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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Showing 481 to 500 of 1009 First Page•Previous Page 21 •22 •23 •24 •25 •26 •27 •28 •29 Next Page•Last PageCHAIRPERSON: I don't know why you have difficulty with the question. The question is simple, in your activities that night, there was an operation in progress, there were four of you. All I am asking is, did this policemen die as a result of what you and your colleagues did during that operation ... The applicant says in carrying out the operation he was acting on the orders of the commander, Odeille "Mainstay" Maponya who died on the same day whilst trying to execute another limpet mine explosion which prematurely went off. A few minutes before that the two had met and decided that they ... ... - when the shooting incident took place. Then it also says: Now Captain Southy is - he is now a Captain - Police Station had been turned into an operational center on 24-11-90 and that the Officer commanding the operation was the now Senior Superintendent Hagen - another police officer - he ... ... approved of this and ordered Pienaar and Van Dyk to assist. De Kock was told by Pienaar that they, the Vlakplaas Unit, would be involved in the operation. He was eventually briefed by Deetlefs and possibly Visser of whom De Kock was not quite certain. He testified that his immediate ... MR NKOSI: There was a unit that was responsible for handling the bombs, and the other were using the hammer. There was operation Shiza and operation Delisa. ... and Van Rensburg to decide who to involve amongst other security policemen. He later became aware that they were going to involve Nieuwoudt in the operation. When the abduction took place he was telephonically informed that the two had been abducted and were being conveyed to the place where ... ... the Applicant was a member of the Vlakplaas Unit of the Security Branch he received instructions from his senior Eugene de Kock to assist in an operation of the so-called Stratcom section, also of the Security Branch. This involved an attack on a house in Soutpansberg Road in Queenswood, ... ... They were as if they were chopped. He came back in. He wasangry with me. He used this stick furthermore to hit me, and I told him, "Sir,I have an operation, I have an appendix operation." When I saidthat to him I was really giving him the freedom to do whatever he wanted todo. He left me. They ... on the floor and I had an operation and I complained about this operation. I told them I am not able to sleep at night and I asked them to take me to the doctor and they promised me to do so. ... on the same night during 1992. When giving evidence in chief he stated that he, Simpiwe Ntombela, Sikhosiphi Mdunge and Nkanyiso Ndlovu went on an operation to attack the house of one Mlambo. On their way to the house they saw a number of soldiers and decided to abort the operation. On their ... What happened and what became clear as evidence of things like Operation Marion or Operation Katson from the Eastern Cape made evident, was that the Pretoria government and instruments of the securocrats, were using other political forces such as the IFP from time to time, for their own particular ... MS VAN DER WALT: Mr Koole, Mr van Dyk was in command of this operation and he would never have allowed a group of people to enter to execute an operation if he as commander did not accompany them. Do you have any comment? MR TSHOLANKU: And you reported that the operation was unsuccessful, what did you do from there - having reported that the operation was unsuccessful, what did you do from there? The applicant testified that he carried out the operation after Dr and Mrs Ribeiro had been identified as targets during the first meetings between General Joubert and Brigadier Cronje. As pointed out in the decision referred to above there had already been two previous attempts to kill the ... It was an operation after an operation. I had to undergo about four operations. One was to remove the bullet and my right arm here, I cannot use it fully, because now the bullet went through my right arm here and penetrated my school bag and right on here in my back. So, the spinal cord was ... ... been there to see what has happened to Michael and then the hospital at Kakamas called me for somebody to sign the document. I had to sign for a operation for my sister's son. When I came there they were already in the ambulance. This child had to be taken to Upington for a emergency ... MR VALLIHU: Well I did have knowledge of the operation, intended operation, but I didn't participate. MR SIMELANE: I gave him the instructions after I was recalled from Italy to lead the special operation. This was broadly discussed with my superior in Lusaka, after my return from Italy as ANC representative and I was given this responsibility of the leading the special operation. MR WILLS: Now, you said in your affidavit that you were told that you were going to assist in the operation to kill Mr Lombo prior to the operation. Is that correct? ... Swazi Police near Pigs Peak. Although the weapons were hidden in the body of the vehicle the police did not find them. In the circumstances the operation had to be aborted. The arms were later retrieved by Floris and Lotz, other Vlakplaas Unit members. According to De Kock the arms were ... |
