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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Showing 681 to 700 of 1009 First Page•Previous Page 31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 •39 Next Page•Last PageThe order was given to him as well as Captain du Toit and Warrant officer van Tonder. About ten members of the security police were involved in the operation to search the house of the Mbuli's for illegal weapons. They were under the command of captain du ... ... was fiercely opposed by the Alliance and its supporters. Gqozo, having come to power in 1990 in a coup d'etat, lacked the necessary support and co-operation from a very large section of the inhabitants of the area. The period leading up to the massacre saw widespread incidents of violence ... ... to relinquish their positions. I knew what was happening, because I had already organised somehow. That was when the Crisis Committee came into operation. They took over from the Advisory Board in Vleifontein. ... ... people can be honest and can speak without fear and that is one of the things that this Commission will be working towards, but we need the co-operation of many people to achieve that. ... ... face was severely burnt, he also had internal injuries and he was, of course, at that stage unconscious. When I found him he had just come from an operation. A week later on the 28th of May he died due to his injuries. He died without ever regaining consciousness. We were never able to ... ... He was ill. Even the community is aware of that. Eventually the doctors sent him to Groote Schuur. He was operated on there. This is the very operation that made his health deteriorate. It is the way he was ill-treated in jail that he is dead today. It is a tragedy that my husband had to ... ... or questioning from me that if one Andy Taylor was in the security police in Durban at the time, then he would certainly have been involved in the operation. It isn't surprising that my father's murder would have been discussed at social events, amongst the community of people who had spent so ... ... such activity. Mr Vlok was emphatic in stating that the maximum effort mustbe made to ensure that no lives were put at risk when carryingout the ... When we entered, we instructed them to lay down. Mr Ngwenya led us in the operation. Then Mr le Krish volunteered to show us where the safes are, where guns are put. He went there, then he informed us that he is not able to find the keys. Then Mrs le Krish told us that she would go and ask ... ... that his general instructions were to seek, identify and attack the enemy, as well as to train other cadres and to command them in whatever operation that was being embarked upon. Applicant testified that on 21st January 1993 he commanded a unit of APLA cadres to attack policemen working ... ... Mr Chairperson, Hugo on behalf of Mr de Kock. De Kock also applied for amnesty with regards to the Khanya House incident. He was in charge of the operation and I can tell you for record purposes, he did not say that General van der Merwe or Vlok gave any instructions. He is not going to say ... MR BOOYENS: And as far as you are concerned, if the Vlakplaas operation was disclosed it would be an effective piece of machinery, according to you perception, possibly it would have rendered it useless and so on, is that correct? ...(transcriber's interpretation) "Look, we've got our target, the policeman" and an hour later they have their weapons and they go into the house. It just seems that to arrange an operation like this, there had to be some form of planning and it seems clear, Chairperson, that yes, Mr Andrew Chauke did go to that house, he did ... MR VISSER: He also said that after he had committed this task in co-operation with Mamome and Ramouseau, he reported back and you were not satisfied that they did not remove enough articles from that house and that you thought he had to remove more articles from that house to simulate a break-in. MR VAN DYK: That is correct. I wouldn't say that his courage failed him completely, I think perhaps he didn't want to carry on with the operation, but after we spoke we then together, both of us went to the wooden house. in order to induce submission to the taking of the vehicle and a shot went off unexpectedly. He was not aware that the gun was cocked. During this operation, the applicant was accompanied by people he only knew as Daizer Xaba and John ... ... two organisations seem to be working together, at both national and provincial levels and it cannot be controverted that the existing spirit of co-operation and apparent desire to bury the hatchet has gradually filtered down to their followers and respective constituencies. In the result there ... HOT PURSUIT OF OPERATION AT JOZINI ... which focuses on the role of health workers and through many of the testimonies that we've heard over the past year that the Commission has been in operation, we've heard of not only the brutality of the security police and other security personnel, but we've also heard of the callousness of some ... the deceased on 8 May 1985 and their subsequent killing by other members of the Security Police on the 9th or 10th of May was in fact one continuous operation or not would depend largely on the evidence of what transpired over the relevant period. 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