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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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The assassins used a Golf motor car when they committed the murders. They drove this car to a pre-arranged spot where they got into Robey's car and were driven by him to their hotel. The applicant Vlietstra took control of the car used in the operation and as arranged saw to its destruction later.
MR STEWART: Now you say in your affidavit that a result of this attack where Walter Mtelani’s sister was burned to death, Mudla Induna told us that you were going to conduct an operation to retaliate. Is that correct?
MR MEMANI: Yes, Mr Chairman, although it is not on his own as such, it is a quite involved operation. I think two policemen, I think Tsoametsi and Ramosoeu, if I am not mistaken, took him there.
CHAIRPERSON: And had they been brought there for the other operation?
MR SIBEKO: And you, with your comrades, got that information from Lucky Mampuru, who happened to have a co-operation or a working relationship with the members of the community of Everest, is that what you say?
could be wrong. What did you discuss and then what actually happened? What did you discuss and how did you go about putting those discussions into ...
... to this investigation. A special investigation task team was appointed, but I could just mention that Mbukoto had without authorisation or co-operation from the Security Police, had their own roadblocks at night, they launched their own ...
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 ...
CHAIRPERSON: Yes, I think it is quite clear that they were operating as MK members, on an operation.
... has been confiscated by white farmers. I was told again that among the white farmers, some of them were police or SADF reservists, that is why the operation Great Storm was launched by Siabelo ...
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.
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?
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.
... 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, ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
We did go to our own operation as planned because we agreed that I would be the commander of this unit. On the other side Vuyu would be the commander and he would be accompanied by Ri, then the other one would be the commander of Derek.
and left these policemen and when we came back from the doctor I continued with giving them the statement and they left. After having undergone the operation they called the hostel superintendent saying that he must come and call me, I couldn't go because I was confined to bed for ten days. As ...
MR GUSHU: Certainly Mr Chairperson. If there was someone whilst I was busy shooting Msibi, there was someone inside, as I knew well, that there were people that were well trained inside the house, my operation would have failed then.
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