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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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MRS PATSA: The attorney, Smith said that there should be a post-mortem conducted. He was taken there, in East London. Smith then told us the results, that he’d had sustained head injuries and we could see that there was an operation that took place on his head.
14.8 On 3 February 1986 Operation Marion, which involved the training of a para-military unit for the protection of V.I.P.'s in Kwa-Zulu, was approved by the State Security Council. Any suggestion, therefore that the training of the Kwa-Zulu units had anything to do with the establishment of a ...
MR SNYDERS: Chairperson, approximately 18H00 or 19H00 we arrived at Vlakplaas after we went to Swaziland for an operation.
MR CORNELIUS: It is common cause that you received instructions from your commander, Col de Kock, to attend an operation in Swaziland, is that correct?
In the first act the Applicant participated in an operation to cause damage by starting a fire at a house apparently used by ANC elements to print and distribute pamphlets, situated somewhere between Linksfield Clinic and Louis Botha Avenue, in Johannesburg.
MR WILLS: With the operation of the firearm?
The Applicants and Nortje who also testified, say they waited at the point for quite some time and at some stage abandoned the operation. Later Lucas and Simon came to report that they had shot and killed the suspects because they suspected that the latter were trying to get them into a trap for ...
MR RICHARD: Indeed there was co-operation.
CHAIRPERSON: So then why was he involved in a hit squad operation, if he wasn't a member?
CHAIRPERSON: Was this your first operation as a member of APLA?
MRS MLHABENE: There is nothing that I have heard afterwards. There is nothing that's happened until today, that is why I say that this has affected a lot of things and even now I am still surprised and even my last born underwent an operation in her skull as she cannot even study properly.
... Management Committee of Nelspruit High at that stage. They determined the targets and determined who belonged to what, so I was actually only an operation on the ground. I served in the higher structures at TG, but they were in command and they identified the persons. And as you know, ...
"Concerning Operation Maivuya, in it's study the Committee should bear in mind the following main targets: Strategic power stations, police stations and irredeemable government stooges."
MR DE KOCK: Chairperson no, I cannot recall. The deployment was a normal deployment, it wasn't a special request for a special covert operation, in other words something underhand.
As far as the operation itself is concerned Tanda and Shiceka have admitted and confessed to you that they were directly involved in perpetrating the attack. They were armed with automatic weapons and grenades. The automatic weapons were used.
De Kock's version about his visit to Van Rensburg's office is corroborated by Ras who indicated that he accompanied de Kock to van Rensburg's office, on the day of Nieuwoudt's visit to Pretoria, where reference was made to the Port Elizabeth operation.
... for amnesty in this hearing in respect of these conviction and in addition in respect of his participation and activities in connection with an operation to bomb the Yeoville Police Station. Part of such activities constituted the subject matter of Count 7 at the above proceeding. Applicant ...
MR VAN WYK: Did you decide to give your full co-operation to the ANC in this enquiry?
MR VEYI: When there would be an operation, for example, maybe there would be eight of us in the Unit and then six of us would go outside and there would be those who are left inside the country, those who would handle the sources inside the country and collect reports. In Lengene’s case, that is ...
... You could have gone with a certain intention, but the moment you take something for personal gain, it's overriding, then the but laws comes into operation and it negatives everything that happened before and that may be a problem in this matter, to ...
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