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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Showing 601 to 620 of 1009 First Page•Previous Page 27 •28 •29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 Next Page•Last Page Further to that, there is no operation of this - the ANC hierarchy somewhere you know, from upper authority where this power was given or the authority to go ahead and kill anybody that was Inkatha in the area. MR NGHOBENI: The murder and unit members worked in co-operation with prison warders. They would come to fetch me from prison without authorisation from the court. When I reported this to the head of the prison, they did not take the matter up. He would inform me that there was nothing he could ... and address the meeting. We went to that meeting and I came back. We organised a programme of action in which we wanted to implement some clean-up operation as the youth of that residential area, and we wanted to clean that residential area to show the councillors that they had failed in their ... MR LEWIN: From what you tell us it must have been a very well planned operation if it was in fact deliberate and it was an ambush. ADV POTGIETER: You mean you either need the co-operation of the police or the blessing? 7. Stratkom operation in Western Cape and the bombing of the First National Bank ATM, Claremont ADV BOSMAN: And perhaps it's not fair to ask you this, but why did Mr Taylor, in your mind, summon du Preez to this operation, which fell outside of his normal activities? CHAIRPERSON: I'm at a loss. And you have just stated and confirmed that you knew you were going to use firearms, you knew before the operation got underway, during the planning, that you were going to use firearms. By your own admission you couldn't have undertaken a mission of this nature ... ... who was actually, the person who was there, I think he was called Colonel Piet Greyling, he was the man who was the chief there, but the entire operation was run by General Johan Coetzee. I have nothing against him. I mean, he didn't ill-treat me. But then I think, being such an academic man, ... A statement has also been prepared in Xhoza, as a matter of fact as the two applicants had been operating together, carrying out, virtually the same operation, their statements are virtually the ... There is no indication that the Applicant acted out of a personal grudge against the deceased. There is also no evidence that he personally benefitted from the operation. We are satisfied that he is entitled to amnesty. ... of people to assist him in executing this task. A decision was taken that Sibiya should be the first target to be attacked. The plan was put into operation on the day of the incident being 3 May 1994. Second Applicant and the group of combatants whom he had selected to assist him, proceeded to ... I thought you did not want anyone to be aware of your intention to kill Mr Phumayo, least it leaks out? I thought you were the only one who was going to be involved in this operation, and nobody else? MR MAPOMA: And I take it that he never gave you instructions to go into that operation, am I correct? MR MAPOMA: Is there any person amongst the three of you who was in charge of this robbery "operation"? ... up people to have them shot, that you set them up in a robbery merely to shoot them. If you were to think back, would you have continued with the operation if these persons had not indicated any intention to commit a robbery and if there had not been any information that they had committed ... CHAIRPERSON: We've heard that witchcraft still is in operation and I appreciate what you've just said, if you are granted amnesty, how you will deal with the issues. At that time there was a battle going on, a political battle and certain things occurred. In some quarters they say it was wrong ... ADV MPSHE: And you have to be satisfied that this person is actually a member of the UDF before you can instruct the other guys to carry out the operation not so? at the time. It would be a fair summary of the evidence to describe the situation as critical and almost an open war situation. Apla had launched operation Great Storm which involved a new pattern where according to the PAC representations to the TRC civilians within the white community were ... MR DU TOIT: The first inference that I drew was that this would be used for an offensive action and secondly, that this would be used in a cross-border operation because of the great deal of trouble that went into the packing of these items. |
