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A-Team (OFS)

Explanation
The A-Team, also known as the 'Phakathis' was a vigilante group set up and headed by a well-known local councillor in the Thabong area of Welkom to counter the activities of the UDF primarily, and in a smaller measure, the ANC. The A-Team carried out a reign of terror in several areas of the province, particularly in Thabong and Parys, under the guise of 'maintaining order'. In at least one case, the A-Team is alleged to have been supported by police and municipal structures.

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MR BELLINGAN: I have never studied Law. The only Laws I have studied is the Law I have done at Police College. Later on they said they were going, this would be conspiracy and I thought I would contact a legal team. If I can remember correctly what the details or the description of conspiracy ...
A counter-revolutionary intelligence task team was created and comprised members of the National Intelligence Service, the South African Police and the South African Defence Force. It was their task to proper evaluate and coordinate all intelligence regarding the revolutionary threat facing the ...
MR BIZOS: And Mr Verster had the same legal team?
MR NGOBESE: kwaMakuto. It was at kwaMakutho and Zibogodweni, this was the area where there was conflict between Amampondo and Amazulu. Sefiso had left Chesterville because of the A team problem.
MR BEESLAAR: Yes, but it’s possible that we could have returned but it is quite possible that we went with the team.
MS MARCUS: I don't recall the specifics, but probably myself and others who had been part of preparing them. We would have a team who would be part of collecting the banners and distributing them at the march.
MR FLORES: Myself and my team of askaris purchased a whole lot of ingredients to make Russian cocktails, which was petrol, washing powder etc. and cloth.
In Natal, and in KwaZulu in particular, the violence against anti-apartheid organisations and individuals intensified in the mid-1980s with the emergence of the "warlords" and "vigilantes" in rural and urban areas. These included gangs such as the AmaSinyora in KwaMashu, the core of which consisted ...
MR NORTJE: I am not sure, if I think about it, I cannot recall that all of them were there, that the whole two buses were there, but on the other hand I want to imagine that the blue bus which was Nofomela’s bus, and the white bus, these were normal Nissan E20 mini-buses, I imagine that I saw them ...
After the shooting all the members of the team entered the house, grabbed documents and weapons which they found in the house and vacated the premises as soon as they could. They drove to the border and left Swaziland by crossing the fence illegally. They did not make use of the border posts.
MR BLACK: Thank you. The further issue I just want to raise with you is you mentioned that Sehlwana received a cash payment of R2 000 because of the good work he did. Did any other members of that task team receive any form of reward or recommendation?
ADV BOOYENS: Mr Mogoai, when were you asked the first time whether you would be able to identify these Port Elizabeth policemen, was that perhaps by the Attorney General's staff or the investigating team of the Attorney General's staff?
MR RADITAPOLE: And who comprised your team?
MR PRINSLOO: Chairperson, Honourable Members of the Committee, as I have already indicated I am representing Mr James Wheeler who is the first applicant in this Application for Amnesty. We are as the legal team in possession of the pieces which have been submitted to the Committee today and I ...
MR NYOKA: And your team was in charge of the operation and
MR KOTZE: Well I think this is a legal argument about how people who feel remorse would have acted and Mr Holder, who clearly doesn't have knowledge of legal processes and to ask him about why Mr de Meillon and his legal team had acted in a certain way I think is unreasonable.
Mr Williamson: Yes Mr Chairman, his motivation was the same as the rest of the team Mr Chairman."
MR WEBSTER: And if I understand you correctly after you had identified or at least spotted the vehicle, it was then expected that Breytenbach and his team would then take over and do the necessary?
MR BELLINGAN: No. My handwriting samples, both left and right-handed, were taken by the A-G investigating team as well as the investigating team of Col Kritzinger.
MR HURWITZ: These were statements recorded by Capt Andrew Gordon Liesk of the Attorney-General's Investigation Team. It's undated. It's a statement comprising of approximately 34 pages, in English.
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