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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Showing 761 to 780 of 1009 First Page•Previous Page 35 •36 •37 •38 •39 •40 •41 •42 •43 Next Page•Last Page... have the evidence of Mr Prinsloo and More regarding the informer, his actions went much further than just informing. He took an active part in the operation. I refer to two instances, the first one is the reconnaissance of Wachthuis and the planning and abduction of Petrus Lubane. I request ... CHAIRPERSON: Yes, you saw that there was a lot of blood and then you thought that it would be prudent to examine his injuries because it might be more serious than what you thought. Were you informed of the plan to abduct him prior to the execution of the operation? CHAIRPERSON: Yes, thank you, Mr Swanepoel, I want to say something about you first. I want to thank you for your co-operation throughout your attendance here and the fairness you've displayed, it's impressed us. I thank you. ... what is implicit in the facts before the Committee is that the conspiracy to abduct and eventually kill the deceased, was in place before the operation set out, or set forth into Swaziland. ... ... women and aged women and old men and everybody knew these people, knew their activities. I came back to the office. I was in charge of the entire operation and I suggested that he too, or should I say Beki, should be fetched, himself being the first one. And the intention with reference to ... MR KOOPEDI: Thank you Chairperson, we are indebted. Now, I would ask you to concentrate on the operation that involves you as in where you took part, the attack at the Administration offices, please briefly tell the Committee, this Honourable Committee, what happened on that day and how you went ... CHAIRPERSON: When you arrived in Piet Retief, did Mr Beeslaar say to you "you are now part of this operation and you will have to participate in the interrogation"? MR LAX: I am not going to waste time, the way you have written it here, is that everybody in the community knew that Msani had sold the brother out, the comrades then planned to kill him. It was after everybody knew, that they planned this operation and that doesn't tie in with your evidence. ... he did not reveal who killed the deceased. This behaviour was to be expected of him, given the nature and circumstances of the clandestine operation. We however, do not equivocally say that the killing of the three young men was totally unjustified in the circumstances. It was totally ... ... in particular paragraph 2 thereof on page 9.a.ii on page 114, in his amnesty application this witness stated that he was involved in an operation which he ... MR MAKHUBALO: I will say these people assaulted me. For me not to remember who did what, who did what and what, but I would say they assaulted me. I couldn't have had the operation I had, I couldn't have these marks I have if they would come and say those things. MS MDYOGOLO: After he had been taken to the Doctor, he was taken in for an operation. Thereafter he was taken for the post-mortem to be conducted and we received notices informing us that an inquest was going to be held and that we should be at court at a certain date. MR MZOBOSHE: I had to undergo an operation so that they can drain the blood which was accumulating in my body. ... for amnesty, not just now to ridicule this process, but to do their share. I have no right to close this meeting, but thank you. You get our co-operation. God willing I may join you later some time tomorrow in Tzaneen. God help you. Let us ... CHAIRPERSON: As to the execution, that was, the decision was a general one, to kill these people and on the face of it, it was left to some trained group to put into operation. ... conclusion. I also did it because I believed that the incorporation of these facts would protect the lives of the members who took part in the operation, that is now Sehlwana and the ... MRS MTHOMBENI: There was no co-operation during that time. There was some misunderstanding at that time. If perhaps a school child could die, people were marching, teachers did not actually conduct the normal classes. So there were a lot of disturbances. The police were always surrounding the ... CHAIRPERSON: I would like to request everyone’s co-operation. The question being put by Reverend Xundu, if I understand it correctly, is that he wants to know if you had any knowledge of the fact that people did object to the presence of councillors. ... to come forward and disclose, but if they do not avail themselves of that opportunity then of the course the Laws of the country will be put into operation. So we can assure you that the names which you mentioned, that we are aware of these issues, that many of these issues are under ... MR MAFO: We did put forward the case to Mr Mulava, he is still alive. But when we tried to ask more about the developments of the case he said no, he couldn't get any co-operation from the Lesotho authorities and that's how the case ended up. |