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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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... boy were killed and three homes were destroyed. The Vlakplaas commander and eight of his operatives were granted amnesty for their role in the operation ...
... two ANC officials to whom he acted as a bodyguard. Two members of the Vlakplaas unit were granted amnesty for the reconnaissance phase of this operation. ...
... was shot and left for dead by askaris in Diepkloof, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 21 September 1987. He was arrested at Johannesburg Hospital after an operation and removed to an unidentified place where he was interrogated and tortured by being pulled around by the frame supporting his injured arm, ...
... Soweto, Johannesburg, on an unspecified date between 1985 and 1987 by members of the Soweto Security Branch purporting to be MK operatives. The operation was intended to give an informer credibility. Four Soweto Security Branch operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/036). ...
... Branch headquarters, the commander of the section that oversaw the work of Vlakplaas, and the commander of Vlakplaas, applied for amnesty for the operation. All except the commander of Security Branch headquarters were granted amnesty (AC/2001/231 and ...
... a landmine planted by MK operatives, on the road between Barberton and Josefsdal, Transvaal, on 14 December 1986. The attack formed part of `Operation Cetshwayo` an MK landmine campaign in the Eastern Tvl. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2000/111). See ANC landmine ...
... Branch headquarters, the commander of the section that oversaw the work of Vlakplaas, and the commander of Vlakplaas, applied for amnesty for the operation. All except the commander of Security Branch headquarters were granted amnesty (AC/2001/231 and ...
A citizen of Botswana who was shot dead by Vlakplaas operatives in Sikwane, Botswana, on 23 April 1990. Mr Matheakwena was a security guard for the Chand family, five of whom were killed in the attack. Eight Vlakplaas operatives were granted amnesty for this operation (AC/2000/089).
... killed her mother, a Zimbabwean citizen married to an exiled ANC official. The explosion was set up by a named person, allegedly recruited for this operation by members of the then SADF`s Special Forces/Military Intelligence. Her father, Mr Vusumuzi Masondo (aka `Mhlophe Chiliza`), was not at ...
... attack at his home in Rockville, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 6 June 1986, by members of the Soweto Security Branch purporting to be MK operatives. The operation was intended to give an informer credibility. Four Soweto Security Branch operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/036). ...
... and four other foreign nationals (two Swiss, one Swazi and one South African) were abducted from their homes in Mbabane, Swaziland, in the same operation. Mr Maphumulo, from KwaMashu, Durban, had previously been imprisoned on Robben Island for ten years. ...
... to be an MK operative. The Security Branch then spread a rumour that they had been killed by the ANC on suspicion of being police informers. The operation was conducted by Vlakplaas and Section D of Security Branch headquarters. Nineteen operatives from Vlakplaas and Security Branch ...
... border on 26 June 1986. Eight operatives from SADF Special Forces, Northern and Western Transvaal Security Branches were granted amnesty for the operation (AC/1999/0190, AC/1999/0192,AC/1999/0194, AC/1999/0031, AC/1999/0188, AC/1999/0030 and ...
An ANC member who suffered shock and light injuries in a bomb explosion at the ANC offices in London on 14 March 1982, an operation authorised by the Minister of Law and Order. Nine Security Branch operatives, including the head of Security Branch Headquarters, were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0292).
... originally from Eersterus, Transvaal, was, at the time, involved in a joint Northern and Western Transvaal Security Branches and Special Forces operation which resulted in the deaths of three Batswana citizens, including two children, and injury to three others. This occurred when, a few days ...
Pietermaritzburg, they were eventually released and allowed to return to Swaziland. Their father, who had been abducted from Swaziland in a separate operation, died in police custody and his body was destroyed by ...
... Branch Headquarters, the commander of the section which oversaw the work of Vlakplaas and the commander of Vlakplaas, applied for amnesty for the operation. All except the commander of Security Branch Headquarters were granted amnesty (AC/2001/231 and ...
... Gaborone car bomb. The head of the Security Branch and four Northern and Western Transvaal Security Branch operatives were granted amnesty for this operation ...
Was assaulted by members of the SAP at her home in Vosloorus, Transvaal, on 6 July 1992, immediately after returning home from an operation. The police, accompanied by a named local councillor, were looking for Ms Mmakola`s son. Ms Mmakola`s home and property were allegedly damaged and looted in ...
... Pietermaritzburg, they were eventually released and allowed to return Swaziland. Their father, who had been abducted from Swaziland in a separate operation, died in police custody and his body was destroyed by explosives. ...
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