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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation CHAIRPERSON: Yes, the pension proceeds in any case, won't form part of the estate, that seems to be the operation of the law in respect of that, so there doesn't seem to be any sort of ... He said he was ordered to carry out the operation by his commander whom he only knew by his code name Thanduxolo. "I confirm that on the day of the operation, I travelled from Welkom to Wesselsbron, with Sohane, the driver, Sibande and Sebinzile on the instruction of Abel Khotle. He instructed us to meet Bhani in Wesselsbron and he will brief us about the operation to take place." MR WESSELS: And that you were involved with this operation? ... us full details of the medical treatmentwhich you received. I have here a copy of the account from Philonomi Hospitalin Bloemfontein after your operation, so we have all those details. We wouldalso like to get from you the letter which you have just referred to. We don'thave that in our ... MR WHEELER: Yes, through my conclusions, I thought that we were assisting them in this operation or war, as they called it, we assisted them, I thought so. ... not find him then we went to the hospital. I was just attended to and giving medicine and pills whereas Mamakie was hospitalised and underwent an operation. The bullet was not removed and gave me problems. I underwent an operation under the influence of Doctor ... ... programmes and it is abundantly clear, I would submit with respect, that the only reason why the deceased was approached was his lack of co-operation with these political programmes. And it was in that spur of the moment when he was confronted by his lack of co-operation, that he decided ... never resisted anything, he never lied to me. He never gave me any struggle whatsoever. In fact he is one of the people who gave me an absolute co-operation, insofar as my investigation was concerned. So he told me that yes, he took part in the killing of Dhlomo, he was a commander of a ... MR MAPOMA: Now, when you went to the Leeukloof farm you went there for an operation as members of the SDU, do I understand that to be correct? As long as we know what the main moments and features of the operation were, and those were that all these applicants who appeared before you, were there in a supporting capacity. Really one would always be tempted to think that if it hadn't been for SWT180, they wouldn't have been involved at ... ... which had to be studied by the Security Branch. As they entered the building, Applicant and his colleagues were shot at and had to abort the operation. A window and one downpipe were damaged during the ... MR CORNELIUS: I put it to you that Mr van Heerden was a Constable two months stationed there and that he was an insignificant little figure against the other chief officials who were running the operation. MR VAN WYK: There is a history since 1994 in respect of your co-operation with the police and the investigation that there was several non-disclosures, do you concede that? MR VALLY: And as someone who was ultimately responsible for Operation Jotta under which RRL fell. to Kenneth Mashalaba. Virginia Khatshwa was also present in the vehicle at the time and the applicants pointed a firearm at them to ensure their co-operation. The applicants promised not to damage the vehicle. Mashalaba and Khatshwa were dropped off between Alice and Fort Beaufort. This is the ... MR BEESLAAR: I can only state that I was not inebriated because Col de Kock's instructions were that no liquor should be consumed before or during an operation. My share was remote but due to my minor share, I nonetheless respected the instructions of Mr de Kock and obeyed them as such. MR LAX: Yes, I understand that being the motive of the operation, but I want you to turn to page, do you have the documents in front of you, page 3? Page 3 forms part of your amnesty application, dated the 25th of April 1997. The date is on the previous page, the page after that. The first applicant stood guard outside the bank. At first the operation worked according to how he had planned. But whilst the others were inside the police appeared and foiled the robbery. ... light was switched off. I stayed for an hour after that and I was sure that even if there could be anything around, I will be able to carry out my operation quite successfully and I threw in the hand grenade and I disappeared in the dark of the ... |
