self-defence units (SDUs)

You were promoted to the rank of Lieutenant during December 1965 and from 1966 you were a Liaison Office between the uniformed branch units of the head Security Branch and you also participated in the search for terrorists and the investigation of the activities of agitators and these duties were ...

CHAIRPERSON: Unarmed men who'd been in prison for weeks or months were then murdered by the units you were working with, is that so?

... I have even to this date a terribly good relationship with black persons. Mr Chairman, I deny that emphatically, it's absolutely untrue. My units were 90% black, possibly even more and to this date I still have very good report with black ...

The senior organs formed in neighbouring countries consisted of senior leaders and specialists in the building of the political underground and mass mobilisation, as well as commanders of armed units.

put his side of what had happened. We are also finding out now, of the role that the Third Force, what is referred to as Third Force, the Vlakplaas units - Mr Mamasela's name has been mentioned, and the role they played in many instances in killing young people. Would you like to comment on both ...

... was operating at Esikhawini. And at the same time it appears as if you were also operating under another unit. You were reporting to a number of units. You're reporting to branch commander, Capt Masinga and at the same time reporting to Maj Langene who was the head of the hit squad unit. Is ...

been approached by an ANC unit and asked whether they should go and plant a bomb at the supermarket, I would have said: "of course not" but when our units are faced with what is happening all around them, it is understandable that some of them should say: "Well I may have to face being disciplined ...

... he didn't realise is that the government didn't hold hostages. Those who would be held hostages in figurative speaking, would be the commanders of units because any officer could say to a General "Do you remember what happened last week?" And I think that this was some kind of situation like ...

MR MADONSELA: I may have infiltrated three units into the country, so it is possible that it was three cars that I used.

"Smuggling arms (courier) from neighbouring states to reinforce the units of MK in an effort to promote the objectives of the ANC"

MR KHUBEKA: I think I had been a member of IFP long ago, because my mother used to own IFP, or run IFP drama units(?), before the IFP had these five colours on their logos, then they had only three colours, that is when I took full membership of the IFP.

In the course of the next week we were dealing with various police units and each one of them dealt with this missing persons case. On the 28th of October this Lieutenant from the security police visited me again and he alleged that the security police had a file on Jurgens and that he had been ...

MR KOEKEMOER: If I recall correctly during that time the armed units had just started functioning but I speak under correction.

"I joined the ANC in 1986. My mandate included recruiting for the ANC, training in army units for ...(indistinct) operations. During 1988 I met with co-applicant ...(intervention)"

... operation. We find it difficult to accept that it was the practice of members of the Security Police to participate in operations outside their units without the approval of their immediate commander, and the applicant has not given evidence to this effect. It is our view that the applicant ...

... the Police in general and I think that includes all divisions of the Police, whether it be SANAB or whether it be Vehicle Theft, or Stock Theft Units, there was close co-operation between the Police and the Police Force of the neighbouring States, Lesotho and Swaziland. And because of that ...

Now, in what capacity were you employed? What type of duties did you perform at that stage? --- I was employed and I worked in many units and I ended up at the reaction unit.

MR NTSEBEZA: General would this discrediting also take the form of what I put to Gen Magnus Malan, namely where units or soldiers would blacken their faces to create the impression that they were SWAPO operatives in order to discredit Swapo in any of the things that they had done? Would that be ...

Secondly, our communication and collaboration with the SAP was such that it was confined to the Special Branch of the SAP, not other units. Only the Special Branch came to Mrs Mbuaze and we would discuss the ANC.

Now, you came back to South Africa and you were sent by the MK leaders to terrorise - to mobilise and train the units. Did you get any opportunity to do that, or you were arrested even before you tried? --- Oh, there was a spy, a traitor, who came by and all my mission fell apart.