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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Showing 501 to 520 of 1009 First Page•Previous Page 22 •23 •24 •25 •26 •27 •28 •29 •30 Next Page•Last Page... 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 LOOTS: Right at the beginning, when Capt Hechter and Paul van Vuuren started with this operation for which they have applied for amnesty, I was not in the office at that stage, or I was not in the capacity of the Commander of the Black Power, I was part of a Special Investigative Team in the ... enemy, who was seen in the context of the above stated bastions and minions of the regime, and also to train the cadres and command them in whatever operation that is being embarked upon in consequence of and in pursuit of the above stated objectives. During or about the 21st January 1993 I ... ... 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, ... 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. ... 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 ... ... it within the month. We will do so in writing. In the meantime, the parties are requested to continue with their endeavours to obtain the co-operation of certain witnesses. Perhaps it is unnecessary to issue any subpoenas. Nonetheless the rulings have been asked for for future conduct ... The only operation which was carried out by this unit was the operation on 21 May 1988 in which a police van was ambushed and attacked on the railway line which separates Dube and Meadowlands in Soweto. 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 ... ... I would like to tell this Committee that even though I had already pointed out that I had my own soldiers, whenever my soldiers had to go on an operation, they would come to me, pick the guns up and go and conduct the operation, then come back, leave the guns with me. The guns had been ... 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. During 1972 the South African Police arrested an ANC operative one Mumbaris and his wife who had been engaged in an operation to infiltrate groups of ANC operatives into the country. Subsequent to his arrest, Mumbaris co-operated with the police and arranged with his commanders in exile to ... The incident arose from an operation planned by the Security Police to arrest certain suspect gun-runners. The police officers dealing with them were referred to as Ovambos, that is persons from outside the country who had been members of Koevoet and who were now stationed at Vlakplaas. The ... CHAIRPERSON: 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 ... During the third week the social workers came back to tell us that what had happened is that Lungile had received an operation where they wanted to try and fix his legs but he did not survive the operation, he had passed away. There UITENHAGE HEARING TRC/EASTERN CAPE They left for the police station on the 15th December 1993. Their activities were intended to be part and parcel with the operation of the SDU. Duduzi Kubeke was in command of the operation, his nickname is Bla. He was also the overall commander of the Slovo SDU. 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 ... |