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Operation Zero Zero

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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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... treatment . 53. After having the prosthetic nose fitted, Mr Mothuphi was asked if his life had changed: My life has changed very much. Before this operation I was afraid even to go to the shops because many people looked at me and stared. Since I got this nose, I’m free. I want to go somewhere ...
... They called me recently for a Forum since I have not been able to attend them because I was sick for a long time last year. I underwent an operation because my intestines were burst due to my low blood flow. The organisers of these Forums were surprised of my behaviour because we ...
did not qualify for amnesty (see also Chapter One of this volume). 30. Second, given the form of the violence in the townships and the nature of the operations undertaken by SDUs during the early 1990s, applicants frequently could not identify any specific victim(s) of their actions. Incidents ...
... e instances were still pending at the time of publication. (These reviews are dealt with in more detail in Chapter Four, ‘Legal Challenges’.) Operational challenges 70. Operational challenges had the most profound impact on the ability of the Committee to finish a huge workload within the ...
... (fro m whom he took instructions) could be obtained, and that he had acted within the scope of his express or implied authority. 136. This operation was contrary to the ANC’s suspension of armed struggle. It was not committed in the execution of an order on behalf of or with the ...
... identity cards or documents could be made for those trainees. (Hammarsdale Hearing, 11-14 August 1998) 57. Mr Stewart noted that this method of operation worked initially but then began to change. And at that time it seems that there was an attempt to implement those struct ures, and ensure ...
resulted in the entrapment and killing of three MK combatants. This was denied by all applicants. 10. In April or May, possibly two months after the operation had commenced, Mr Mbane drove Ms Khubeka to Battery Beach. She was abducted by the Port Natal team, blindfolded, possibly bound and taken ...
... of the state or liberation movements, and to designate accountability, political or otherwise, for g ross human rights violations. 2. During the operational phase, the HRVC was responsible for gathering victim statements and the holding of hearings – including victim hearings, event ...
... to the court by the second in command of Venda Security Branch was that one of the three men had been killed in a joint SAP and Venda Defence Force operation on 29 August 1983. 57. These statements confirmed the incident of August 1983 and, notwithstanding the apparent evidence by the second in ...
... would require extensive powers – including the power of subpoena and search and seizure. In addition, the task team would re quire the full co-operation of relevant state institutions in order to gain access to state archives, including those of the military and the police. It would also ...
... between 1960 and 1979 and nine went missing in the 1990s.45. A number of these disappearances appear to have been Security Branch abduction operations, targeting specific individuals believed to have been members of the African National Congress (ANC) or Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) both ...
... 1992 seems to have been a turning point for ‘third force’ activities. The Goldstone Commission’s discovery that a Military Intelligence operation against the ANC was still operational led to the appointment of General Steyn by President de Klerk to investigate the allegations of armed ...
... Council also authorised the provision of military training for 200 Inkatha members by the SADF. The special project to support Inkatha was called Operation Marion and was the responsibility of the Directorate of Special Tasks, a section within the office of the Chief of Staff (Intelligence), ...
... within the security structures assisted in arming right-wing groups. The amnesty application of Mr Leonard Veenendal8 0, a member of the Civil Co-operation Bureau (CCB), confirms this. Collusion with the IFP 12. Right-wing amnesty applicants confirmed that they formalised their ties with the ...
... Taramuka Samson Mpofu (40).’ Page 112–3 Paragraphs 273–5 imply that security police agent, Keith McKenzie, was involved in the planning of an operation which resulted in the death of three Batswana citizens and serious injuries to seven others. In the amnesty hearing into this matter, it ...
... as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration of Principles of International law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States inaccordance with the Charter of the United Nations’. These Conventions are designed to limit the brutality of war and the ...
... The majority of these applications were granted. 80. APLA and PAC operatives testified that it was part of their strategy and policy in terms of ‘Operation Great Storm’ that farmers would be attacked in order to drive white farmers from their farms in order to get their land back. 81. These ...
... as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. Article 96(3) of Protocol I The authority representing a people engaged ...
... testified that, to his mind, the mission was unsuccessful. Had he known that the base was occupied by the SAP, he would not have embarked upon the operation at Devon. The Committee found that Holder and Van Zyl’s testimony as to the purpose of their visit to the base was true. It would have ...
... with explosives placed at Nelspruit Agricultural College. 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. Unbeknownst to Snyders and due to ...
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