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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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Head of the Middledrift Prison who was detained during Operation Katzen and tortured during interrogation by members of the Ciskei Elite Unit in Alice, Ciskei, in1986. Two members of the Ciskei Police were granted amnesty for the torture, and seven members of the SADF, Border Security Branch and ...
... Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation (AC/2001/058). See Operation Zero ...
A COSAS member who was killed when a booby-trapped hand-grenade exploded in his hands on 25/26 June 1985. See Operation Zero Zero. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation (AC/2001/058).
He sustained injuries when an explosive device detonated at the 'Why Not Club', Vanderbijl Square, Johannesburg on the 21 September 1988. The operation was conducted by the Witwatersrand Security Branch and a Vlakplaas operative who believed the club to be frequented by ANC supporters. Four members ...
... was killed with three Eastern Cape Security Branch operatives in the Motherwell car bomb explosion, Port Elizabeth, on 14 December 1989, in a joint operation by the Eastern Cape Security Branch and Security Branch headquarters. Two operatives from the Eastern Cape Security Branch and seven from ...
... provided by a Vlakplaas operative purporting to be an MK operative, who had also provided other COSAS members with booby-trapped hand-grenades. See Operation Zero Zero. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty ...
... in a car bomb explosion in Gaborone, Botswana, on 22 April 1987. Three people were killed and seven injured in the explosion. This was a joint operation of the Northern and Western Transvaal Security Branches and SADF Special Forces. The head of the Security Branch and four Northern and ...
Was detained during Operation Katzen and tortured during interrogation by members of the Ciskei Elite Unit in Alice, Ciskei, in1986. Two members of the Ciskei Police were granted amnesty for the torture, as well as seven members of the SADF, Border Security Branch and Department of Prisons for ...
An MK commander who was injured in an attack by Vlakplaas operatives at his home in Mbabane, Swaziland, during 1986. The operation, allegedly authorised by Security Branch Headquarters, was conducted at the request of the Eastern Transvaal Security Branch. The commander of Vlakplaas was granted ...
... Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation (AC/2001/058). See Operation Zero ...
Her property was damaged in a bomb attack in Manzini, Swaziland on 4 June 1980. The operation was undertaken by members of the Eastern Transvaal Security Branch in retaliation for the MK attack on the Sasol refinery a few days earlier. An MK operative and a seven year old boy were killed in the ...
... Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation (AC/2001/058). See Operation Zero ...
A member of COSA who, was killed when a booby-trapped hand-grenade exploded in his hands on 25 June 1985. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation (AC/2001/058). See Operation Zero Zero.
Was injured in a landmine explosion on a road near the Zimbabwe border, Messina, Tvl, on 5 May 1987. Another passenger in the truck was also injured. The ANC claimed responsibility for this MK operation.
Suffered severe damage to house and property as a result of a car-bomb explosion in Gaborone, Botswana, on 22 April 1987. See Gaborone car bomb. The head of the Security Branch and four Northern and Western Transvaal Security Branch operatives were granted amnesty for this operation (AC/2000/214)
... 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 AC/1999/0197). ...
and two bodyguards, one a relative, survived the attack. Two members of the Vlakplaas unit were granted amnesty for the reconnaissance phase of this operation. (AC/2001/279) ...
... by the SADF Special Forces together with the Security Branch on ANC offices and houses in Gaborone, Botswana. Twelve people were killed in the operation and six were wounded, including his wife and grand-daughter. See Gaborone ...
Was injured in a landmine explosion on a road near the Zimbabwe border, Messina, Tvl, on 5 May 1987. Another passenger in the truck was also injured. The ANC claimed responsibility for this MK operation.
Was tortured and beaten by members of the SAP in April 1983 in Piet Retief, Tvl, for being in possession of an ANC underground operation document.
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