attack. Paragraph 248 is amended as follows: The Commission heard ... ... and Constable Thapelo Mbelo. The police claimed that the deceased were known terrorists who had been killed during a legitimate anti-terrorist operation. Security forces had allegedly acted pre-emptively to prevent these terrorists from attacking a police bus ferrying senior policeman to the ... ... and controllable task force units of no more than three guerrillas. They consisted of a political commissar, whose brief was to make sure that all operations enhanced the PA C ’s political positions and ideology; a cadre in charge of securing logistics whenever needed, and a commander who was ... 1997.) 128. The Amnesty Committee accepted that the applicants were APLA members. It found no evidence to suggest that Nonxuba did not command the operation; nor that the applicants had themselves selected St James’ Church as a target . It accepted that the applicants had carried out the ... ... as follows: On behalf of the High Command of APLA, in my capacity as the member or members of High Command of APLA, the Deputy Director of Operation and Head of Special Operations, I have nothing to hide, affirm unashamedly with pride that Brian Vuyisile Madasi who happened to be Unit ... ... Verkeerdevlei, Orange Free State, on 12 February 1992.211 204. The Committee heard testimony that, during 1991, the PAC and APLA launched their ‘Operation Great Storm’, in terms of which APLA operatives were instructed to attack and to instil fear in farmers. The applicants testified that ... ... the police van – I was operated yesterday, let me remind you. Dr Orr: [indistinct] … get the sequence of events clear in my mind. You had the operation on the Sunday. Your leg was amputated above the knee…. which is a serious operation and the doctor discharged you the very next day, is ... |
