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Operation Zero Zero

Explanation
Eight young activists were killed and at least seven were injured in explosions involving booby-trapped hand grenades in Duduza, KwaThema and Tsakane, Tvl, on 26 June 1985. The zero-timed grenades had been provided by a Vlakplaas operative purporting to be an MK operative. The operation, codenamed 'Zero Zero', had been authorised by the Minister of Law and Order. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation.

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... Chilies. Despite the fact that the unit split into two groups after having entered South Africa they clearly associated themselves with the whole operation as set out at the time of the initial briefing by ...
"When those young boys were arrested they were arrested by the army unit and the police unit, Security Police, and that was a joint operation and we did it here into Botasxau. It was late in the evening. That is when they were arrested and they told us about their intentions. They were going to ...
MR VISSER: Thank you. Were you ever informed of any operation in which Mbulelo Ngono was involved in, in South Africa, or one of the so-called home States, homelands?
... We are going to adjourn slightly earlier this afternoon. In fact we will be adjourning at 3.30 so I'm going to call upon you to give your co-operation for us to start promptly after lunch. We will now adjourn and we will reconvene at 2 ...
MS ANDERSON: Yes, we didn't have a big enough operation from there.
CHAIRPERSON: Also he was Head of Special Ops which was a far bigger operation, this was just a part of it.
MS ANDERSON: Yes, we didn't have a big enough operation from there.
When I arrived there, they said that my eyes were completely damaged, but they will try to cure it. I was taken to theatre after some days - the Doctors were checking the damage and they did an operation on my right eye.
They expected no financial gain from this operation, nor did they act out of spite, ill-will or malice.
... were stolen. The political objective was to obtain weapons to protect ANC members in the KwaMakhuta area from attacks by members of the ANC. The operation was approved by their Unit Commander Sipho Gumede, who told them of the gun shop. There were five persons in the group who carried out the ...
explosive would be put inside any of the buses as this would result in killing the civilians. I supplied the mines which were to be used in the two operations. I did not have anything further to do with this operation as it was being commanded by Mr ...
Apologies Mr Falck, it’s very difficult to deal with evidence of this nature if there is this sort of distraction. Please, will you just respect the occasion and allow us to just work through the evidence. I’ll appreciate your co-operation, thank you.
... that, you recklessly proceeded to follow the same procedure and you should have foreseen that somebody could die as a result of your second ...
MR RATHMAN: And what I want to know is how long did this whole operation take, this whole attack in which you were involved?
... operated upon. When I came back from Kalafong I was re-admitted to the hospital. I was transferred back to Kalafong where I underwent a second ...
KwaZulu police, the applicant accompanied him and others to the house of Mr Zulu. He was ordered to keep guard while they were carrying out the operation of killing Mr. Zulu. The applicant heard gun shots and was told by Dhlamini that the mission was successfully carried out. It was ...
MR BOTHA: I don't know what they knew, Chairperson, but I found insightful when I thought of Maj de Kock's evidence, or one of the applicants, that the army was busy planning the same operation and then the police decided to do their own thing and did not communicate this with the army.
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?
Mr Potgieter: Just to be more specific General, in regard to an issue that enjoys our attention, the former Civil Co-operation Bureau (CCB). From your perspective should there be any difficulty for the Commission in gaining access to records relating to that organisation.
... Two of the friends that I know personally, one guy had a heart attack straight afterwards, another lady is in hospital at present having a back operation, also I believe was caused by the blast as well, so I just felt that that does need to be taken into account that when these decisions are ...
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