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Operation Zero Zero

Explanation
Eight young activists were killed and at least seven were injured in explosions involving booby-trapped hand grenades in Duduza, KwaThema and Tsakane, Tvl, on 26 June 1985. The zero-timed grenades had been provided by a Vlakplaas operative purporting to be an MK operative. The operation, codenamed 'Zero Zero', had been authorised by the Minister of Law and Order. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation.

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With the information that we have now, about the way Vlakplaas operates - how do you feel about this fact that you were not told that this operation involved Vlakplaas?
... me to tell me exactly what was happening at the time but I was listening the radios and reading the newspapers, that's where I got the date of the operation of the autopsy. The first time I saw the body was here in Umtata hospital when he was going to be operated on, it was already now after a ...
MR KOOLE: That is Mr de Kock who asked us as to whether we have our passports or not, then he told us to prepare ourselves because at that night we would be going to Swaziland to do a certain operation.
... the Commission's Report, in the paragraphs that we were dealing with. I just want to find the paragraphs, yes 395, and because of your lack of co-operation I didn't put the names to you of 398. Now did that intention to protect that you had in 1990, carry through when you gave evidence before ...
... in a situation where they were arrested by the Botswana Police, because you must know that I did not have approval from anyone to execute this ...
Do you think that you recovered completely after the shooting incident? --- No because it is bad weather, when it is cold and raining, I experience pain and I get told that the inside of where I had the operation, swells up.
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 ...
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.
MR BOOYENS: And during this interrogation, did the deceased give his co-operation immediately, or did you have to force him to do that?
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?
Then I alighted at Kalafong. They were together with me to accompany me. When we arrived there she was in Ward 9. She had already undergone an operation, but they could not assist her immediately with the wounds that she received. They took her out of the ward and to the Intensive Care Unit. ...
... 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 ...
GEN VILJOEN: I would just like to point out Chairperson, that the blackening of faces in the military operation is
CHAIRPERSON: So Thabiso in this operation, Thabiso was commanding?
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.
"I was instructed by Col Botha from Durban, to accompany him on an operation to Swaziland. I was informed by him that there was information to hand that an important Umkhonto weSizwe member, Dion Cele, had indicated that he would be willing to work for the Security Branch. And our mission would ...
The kidnapping of August Majola and his girlfriend are closely connected and formed part of the act or arson. We have no hesitation in accepting the applicant's explanation that the kidnapping was done in order to ensure that nobody was injured during the operation.
... come back tomorrow at nine o'clock, when we will start the matter and continue as best we can. Thank you and thank the legal advisors for their co-operation today, we will see them and I presume the other persons who have certain duties to carry out here, tomorrow ...
That's what happened, it's a fact. The late comrade John Showa, who was one of the seniors in APLA and who was responsible for the task force operations being a person that I am well known to because I was a member of APLA. He requested me to identify people who can be important to take our ...
MR SNYDERS: Chairperson, approximately 18H00 or 19H00 we arrived at Vlakplaas after we went to Swaziland for an operation.
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