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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Showing 221 to 240 of 1009 First Page•Previous Page 8 •9 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 Next Page•Last PageMR CORNELIUS: Did you participate in the operation and did you reconcile yourself with the operation? EXAMINATION BY MR VISSER: Mr Steenberg, you are an applicant for amnesty for an operation that was executed across the Swaziland border which we know happened on the 8th of December 1981, is that correct? MR CORNELIUS: Did you then receive any instruction to participate in an operation? There was direct military action. We have this here as Operation Palmiet. This operation took place in 1984 during the height of the Vaal rent boycott. This phase gave way to another lasting era from the late part of 1985 until the national peace accord. This phase can be described as a phase ... The detail of the operation was that an explosive device would be placed on a railway line at Mpaka, Swaziland under circumstances which would implicate the ANC in the deed. The idea was not to cause the device to detonate. On the day in question Applicant and a number of his subordinates ... In the evening of the day in question, both the applicant and Jack proceeded to the intended target where they threw a number of petrol-bombs. The operation was a blunder, in that a wrong target was hit, and that was the house belonging to Elizabeth Makwana. Although there were people inside, no ... intimidation of Morudu was the main objective, everyone of the Applicants foresaw the possibility that someone might be injured or killed during the operation. As it turned out, the 5th Applicant learnt the day after the operation that indeed a young girl, presumably a niece of Morudu, was killed ... ... the instruction was carried out and that Mamasela had shot Mrs Motasi. Ras accepted that Mrs Motasi had been killed as a necessary outcome of the operation. He did not report to Stemmet as he assumed that Klopper would do so. The matter was never discussed ... is coming from. It is not from the people who are seated here, but it is like it is coming from the back rooms. We would really appreciate your co-operation because when we started we said we should make sure that we restore people's dignity ... Dr Copperwitz, his treatment is not less than R300-00 every month. I was supposed to go to Cape Town to undergo an operation but they told me that I had to pay R60 000-00. MS MAYA: A heart operation? After I contacted the special investigation team and told them I would give them my full co-operation, I handed three containers with weapons which I had buried. Mr de Kock also did know of all the weapons and amongst others there were 5 LMGs, 6 Makarovs and some explosives. MR LAX: You see, in your affidavit you don't say that you decided to go home, you say you were ordered to go home. That means the operation was over and you were ordered to go home, correct? ... and that he socialised with members during drinking sessions in the canteen. He does not know whether or not Koekemoer was involved in the operation but he is aware of the judicial inquest into the matter in which Koekemoer ... MR MONG: With Simelane's accommodation and re-orientation at the mentioned farm, we saw to her personal needs, her toiletries, food, new clothing and others, so that we could continue with her co-operation and her attitude. As a young man it is very important for me to know that there’s a future in this country and my co-operation in preparing this statement was for the purpose of to see what - to determine why and how the church in Stellenbosch could allow that so many injustices could occur. Applicant was the commander of the unit of 6 members deployed for purposes of the operation. The group was accommodated at Kentane, a village which borders Kei Mouth. The group crossed the Kei River on foot and divided into two groups. They were all armed. The one group attacked a shop on ... MR KHWEZA: Did you know who had given the orders to Bobbie, Sonny and the other gentleman to carry out the operation in question? MR STANFORD: It is, it's very difficult, and I hoped my daughter would be here with me, but she had to go under and urgent operation in Maritzburg yesterday and wasn't able to come down. MR MAPOMA: Were you aware that it was going to be used in that operation? MR MOTLOKWA: That was so Sir, that was the case but because of certain reasons we did not have a code of conduct the situation forced us. I've already told you that the members of the MK taught us how to handle guns. That is why most of the time the Kangaroo Court was in operation. |
