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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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DR KLATZOW: You were the man in charge of running that operation that night, from a flight crew point of view. You weren't the Chief Executive Officer but as an operational man, a flying man, you were the most senior man there that night?
One last question. Could you describe to us also how the riot squad operated. Where - where was the main operation base and where was it commandeered, can you just give us a picture of how that was structured?
the IFP hit squad and was a police informer.  Applicant was given a 9mm Parabellum pistol and 8 rounds of 9mm ammunition for the purposes of the operation.  The deceased lived a few houses away from the Applicant in the same street.  Applicant proceeded to execute the order but was unable ...
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.
... Although they were not members of the security police they contended that there was a common understanding that their unit was to work in close cooperation with the security police and that whenever they received instructions from the senior officer of the security police in charge of a ...
... 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 ...
W VANDOYI: Yes, I do because my arm cannot work properly. I had an operation.
... unit be arrested, care should be taken not to compromise the entire unit. Applicant understood this to be at least tacit approval for the kind of operation they engaged ...
served under him to do the necessary planning in collaboration with a Capt Baker from Pretoria Head Office.  He specifically instructed that the operation should take place in such a manner that no injuries or loss of life would ...
Mnisi was arrested for the murder but was taken into the care of Coetzee and they continued with the Vlakplaas activities. On one such operation Isaac Moema was removed by Vermeulen, a Vlakplaas member, and Mnisi never saw him again. Mnisi managed subsequently to escape to Swaziland and thereafter ...
... of them. One of them was arrested by the police, the other went off on his own he very fairly confirmed that to us today, that there had been co-operation. And in those circumstances there appears to be no doubt whatsoever that the act was committed during the course of the political struggle ...
... to come to Botswana or people would come to Botswana. And in most cases these people came through perfectly legal channels. This was his style of operation. So this business about, was not the manner in which really he ...
... to come and work for him and he was going to pay me more. So, I left the first law firm and I worked with him, I worked for him. He was a one man operation at the time and I stayed with him up until now when I was forced to leave work because of arthritis. ...
If you are sitting on the State Security Council, you must know what is happening in your country and there could never, and believe me, I was there, there could never have been an operation of that nature that wasn't highly organised.
... ambulance was phoned and the ambulance took me to Groote Schuur. At the Groote Schuur Hospital I was admitted, they took me to the theatre for an operation. I think I came to at about 20 to nine. I was in a ward, lying on my back. But when I tried to speak I couldn't. There was some thing ...
... six months in hospital. I have thirteen pins in my body. A doctor from overseas, Doctor Floris, treated me. My leg wasn’t straight after the operation and this doctor came and helped me. I thank this doctor because if it wasn’t for him my leg would have to have been amputated. He treated ...
Can I just ask about your injury? It seems as though the emergency operation, the doctors were able to re-construct your eye, but you obviously still have consequences of that injury. Perhaps you can just give us some idea of what the side effects, or the consequences were of your injuries.
operation.
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.
So he underwent an operation. I went back to college at that time. What I didn't say; every time Eric was detained, it was the same Kombi of the security branch that fetched him. So it was the same people all the time.
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