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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation ... of the government’ (Pretoria hearing, 22 February – 5 March 1999). b In 1985, Minister le Grange allegedly authorised a plan,101 codenamed Operation Zero Zero, to issue hand grenades to a number of young COSAS activists on the East Rand.1 0 2 As a result of this operation, seven youths ... Operation Reindeer: the attacks on Kassinga and Chetequera camps 20 In human rights terms, the SADF raid on Kassinga, which killed over 600 people, is possibly the single most controversial external operation of the Commission’s mandate period. 21 The SADF’s view on the situation in ... ... of Police. However, because he had direct access to the Minister, he had considerable autonomy in authorising operations.94 For example, in Operation Zero Zero (1985), the bombings of Cosatu House (1987) and Khotso House (1988) and the ‘Cry Freedom’ incident (1988), communication ... ... of the use of contaminated clothing. 294 Questioned about the Braam case, Nel stated that: It sounded or resembles the typical type of chemical operation where a substance could have been sprayed onto such items of clothing. It was known to me that such capabilities existed due to a planning ... ... employer in Manzini. As a messenger, Duma’s tasks including collecting the post. Duma lost an arm but survived. 218 According to Coetzee, this operation was undertaken by the Ermelo security police with the aid of the security police’s technical division, where the device was prepared by ... Violations associated with APLA and PAC supporters 403 Cape Town became a significant field of operation for APLA in the 1990s. From December 1992 to December 1993, a series of APLA attacks targeted both civilians and security force personnel. On 26 December 1992, two armed men opened fire on ... ... Esther Masuku, had been killed. Upon hearing that an innocent person had been killed, Coetser decided that he could no longer be involved in these operations and was excused from his duties by Brigadier Cronjé. 540 Houses were bombed at Mamelodi and Soshanguve in February 1986 in attacks ... ... to cooperate politically/militarily”. A “Top Secret” NIS document on Katzen, which appears to have been drafted during rather than after the operation, lists those involved in or aware of Katzen as including President PW Botha, SADF chief General Jannie Geldenhuys, army chief general Kat ... ... sequence of events it is clear that the SADF was over the said period definitely not deployed in the Transkei”. However, the aircraft used in the operation must have been SADF aircraft used in support of police operations (the SAP had no aircraft at that time) and, if there were any ... Operation Plathond 67 Operation Plathond, a joint BOSS and SADF operation, involved the training of a surrogate force of Zambians for operations against the government of President Kaunda, the ANC’s most important backer in Africa. Under the command of the head of South Africa’s first ... ... (BPC) is launched as an umbrella body to co-ordinate black consciousness groups. The 1 Reconnaissance Regiment of the SADF is established. Operation Plathond, a joint SADF/BOSS operation to train dissident Zambians in the Caprivi Strip, is launched. The Schlebush Commission is appointed ... Security Branch drove around with Cronjé and Naudé in order to identify a suitable spot. 414 On the night of the 26 June 1986, the anniversary of Operation Zero Zero, Sergeant Joe Mamasela collected the group in a minibus and drove towards Botswana. He stopped at a Zeerust filling station as ... Further coup attempts against Transkei: Operation Abbot 164 Attempts to overthrow the Transkei government did not end with the abortive Duli attempt. The following year the SADF’s Operation Abbot referred to expectations that Transkei civil servants would not be paid as usual on 15 June 1991 ... ... stalemate. At the end of July, South African security forces intervened in the conflict to alter the course of events dramatically with a single operation. 338 On 19 July 1986, members of the South African security forces assassinated Minister Piet Ntuli when a car bomb attached to his ... JOINT OPERATIONS OF THE SECURITY BRANCH AND SPECIAL FORCES: EXAMPLES OF CASES WHERE SPECIAL FORCES DID NOT APPLY FOR AMNESTY 135. Members of the SADF did not seek amnesty for any external operations, even w here the planning of such operations took place inside South Africa. In a number of ... ... hearing, 9–11 February 1998.) 163. In his defence, Mr Shiceka argued that, although he regretted the attack, he did not regard the operation as a success, as only one person was killed. He said that whites were the only oppressors and that this is why they were targeted . For ... ... situation in Angola should be kept as unstable as possible, that support should be rendered to UNITA and other movements, and that clandestine operations should be launched against Angola with the aim of forcing the MPLA government into preventing SWAPO from operating in southern Angola. 51 ... ... the Lesotho Liberation Army and assistance to Zimbabwean dissidents. In 1985, an internal dimension was added to the functions of the DST with Operations Marion (support for Inkatha) and Katzen (counter-insurgency operations in the Eastern Cape) being added to the portfolio of ... ... WARFARE The war in Angola I was then in the military, you know in the paratroopers and the Special Forces, and I was decorated for a couple of operations in South West Africa. I don’t know if I must apply for amnesty for Kassinga … It was probably the most bloody exercise that we ever ... Operational challenges 19. Operational challenges had the most profound impact on the process as they related to the urgency imposed on the Commission to finish a huge amount of work within the shortest period of time. They included: Staff 20. In any institution staff members are one of the ... |
