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self-defence units (SDUs)

Explanation
armed self-defence units set up in the early 1990s by the ANC to protect neighbourhoods

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BRIG SCHOON: No, Chairperson, there were special units who were responsible for that, the spreading of disinformation and propaganda.
Transvaal. I was known as Unit B. Unit B was the unit in the Security Branch that specifically dealt with the Black Forces. There were also other units. The Commander of the Security Branch of the section in the Northern Province, or Northern Transvaal, was Brig Jack Cronje, who was later ...
MR DU PLESSIS: Some of the aspects mentioned here this morning by Commissioner Malan regarding units A, B and C, the functioning of the security branch, the filing system, the informers and how they operated, that was covered in that evidence?
... at that stage General Engelbrecht was devolved to the Detective Branch at Police Head Office and he was the Chief of the Murder and Robbery Units in the country, but he was devolved to the Security Branch or to Security Head Office for purposes of this ...
5. The provision of military hardware and material to members of ANC units during the period 1988 to 1990.
MR ROSSOUW: Do you know if there were any standing orders concerning co-operation between different units within the Security Branch?
The two units now, had to have different Commanders. On the other unit in which I was in, it was ...(indistinct), he was the Commander.
MR DE KOCK: Chairperson, by nature of my service it was not a question of being indispensable or not, people could do with you what they wanted, they could get rid of you if they wanted, if they wanted to disband units they could do that.
MR POTGIETER: He was the commando of one of the combat units with the name Zulu Delta.
with by the members of the Union Units. What I knew about Joe Tsele is, as I told you, the information
JUDGE KHAMPEPE: And would you also share his opinion that it was secret even to Brigadier Van Wyk, even though there was this agreement of co-operation between the two units?
bases but it’s operations were for a long time restricted to intelligence gathering operations overseas. Special forces consisted of reconnaissance units and a small group known as D40 which eventually became Barnacle and then the ...
"Constable Mooi fed 25 units in the cells with coffee and bread: 25 mugs: no complaints"
ADV POTGIETER: And you said they had nothing to do with any operations, they were just basically training, establishing units?
MR TSOMELA: No Chairperson I cannot, as I'm saying that sporadic incident happens and the branch commanders of the different units or components lead their duties according to the available crime intelligency.
MR HALL: No, unfortunately not, it was most probably a terrifying issue because being - the base being a big base and different units were covering within the base and people were just doing what they wished at time periods.
CHAIRPERSON: And now you speak of units, because now - let's take this one for instance, which is subject of this hearing, the unit where Messrs Jantjie, Jagga and Mr Robertshaw and yourself, you say you joined that seven months prior to the incident which we are discussing here. Do you recall ...
... were to run two ANC farms, one was a long the Zambesi River and the other inland. We were disguised as farmers. Our mission there was to ferry MK units across the Zambesi River into Botswana and Zimbabwe, for them to carry out military operations in South ...
... to visit with the witness, as through the passage of time, he is unfortunately unable to recall precisely the dates when he was with certain units and when the transfers took place. Maybe you could just clarify that for the members of the ...
Units there reported that they had spotted them there and they went over and picked them up and instructions that were given to them was that they should apprehend them and bring them down to Gaberone, where our operational Headquarters was. This was subsequently done and on arrival in Gaberone, I ...
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