Vlakplaas

The incident occurred while a team of Vlakplaas members was assisting the Nelspruit Security Branch.  The team were led by Captain Baker and consisted further of Lieutenant Van Dyk, Sergeant Nofemela and Constable Nicholas Dube.

MS GCABASHE: Having read you Section 29 evidence, you talk of Vlakplaas and Trevitts and you talk about Regional Security Branch meetings, you know how you move from your, you do with the lower level chaps, you had your regional meetings and these would eventually be reported in whichever form to ...

... of the arguments. And Mr Jagga, after this raid approximately 14 persons were killed - 9 persons were killed, and this was a raid by people from ...

MR VISSER: So it's an insinuation? Alright. I just want to place on record that he left Vlakplaas and left the South African Police in December 1981.

MR HATTINGH: And once again, here we have the situation where Security Branches collects Intelligence and Vlakplaas is then brought in to act as the operational arm?

and those who died, Peter Nkosi, I know them, for instance Vincent Mama who died with Diseko in other operation and some were for instance killed by Vlakplaas, Vincent Mama, there was an inquiry about that, so they subsequently died, some of them, in other incidents in which they were involved ...

report talked about a possible link with the notorious Vlakplaas. I

... received, not necessarily in relation to this operation, but in relation to other work that they would have done, and I refer here especially to Vlakplaas operatives, that they received bonuses in respect of their duties carried out there ...

Moni and Monyami both askaris from Vlakplaas, were instructed by Pretorius to organise training for the unit at a hotel room in Hillbrow. It is not clear whether the objective of getting more information about the various activities of the unit and its association with the underground structures ...

... at the time had already embarked on a program which was to turn some of our people into what we now refer to as Askaris and at the time, I think Vlakplaas was, I think at it's ...(indistinct) stages. I may not have personally have been fully conversant with the finer details of the entire ...

MR BERGER: That's the Brig Schoon who was in charge of Vlakplaas?

... other forces involved in this conflict. The police, the South African Defence Force. We've also heard allegations of third force activities, of Vlakplaas, Battalion 32 has also come up and particularly around the train violence. There were certain periods in this part of the country where ...

MR VAN ZYL: The people involved in the actual killing were from Port Elizabeth. The abduction which was part of the operation, there was some assistance from the Vlakplaas Unit.

... presumably accepted by family, friends and work associates. Their diabolical and cowardly actions even earned them silver medals for bravery at a Vlakplaas ceremony, of all the hideously ironical things, and they might even be proud of them. Just how sick is our society that we accept among us ...

... who was stationed at the Head Office in Pretoria at the relevant time. De Kock was the Commander of Section C1 of the Security Police situated at Vlakplaas near Pretoria. Van Rensburg was his immediate Commander. Snyman, Vermeulen and Ras were members of Section C1 under the command of de ...

MR CORNELIUS: You were stationed at Vlakplaas, with the general background as has been submitted before to this Committee. What rank did you have at that stage?

MR VISSER: And as such you were also the Head of Vlakplaas which was C1 as it was known?

MR DU PLESSIS: To explain this to the Committee and to make it clear to them with regards to evidence that was given earlier on, C1 was Vlakplaas and it later became C10, is that correct?

MR MEYER: I recall that we went to Vlakplaas, where we obtained the arms. It was quite late that afternoon and after we had received the arms, we went through to Krugersdorp where we found the then Captain Coetzee.

concept of criteria, the liability of putting in to place things like Vlakplaas,