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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Showing 621 to 640 of 1009 First Page•Previous Page 28 •29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 Next Page•Last PageThe Applicant emphasised that the reason why they embarked on the operation was because of the need to protect the members of the IFP against the onslaught from the ANC and that the IFP needed firearms for such protection. After the operation, De Kock reported to Brigadier Schoon that Mabotha, "the askari who had run away" would not bother them again, euphemistically meaning that he did not exist anymore. Schoon simply accepted the report and did not ask for details. Schoon, in his affidavit said he had no ... ... the brief of this present Commission - referring now to Ermelo - because in terms of the notice we received this Commission would only examine the operation of hit squads operating in the townships of Mpumalanga and Esikhaweni. Thank you, ... ... find it strenuous perhaps to try and control the time in time for this hearing to be finished possibly by 17h00. We will again appeal for your co-operation, that you continue to behave yourselves in the manner in which you have done in the past two ... MS MAKI: My leg was still swollen after the operation. ... what, basically what we are talking about here is a military attack by the SADF on so-called targets outside of the country. So it is an illegal operation in which people were killed and innocent people were also killed. When we heard a similar story from some mothers in Alex in Johannesburg ... rehabilitation which is what this Committee is all, what the TRC is mostly about. We thank you so much. We will, we hope we will still get your co-operation in other fields relevant to your experience to discover, to unearth some of these people. Thank you so ... ... and such a place." I said, "No, I didn't say." They said, "Open up." They opened the door, I saw my friend. I said, "My friend, you've got an operation, you can't see me. My legs and hands are hurt. I said, "Please, bring those weapons up ..." (Incomplete -end of Side A, Tape 10) ... I ... ADV SIGODI: The way you understood the whole operation, in your opinion I just want to know what would you have done as that group if you had found partly ANC and partly IFP motor vehicle? MR MTHEMBU: Do you know of an APLA operation code named Great Storm? MR DUNYWA: And this happened over a short period in 1990. The deceased joined these criminals later. After they had been in operation for a long time. MR ROSSOUW: You have heard the evidence here that before this incident there had been an operation in the Eastern Transvaal. Were you involved there? MR RICHARD: The price of eggs in this relation is that there was intimidation of Mr Ramatolo to some extent, that he didn't have the option to simply drop off the informing operation. The witness has denied that there was any such ...(intervention) MR DE KOCK: His attitude was for me to proceed with it. I just want to tell you that on the scale something like this wasn't a major situation or an operation, it wasn't very overwhelming, his attitude was simply to go ahead with it. Even there they said there is nothing they can do. I was transferred to Bloemfontein again for an operation. I was admitted there for three weeks and the pellets were removed. MS COLLETT: What was the purpose of the operation? ... there, even if he were expelled as a member of the ANC, he would still be in a position to give information on logistics, etc., pertaining to the operation of the ANC, which would then be utilised by the IFP to carry out the raids and attacks. A simple telephone call would indicate to the IFP ... ... while the words code of conduct suggest a strong and finite, defined set of principles to act by, in the situation it wasn't a proper military operation and therefore the code of conduct is not as simple as; did a person act in or outside that code of conduct. And that is why the ... ... playing a double role of working as an informer for the ANC whilst at Vlakplaas. De Kock says the deceased was reported not to be giving full co-operation and he had been warned that he would have to be watched very ... second Applicant, asking what they wanted, 1st Applicant shot Mr Makhathini twice. He died as a result. They then left the scene and again the operation was reported to ... |
