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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Showing 881 to 900 of 1009 First Page•Previous Page 41 •42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 Next Page•Last PageIt is clear that De Kock acted in support of the SB members from Germiston and Witbank. They were busy with an operation to detect and arrest MK guerrillas who they believed were "hard-core" operatives intent on bombing and other acts of violence. The deceased was shot while resisting ... MR WAGNER: Was that before or after this operation which was also in 1987? He further testified that the acts were committed in the execution of the orders of his Commander, one Bulelani Quma, who was then a Director of Special Operations of APLA who also provided the weapons for the operation. CHAIRPERSON: Were you the only one that discharged firearms there in that operation? My operation then troubled me, it’s my winds that were troubling me. There were doctors there, every morning I went to doctor it was quite serious. The one policeman had a hammer, he wanted to hit my knuckles with the hammer. I told him that I’m not well. He then said - he then said they must ... a car registration number which would help with the identification, a description of the person, photographs of him, standard part and parcel of our operation. If I have mentioned after the fact that Ms Hirshman did make a reference to Mr Madhav, that is true. There is no - I'm a little bit lost ... JUDGE PILLAY: I can understand that. I found out now that it happened but here is a brother of a person who was suspected, now why an operation so no one would know? MR XABA: Sorry. What I meant was I didn’t want the Court to know that my aim of killing this person was because of my organisation’s objectives. It was an operation which I’ve planned. ADV STEENKAMP: Can you give us an idea or indication who was actually in charge of this operation. ... to use his house and use his yard to get access to the fortified house of the deceased, access thereto being indeed difficult without his open co-operation in that regard. Plus that there was the aspect of his omission, he could have easily have telephonically have alerted the police to what ... MR VIKTOR: Chairperson, during this operation it would be between me and Mr Hechter, as to the one who handled the device. I cannot recall with regard to this specific incident, who particularly handled the device. They expected no financial gain from this operation, nor did they act out of spite, ill-will or malice. ... was a member of the Security Police. This occurred during the period 1989 to 1990. Riley who is now deceased, was a member of the Civil Co-operation Bureau (CCB), a government approved institution established to assist in covert security ... MR NGCAMLA: My request is that I have three cracks in my right arm and I had an operation in my chest and I could not work. My children want money, everything wants MR RATHMAN: And what I want to know is how long did this whole operation take, this whole attack in which you were involved? M TYOBEKA: The following day after the operation, before the police came, the Doctor showed me my X-Ray plates. I was scared because I could see some object in my stomach. 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. CHAIRPERSON: I'm at a loss. And you have just stated and confirmed that you knew you were going to use firearms, you knew before the operation got underway, during the planning, that you were going to use firearms. By your own admission you couldn't have undertaken a mission of this nature ... ... Dumile and Thabiso who was driving the getaway car. He did not report the incident to anybody and assumed that Thabiso, who was in command of the operation, would do so. He, the Applicant, did not derive any personal benefit from the ... MR WILLS: Why did you not investigate more thoroughly or plan your operation more thoroughly to ensure that the people who you killed and injured were the people who you intended to kill and injure? |