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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Showing 241 to 260 of 1009 First Page•Previous Page 9 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 Next Page•Last PageMR BOOYENS: You also heard the evidence of the former Minister of Law and Order and the Commissioner of Police and the other officers involved in this operation, is that correct? CHAIRPERSON: Did you know what Mr Pienaar knew about the operation when he got in the vehicle? Did you for a fact know what he knew? When one of the articles said that there was a specific South African Intelligence operation using the International University Exchange Fund, I realised then and my superiors realised then Mr Chairman, that it didn't take as I think I said, a rocket scientist to go through all the employees of ... obtained permission from Middelburg Regional Office, for our mini-bus to be used and that Colonel De Kock from Vlakplaas would be in command of this operation. Seeing as I was at that stage the Commander of Witbank Security Branch, I took the decision to drive the bus to Piet Retief ... CHAIRPERSON: Tell me, his arrest near Grahamstown was put into operation, or succeeded with because of a roadblock as I understand, not so? askaris was Captain Moss who gave the signal. De Kock testified that he commanded Moss to monitor the police station next to Manzini during the operation, he was not at the scene of the ambush. Du Plessis stated that he was told that the persons to be killed were terrorists who wanted to ... ... meeting McCaskill, and remember now he comes to the post office, he says to you "There are uninvited guests at the house, we have to call off the operation", you say to him "This isn't a time to pull out", you send him away, he comes back, what is it, half an hour, and hour ... MR BOOYENS: And is it further correct, as you have already testified, that the decision to eliminate such a person and the decision to continue whatsoever with the operation, was not within your control? ... to the then situation when the Venda government was still in control of the - everybody was saying the traditional healers and witches were in co-operation so that the government should not really be targeted or ... ADV VISSER: Now, were any of his orders conveyed to you as to what was the purpose and objective of this operation and what is to be done with the six people? MR EVERSON: As I recall, they were quite large cardboard boxes or wooded boxes, not unsimilar to the boxes that were used on the Trojan Horse operation. MR KOOPEDI: Now did you gain anything personally, that is perhaps financially or materially, were you paid for having taken part in this operation? ... hence I always write my stories on paper. My wife and daughter were also affected by these problems. In 1987 I underwent haemorrhoids surgery or operation in Tanzania. Cold feet is still troubling me, especially winter time, and doctors are unable to cure this. Bronchitis developed to ... MR BOOYENS: And during this interrogation, did the deceased give his co-operation immediately, or did you have to force him to do that? ... border. He was informed that there was a photocopy machined in the Pietersburg office of the Security Branch which had been stolen during an operation. He assumed that it was a machine stolen from a trade union office. The Applicant did not disclose his knowledge of the stolen ... MR SHAI: And it's now common cause, it's now evidence before court that something went wrong in your operation, is that correct? The facts and circumstances of this operation have been dealt with fully in the decision of Wandrag and others reported under AM4363/96; 4379/96; 7121/97; 7235/97; 4374/96; 7739/96; 7090/97; 4398/96; 4364/96; 5002/97 and 5000/97 decision in which amnesty was granted. Van Jaarsveld appeared at the hearing as an implicated person. He denied even taking part in the operation. Significantly though, upon asked to say why he said he did not participate therein, he said that if he did, he would have remembered it as he had a very good memory. He could not remember ... MR SNYDERS: Yes, Chairperson. With regard to some of the incidents, tape recordings were made by Mr de Kock, which we played back to Mr Oosthuizen once we arrived back in Pretoria, to indicate that the operation had been successfully completed. Essentially this operation was executed in an effort to maintain the ANC/IFP borders that had come about as a result of the violent conflict in the area. The defensive action at Mazibuko ensured that the residents of Thokoza did not lose any more houses, shops, etc. to the IFP, because each time ... |
