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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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CHAIRPERSON: Yes I'm questioning your co-operation, I know that we don't have any problems with that.
Earlier in the morning of the operation the first and third applicants drove to the Johannesburg Magistrates Court where the first applicant secured a suitable parking spot for the golf from which he, in terms of the agreed plan, would detonate the bombs. Thereafter the third applicant drove the ...
MR MWELASE: I learned about that when I went to the TRC and they inquired about operations that I'd been involved in. That was when I stated to them that I'd been involved in an operation where a person was abducted in Durban. I did not remember the specific date but from the people who took down ...
MR JANSEN: And did you think that your operation had something specifically to do with the investigation of his murder?
MR LEKABE: I think I have alluded to the fact that the situation in Katlehong was to such an extent that co-operation was not possible between the police and the community so it was my duty to inform the bigger organisation which is SANCO or rather the Civic.
We also had certain duties that were assigned to us. It so happened that on this particular day when we were on duty, the Protea police station, or the police stationed to the Protea police station, had come to attack us. We had an operation clean up that we had instituted locally.
MR MOHLABA: And other than knowing that the target is Mveke's residence, were you told how the operation is going to be carried out, that is who was going to throw the hand-grenade and so forth?
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 MANASOE: I only know about alcohol and then later I knew about the taxi operation.
MR STUART: What did you then do to put that plan into operation?
... and make salient reference because all in all we were inundated with something like fourteen volumes of lever arch files. We would welcome your co-operation in that regard. ...
... of personal malice, ill-will or spite directed against the victim, we submit that this is an appropriate case which this proviso should be put into operation. The evidence that he punched another police officer, the fact that they would not allow him to sit on a chair because he was a black ...
MR MAPOPO: Yes, before your team was disbanded did it in line with the policy of joint operation work hand in hand with the Security Branch members?
... de Jongh and someone by the name of Pastoors. We took the weapons, it included components for two vehicle bombs which were meant for a military operation in Boksburg and another one in Springs ...
JUDGE PILLAY: And an integral part of this group, its survival depend on the loyalty of those people and how they could keep this whole operation a secret.
MR LAMEY: Did you attempt to ask her questions in a way in order to get her co-operation, in another way apart from - by not assaulting her?
... would like the Committee to look at the context in which this incident occurred, the background of the applicant and his witness, that this - their operation or their unit lacked the sophistication that one would expect in a typical ANC unit and it is my submission that this has therefore ...
CHAIRPERSON: Also he was Head of Special Ops which was a far bigger operation, this was just a part of it.
MR LAMEY: Chairperson, I'm not sure the observation that he refers to refers to the period immediately before operation was launched, or whether it was some other time which Mr Ras has referred to.
... according to the evidence of the Applicants given at the hearing, thereafter relayed the order to the other Applicants and they planned an operation to carry out such orders. During the night of 4th June 1993 the 1st and 2nd Applicant decided to go on a patrol. They went to a shopping ...
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