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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation MR COETZEE: Were you given any time framework within which you had to execute the operation? CHAIRPERSON: Sorry Mr Moerane, who did you regard to be in charge of that operation? MR CORNELIUS: Did you or any of the other members consume liquor before the operation was launched? ... unit decided to attack the complex in order to demonstrate opposition to these elections. Tlatsi was ordered by Mazibuko to take charge of the operation. On the day in question, Mazibuko had to write examinations in KwaThema, but visited the vicinity of the offices on his way to the ... ... me, I told him what had happened the previous day and he checked my eyes, and said that I had to be operated upon. I signed consent to undergo an operation. I was supposed to sign a consent but I refused and asked them to call my mother and when she came she also had the hope that I would get ... ... for collecting and keeping these firearms safely so that they are not used in other instances but they were only issued out when we went out on an ... MR BOOYENS: And further that you as the Technical Division received orders, you were never in a position to consider the merits of an operation, is that correct? ... of the disadvantaged community to take this initiative in order to reach out to other people and say exactly how we feel about this whole operation. ... ... Anton Pretorius approached me on an unknown date with a request for three VZD1M detonators. He informed me that he needed these detonators for an operation which had already been approved by one of his commanders. I understood and accepted that these detonators would be used against the ... ... because if they were to repair it, he’d die and then. I then transferred him to Groote Schuur Hospital and there they performed the ninth operation on him and repaired the whole in his ... MR CORNELIUS: Did you or any of the other members consume liquor before the operation was launched? MR RAS: No. He would have known that it would be used in order to kill people, but he wasn't informed specifically about the operation. ... was not relieved for greasing, it was just an ordinary activity, he did not have a lot or property as it is mentioned. Secondly with regard to co-operation with the people, the reason why he competed with people is because the youth went to tell him he could not allow that to happen, because he ... MR RAUTENBACH: I want to ask you Mr Mostert, you reach this point. It was the second time that he had been shocked, it’s the second time that he had jerked and still there is no co-operation. How would it proceed now? What was in your mind? What were you thinking? ... which had to be studied by the Security Branch. As they entered the building, Applicant and his colleagues were shot at and had to abort the operation. A window and one downpipe were damaged during the ... MR KOOPEDI: Okay, now do you know if anyone was injured in this operation, injured or killed? ... Musi and them but listen then, make a plan, you know, show, you know, draw a sketch plan of their houses etc., you know, one doesn't embark on an operation like this without a sketch plan. Or it could be that Musi had said, look these are our plans, we've got a sketch plan. But the point is ... MR LAMEY: I may be wrong but my recollection of Mr Coetzee's evidence is indeed that the black members were not present during the whole, or were not aware of this turning action during this whole operation, if I understand his evidence correctly. MR LAX: Yes, I understand that being the motive of the operation, but I want you to turn to page, do you have the documents in front of you, page 3? Page 3 forms part of your amnesty application, dated the 25th of April 1997. The date is on the previous page, the page after that. MR BEESLAAR: I can only state that I was not inebriated because Col de Kock's instructions were that no liquor should be consumed before or during an operation. My share was remote but due to my minor share, I nonetheless respected the instructions of Mr de Kock and obeyed them as such. |
