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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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relevant provisions of the Act and how those provisions should be applied to the facts of this case. With that in mind, I would like to ask your co-operation in trying to find out whether you could furnish us - counsel who wish to furnish us with argument by Friday, a fortnight from now which is ...
... for the information of the Surgeon-General. So Dr Basson seems to indicate that you knew fully the production of all the commodities in terms of Operation Jotta, which included, I submit to you, both what Delta G was doing, and what RRL was ...
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 MAPOMA: Were you aware that it was going to be used in that operation?
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 ...
... 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 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?
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.
MR MANTHATA: My last question would be, even at this time in 1985, in your operation as a comrade, did you kill anybody?
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.
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.
... also appeared to be of a lower level of education. He testified that he had only passed Std 8 at school. In addition, his participation in the operation was very peripheral and he did not have any part in the planning thereof. After thorough consideration of his evidence the Committee came ...
... the van. Right in the police van they again assaulted me so much, I was never beaten up so much. Such that even yesterday I had to go through an operation. The doctor who was taken care of me was Dr Bekker at the ...
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 ...
MR 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: 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 ...
... was at St James, who participated in St James and commanded that unit, and again he was involved in Golf Club. Golf Club by the way was the first operation which was in 1992 before the others, the others followed. Xhomiso Nonuxba was involved. ...
MR MAPOMA: Now when the briefing was made, a final briefing before you went to, for the operation, you never met with him?
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