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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 mission was unsuccessful and that if he had known that the base was occupied by the South African Police, he would not have embarked upon the operation at Devon. It is clear to us that the version of second and third Applicants as to the purpose of their visit at the base is true. The ...
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.
During 1991, in equipping the Self Defence Units (SDU) to perform their operation, the applicant was involved in being in unlawful custody of an unknown number of firearms and ammunition. He also distributed these to members of the SDU’s.
... ...[indistinct] statement was submitted to court and made into evidence whereas mine wasn’t. Was he pressing me down? He didn’t show any co-operation with me, he did things unilaterally and it did not show that he wanted to absolve me from the ...
Further that Winnie promised to pay us R20 000-00 for our operation.
MR STOREY: The Crisis Committee having refused to assist in a habeas corpus operation, left us really in great difficulty about how to proceed, but they did give the assurance - and I think this is where we thought the next step might be - that there would be a calling together of the whole ...
... Madibo. They were ordered to lie on the floor. Lesibo ran out of the office, shots were then exchanged and Madibo was shot in the leg. The operation was ...
MR NDLOVU: There was no order that was given to us, there was not even a person that we would report to after an operation, but as the MK cadres, trained cadres, we realise that it was very important for us to protect the people. As we were trained, we were trained for such purposes, that we ...
At the time of the incident he was based in Kimberley. He was working in close co-operation with the members of the Regional and Local Peace Committee, and with the Regional co-ordinator of the Peace Secretariat for the Northern Cape, Adv Jean Nel.
Mr Ngo implicated Coetzee, Ramosoeu and Bester as the persons being involved in the operation to damage the clinic. Coetzee is implicated only as far as the instructions are concerned. Bester and Ramosoeu carried out the throwing of some kind of explosive, while he (Mr Ngo) remained at the car. ...
MS MAKI: My leg was still swollen after the operation.
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"?
... a certain Makhosini Nkosi. Makhosini Nkosi had been a member of his Unit. Makhosini Nkosi and other members of the unit had been involved in an operation where he was shot, wounded and arrested by the police. As a consequence of this he was detained in Pholosong hospital under police guard. ...
MR MOERANE: Who were in the units with whom you planned this operation?
The applicant testified that he was a member of Cradoya who at the time was under the leadership of Mr Matthew Goniwe. The applicant in fact often visited Mr Goniwe but was under the direct command of a certain Mr Mhlauli. He testified that the latter ordered the operation.
... was unknown to me, we drove trough farms and these policemen who are in the front of the van were laughing at me. And I still had stitches on my operation so they took me to a Police Station. I then made a request that they should inform my family but they told me that my family knew that I ...
... been having trouble setting this matter down for a long time and most of those problems have been caused by your unavailability and your non-co-operation. Even yesterday, you refused to come down to Port Elizabeth because you didn't have money to come from Durban. If we continue with this ...
PANEL MEMBER: Thank you for your co-operation Mr Hens, I will hand over to the Chairperson.
The discrepancies between the applicant's evidence and that of Mrs Kunene can be ascribed to the fact that the applicant was inexperienced in an operation of such a nature and Mrs Kunene was extremely terrified and shocked when her husband was shot and killed in her presence.
... was shot by Mkabana. The applicant had an assegai and stabbed at the other while pushing him towards Mkabana. Mkabana, who was in command of the operation, shot and killed him. The SDU members thereupon dispersed. The applicant later returned, turned over a drum containing paraffin and set ...
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