self-protection units (SPUs)

... wou word met die aanval op Boipatong was om die oorwegend ANC beheerde en gesinde Boipatong 'n les to leer en om meer spesifiek die 'Self-defence Units' van die ANC te neutraliseer. Die rede daarvoor was die vyandige gesindheid wat geheers het tussen die IFP en die ANC gesinde 'Self-defence ...

MR VIKTOR: Yes, he was the overhead Commander in the district, he had various other units working under him.

security branch in the Northern Transvaal we had an internal course, an orientation course that was aimed at making the members aware of the various units where the units were involved and specifically in my case, how to work with informants with regards to giving them orders and to get ...

CHAIRPERSON: Do you know that there were Assault Units and Repossess Units? Are you aware that we have already had, are you aware that this Committee has already been given a pregnant submission by the military wing of the PAC about the various structures and that we are aware that there was a ...

ADV PRINSLOO: I respectfully submit Mr Chairman, it is common cause that Cronje was overall in charge of all the units at Compol building at this particular Branch but it was divided into various units, that Prinsloo of which he was head of a unit, did not arrest that person, so he could not have ...

I would like to emphasise that only a limited number of persons and a few units are involved . Nevertheless, the information at my disposal indicates a serious and unacceptable state of affairs.

This is a continuation of the hearings of the Amnesty Committee in respect of the amnesty applications of members of various Self Defence Units in the former East Rand area. The panel is constituted as placed on record earlier. Adv Steenkamp still appears as the Leader of Evidence, and the first ...

... In terms of this picture, B is the Board Room. I ran, not towards the entrance, there is another double door leading towards the Blue and Yellow Units, that's where the bigger children were and we tried running out that way, but we were basically cornered in. There was a fence with barbed ...

MR STRYDOM: Isn't it so that during that period a group known as the Self Defence Units were patrolling the streets?

Thirdly, there would be the question of establishing functional propaganda units for the distribution of leaflets and ANC information at home.

... to Tzaneen area to operate there. My mission was to reconnoitre and establish an MK presence in the area. I had orders to establish underground units which I commanded. I also trained and recruited MK cadres in the area. One of my units consisted of myself as Commander, James, I do not know ...

MR COETZEE: I can recall the specific incident Mr Chairperson and the fact that we were accompanied by members of the Special Forces, or Units, that we were mainly a white group.

I want to emphasise today that in contradiction to other units, it wasn't necessary for my members to be drunk when they went out on an operation or killed anybody. I had a 48 hour period during which it was compulsory that no alcohol be used and if I found anybody who smelt of alcohol during the ...

There were various members of units, C10 as well as from

... I spoke to Brig Loots, he was the spokesperson. Brig Loots's request was that we should help them, that is Boputhatswana and the Western Transvaal Units, to get rid of this man. The man was creating a problem and had also already created a problem in that past. When I asked who this person ...

entered Moshweshwe, I was in the front. The person who was next to me is Damarra, I'm sure of that. When we approached the corner the self defence units were in front of us. The shooting started and they ran away. We chased after them. As we were chasing after them, there were many people ...

... from Vula and also specifically have mentioned the establishment and reorganisation and arming and funding of, one could say the Self Defence Units, the co-ordination thereof. So I had knowledge about it, ...

... especially on the East Rand, especially in the areas such as Daveyton and Duduza, in that vicinity, we picked up information that the Self Defence Units were being provided with ammunition by the ANC, but it was difficult to infiltrate that specific organisation or group. But the information ...

This Task Force, did you work in units?

... thing, if I recall correctly, this thing started after the Dawid Protter incident and a report was written and it was said that certain specialist units had to be founded and then the Task Force was founded, and from there the Unrest Unit was ...