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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation ... for collecting and keeping these firearms safely so that they are not used in other instances but they were only issued out when we went out on an ... MR DU PLESSIS: Before the operation of car theft started, that was at the game farm. I'd say the Saturday evening, if that's correct, Chairperson. 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 ... Furthermore, they were informed that these detonators were needed for an approved operation. I ratified their action and the provision of the detonators ex post facto. I understood and accepted that these detonators would be applied against the liberation organisations and that persons would ... to meet up with some of his former colleagues. That might lead to him observing their relationship with the Security Police and secure his future co-operation. He called on the 1st Applicant and instructed him to take the matter further. He did not personally speak to Knowles, but assumed that ... What is the problem with your health? --- I have asthma and operation. I was operated because I was sick. election campaign that I endured a lot of stress to the point where I actually suffered a heart-attack, and in 1990 I had to undergo a heart by-pass operation. The result of that election is now history today, and I realised that the political dispensation in this country had changed irrevocably; ... MR HATTINGH: You knew that Mr de Kock was the commander of that unit, that it executed the operation? MR PAPIER: Now, is it correct that you participated in the operation at the Bontheuwel Rent Office on the 28th of September 1988, as described by Sidney? ... did not do the submission to the Chairperson, it was not my project. Only at the eleventh hour was I instructed by Staal Burger to execute the operation for the project with regard to the ape foetus matter at the Archbishop's house, I did not do any submissions, I received a direct ... MR VALLY: And as someone who was ultimately responsible for Operation Jotta under which RRL fell. MR BOOYENS: And further that you as the Technical Division received orders, you were never in a position to consider the merits of an operation, is that correct? MR KOOPEDI: Now let's go to the second incident, which would be in 1983. Were you still a member of Special Operation at that stage? Evidence tendered by family members of Patrick Mahlangu corroborated the version of the 7th applicant that he was only involved in the deep cover operation, and not in the abduction. ... support to freedom fighters during 1989, seventy or eighty places were attacked with either explosives or petrol bombs. He took part in those operations and believed the Alexandra Health Clinic was one of the buildings that was expected to be targeted. The clinic was, however, not ... The applicant has no knowledge of the extent of the damage caused during the operation nor whether any person was injured at Morget's house, except that the windows were broken. This is a dangerous revolutionary advising a young person who had behaved in a violent manner. Was this taken into consideration before putting the decision, to put him to death, into operation? We went to NU6 to do something called reconnaissance, to reconnoitre the place where this operation was going to take place. We came back. We went there again with another comrade called Bongani Dukwana, who was the main person who knew this policeman, because we did not know this policeman. In June 1984, the operation in Secunda II and II was attempted again. Again the effort failed as the rockets veered away from the intended target. Again five rockets were fired. During the night of 25/26 September 1986 Charles Sebe was freed from the Middledrift Prison in an operation conducted by a special unit. He was then taken to safe sanctity in Transkei. |