self-defence units (SDUs)

... to handle hostage dramas within the South African Republic, as we did do during the Silverton bank incident. Secondly, the stopping of insurgency units. Thirdly, it was in support of the South African Police right through South Africa at high risk operations where, and with this I mean rescue ...

... who were not in State structures which Jesse has mentioned also need to be looked at. Particularly the women who were used as spies to infiltrate units and who were even used in the ANC camps to inflict pain on men ... Women may have been used to serve a particular interest. Some may have done ...

... clear to the Security Forces of the Ciskei that Charles Sebe had influential allies in the Transkei. They also received reports that guerilla units were under training. It was also reported that Charles Sebe had joined an organisation called Iliso Lomzi which was founded by Ben Nomoyi and ...

... go out to the hall over the main loudspeakers, so everybody will hear very carefully. You needn't worry about that. Please do not remove these units from the hall. They really do not work outside the hall, they are quite useless outside the hall. They form part of a bigger system. They ...

MR FLORES: Yes, Mr Chairperson. The units of Vlakplaas, Mr Chairperson, would usually operate on the information received from various security branches in the various provinces at that stage, like for instance this case which came from the Eastern Transvaal Security Branch in Witbank.

MR DU PLESSIS: And we have heard much evidence that Vlakplaas units operated throughout the country within various divisions and areas.

... word, from being protected from civil and criminal liability because he comes forward and he says, I was that person who was in charge and I sent units into the country and I don't know everything that happened within the country because of whatever lack of information and secrecy and so on. ...

MR MOMBERG: Chairperson, purely on the basis that he was my senior and that although units were divided it wasn't structured in such a way that it was completely unsuitable for a person to approach me and give me an instruction.

MR MASEKO: The commanders were in charge of the units on the ground where the people were choosing the targets.

At the police station there were units ready. There was a unit for Edward Ramorwagadi, for Edwin Moloanwa and for Moses Mokwena. Four of then were waiting for me. They picked me up. I couldn't realise were they soldiers or police, but they were white men. They put me into the boot. While ...

... security forces and were reporting on the activities in the township from the proximity of their farms. Some farmers formed part of the commando units and others were working as police reservists. In some instances youths who had fled from the township onto the neighbouring farms were ...

... are expected to monitor their Black employees and report any out-of-the-way occurrences. Commandos, and also the Police and regular SADF units at roadblocks, patrol areas in which guerillas are expected to be operating and carry out pacification operations to suppress the resistance in ...

... backbone of the attack against the ANC/SACP and PAC. Thesecurity police were in the crossfire of this war and acted like,for instance, select units and battalions in the Namibian bushwar. A good example of this is for instance 32 battalion, specialforces and Koevoet as far as the police ...

... of Prinsloo. That is confirmed by Prinsloo. It was also confirmed by their general practice that when the Vlakplaas people operated with other units, they fell under that senior Commander's command. That, of course one must immediately also add, it seems as far as operational decisions are ...

... the Police in general and I think that includes all divisions of the Police, whether it be SANAB or whether it be Vehicle Theft, or Stock Theft Units, there was close co-operation between the Police and the Police Force of the neighbouring States, Lesotho and Swaziland. And because of that ...

MR PRINSLOO: General, there were many instances in your area and specifically where Col Van Niekerk served under you who was a commander there who was responsible for the investigation units.

MR DE KOCK: Yes Chairperson, it was the primary task of C1 to be of assistance to the other Counter Terrorist Units and to supply them with additional manpower and to support them in their capacities for the counter insurgency operations.

... the mortuary at gunpoint and dump the body in the veld. It really is a shocking, shocking story and we will certainly, through our investigative units, try and understand what happened and why it happened and try and see whether those people who are responsible cannot be brought to justice in ...

The Unit, when they left Vlakplaas, and this was of application to all the Units, would report to the Head of the Security Division and would then fall beneath that person's command for discipline and control.

MR J VAN ZYL:: Necessarily so, we were fighting a very unconventional war, Mr Chairman, and all units that were involved in counter insurgency on that level could be called unconventional, I suppose.