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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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There were other people that he could have turned to and I must just comment Mr Chairman that at that time the focus of that Commission was not really matters of the past, it was focusing very much on what was happening at that time and the future and in particular, it was focusing on the security ...
MR VISSER: Yes, Chairperson, as ready as we'll ever be. But if you will forgive me to take this opportunity before we commence to, on behalf of our team, to congratulate you on your permanent appointment to the Judiciary of the Transvaal Provincial Division. We're certainly looking forward to ...
MR VAN DER MERWE: Can you confirm for me that he was not part of the interrogation team?
Commission or the investigative unit or the legal team on behalf
MR LAMEY: Well, may I just say this Mr Chairman, generally it contains information about his background and then there is also an extract of a previous affidavit which was we assume made to the Goldstone Commission and to the Investigating Team of the Attorney General, specifically relating to this ...
We stayed. Willie and I formed the team and worked together for about five years. Today we are free, thanks in part for the contribution of the young people. Let us remember them with a simple plaque. Their victory is our victory.
MR PRINSLOO: Did you, or are you aware that after that an investigation was launched, during your presentation of your matter with regard to the accused, when you were the investigating officer? That an investigation was launched and that various statements were taken by the investigating team?
MR HATTINGH: And were there members of the South African Task Team that were asked to be of assistance?
June 1969, Jacob Monokhotla who also died in 1969, Amem Heron, all these cases September 27th, 1969. Is that possible? Should people, a team of people, is it possible that they die in custody? A number to die in one year. I am reporting here cases that were reported. There could be more, I ...
MR NYOKA: And your team was in charge of the operation and
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.
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 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 RADITAPOLE: And who comprised your team?
Mr Williamson: Yes Mr Chairman, his motivation was the same as the rest of the team Mr Chairman."
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 HATTINGH: Sub-section 1, as well as sub-Section 2. From the Act, it would appear that, from the outset, the Amnesty Committee is involved with an amnesty application. On receipt of, the very first day when the application received, from that they are, the Amnesty Committee is involved, and ...
MR ZEELIE: As I mentioned, I some information regarding the Maponya group and this was an ANC terrorist investigation and my previous evidence I said that it was an attack on the system to try and disrupt or overthrow the government and I was part of the investigative team who fought this onslaught ...
MR FORTUIN: Do you perhaps know when the Task Team was formed of the PAC?
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?
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