self-protection units (SPUs)

... government had decided to make use of members of the Internal Stability Unit (ISU) to protect the municipalities and the councillors and that these Units patrolled the townships day and night. The purpose of these patrols was to destroy the attempts by the residents to bring about an end to the ...

MR BUHALI: He said to me, I do not remember writing them, mentioning them down, but in his application he indicated that he is applying for other incidents that he might not remember because as a Commander he was involved in many incidents because he had several units in the Witwatersrand area.

MR VAN DER MERWE: In this regard, your unit was mainly applied as a support unit that assisted some of the other units who operated in the field.

MR RICHARD: Now as in this particular situation it was obviously perfectly permissable to attack, to use the words, the army and police and so-called defence units?

MR BOOYENS: Was the Police later forced to establish Special Investigation Units to try and limit this type of activity?

MS NARKEDIEN: Yes. I had access to a lot of banned literature at that time, so I was well informed about what the ANC's policies were, what the Kabwe Conference was and all the needs for the codes of secrecy to be upheld at all times and the discipline of MK units, so I was well-informed, yes.

MR ZWANE: It was up to the Commander, the Commander of the unit, because they were making the sub-units, so it was up to the Commander how many guys he would need. Sometimes we were being three, sometimes the others were being four in the unit, so there was no specific number.

(b) Local dog units were used in the search

MR SHOKE: Individuals were (indistinct). Yes it's true we had underground units in fact that we had to cater for inside South Africa and people whom we could in fact liaise with on behalf of the ANC leadership.

ADV SIGODI: Were you aware of the presence of Self Defence Units in the township?

... also meant planning the news division of that time along business lines. At that stage SABC was involved in establishing the different as business units. That briefly, I think, is an outline of my different ...

... systems and structures had been changed. The management hierarchies have been reduced, the number of managers reduced from 65 to 24. Business units have been created and closely aligned with the client's ...

record with regards to this, because they say, the African National Congress said quite clearly, tactical intelligence was the responsibility of the units on the ground. Even if they did that reconnaissance badly, it is the way they did it. Unfortunately I, as Commander, may have failed in my ...

MR LAX: My question if I can be more specific is, were there members from any other areas there, in addition to, or units, in addition to Task Force and Vlakplaas, as far as you can recall?

MR JANSEN: And to give a brief summary of that, on a daily basis information was sent through various channels from the various units and the various specialised divisions to a central point at head office, all the time.

... to stories about Tokoza, we've heard about the police and we've heard about the Internal Stability Unit, we've heard about the self defence units, we've heard about hostel dwellers and the IFP, but this is the first time we're hearing about the Khumalo Gang, can you please tell us a ...

... and the members of the Toaster gang on one side and the ANC people living in Tembisa on the other. Consequently the ANC formed Self Defence Units to protect their supporters as well as the residents. This they did because the South African Police was perceived to be collaborating with ...

MR SHANE: Can you tell the Committee as to your membership of the Self-Defence Units, what type of member were you?

... back then. This war was the war of the captains, most of those who were applying for amnesty had the rank of captain, they were the commanders of units and they have been thrown to the wolves. They were never given any kind of psychological ...

... and his unit had been planning various operations, including the attack upon the Yeoville Police Station. He was a regional commander with several units under his command. On 26 May 1993 the security forces launched a series of raids and operations against the PAC and APLA. This was during the ...