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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Showing 401 to 420 of 1009 First Page•Previous Page 17 •18 •19 •20 •21 •22 •23 •24 •25 Next Page•Last PageMR NYAWUZA: So you carried out this operation and what happened? What subsequently happened? JUDGE POTGIETER: They planned this operation? ... 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 ... ... because of the injury in my legs. I could not participate anymore because my legs could not take it. I went to the hospital, I had to go for an operation but I could not afford it. They could not bring back all those things they had taken away from us. This is all I want to ... MR MANTHATA: My last question would be, even at this time in 1985, in your operation as a comrade, did you kill anybody? MS SOOKA: One of the structures that also came into operation was the peoples court and in fact at your trial I think part of the charge was running peoples courts. Do you ... orders were explicitly to aim the shots at such a height that no risk would be posed to life or limb inside the house. The intention of the operation as well as Applicant's orders were clearly not to kill or harm any of the occupants of the house. The shots fired by Applicant were ... 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? MR RICHARD: Indeed there was co-operation. CHAIRPERSON: Now starting at page 164 you talk about this operation and the return where you ate and drank on the way back. MR VAN WYK: Did you decide to give your full co-operation to the ANC in this enquiry? MR ROSSOUW: You have now heard testimony that there was an operation in the Eastern Transvaal, on the Swaziland border and members of Vlakplaas returned back to Vlakplaas. Were you among these persons who returned from Swaziland, the Eastern Transvaal? MR SNYDERS: Chairperson, approximately 18H00 or 19H00 we arrived at Vlakplaas after we went to Swaziland for an operation. 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. 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. ... Turfontein. The mine was placed behind the bar at the sports ground to ensure that no one was injured in the blast. It was a so-called propaganda operation to let it be known that MK has a presence in the White suburbs. Nobody was injured in the ... MR ROSSOUW: On page 16, if I may just refer you to the top of page 16. You state there that you were a Sergeant and a subordinate at Vlakplaas during 1989, with this operation, that was the rank that you occupied? 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. ... 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 ... Mr Chairman, that we have the cases decided in our courts which make Section 29 statements admissible and we may say that the Section 29 that was in operation in 1993 when the statements were made, was a much more human rights friendly Section to the ones that the cases deal ... |
