Vlakplaas

During approximately May 1987, while a Vlakplaas unit was in Durban, penetration was done by members of Vlakplaas, i.e. Simon Radebe and two askaris, Jimmy Mbane and Dube.

MR LAMEY: However he had been a former member of Vlakplaas.

... 5. We will not immediately refer to it, the only reason why I mention it now is by virtue of certain questions that have been asked regarding ...

... in his office that there had been an attack on an 'ANC farm'.  Mr Kentane reported that one person had been killed.  Mr Kentane arrived at Vlakplaas 3 - 4 days after this ...

MR CORNELIUS: You were deployed to Section C1, known as Vlakplaas. The operations of the unit have been set out in documentation which has already been submitted to this Committee.

Brigadier, with regard to procedures which were applicable with regard to control and command, is it correct that when - let us be specific, when the Vlakplaas contingency moved down to your area they resorted under your command and control.

... bringing down his masters, we are told that later that same day, the Minister of Police, Adriaan Vlok, shared a braai with De Kock and his men at Vlakplaas to celebrate their ...

MR HATTINGH: Do you confirm once again the supplementary affidavit which you have made about Vlakplaas as such?

MR CORNELIUS: Did you then go and pick up members of Vlakplaas or other police members?

Vlakplaas, were at work in Port Elizabeth?

MR CORNELIUS: Paragraph Roman (iv), you were connected to Section C10 or C1 of the South African Police stationed at Vlakplaas. You confirm that you received an order from Eugene de Kock to be available for an operation in Johannesburg. Is that so?

MR MAMASELA: It was an office at Vlakplaas that was used for briefing special ops members. If somebody goes for a special operation, you go into that office and you get briefed.

MR MOERANE: Do you remember that the people from Vlakplaas were at a place called Island Rock, where they were having a four day team-building workshop.

MR LAMEY: Very well. And did you then depart from Vlakplaas?

MR MALAN: I beg your pardon, before you continue with that. Do I understand you correctly when you say that at that stage Cronje was permanently on the East Rand and that the operation in other words was for all executionary purposes, something from Vlakplaas?

MR BOOYENS: You agree with it. Very well. Now, Colonel De Kock, you say, at page 259, gave you an overview at Vlakplaas of the reasons for the operation, is that correct?

EXAMINATION BY MR LAMEY: Mr Bosch, you have also applied for amnesty before the Amnesty Committee for various incidents in which you were involved as a member of the Security Police and Vlakplaas, is that correct?

... your evidence. You state that from January 1988 up to and including approximately August 1989, you were stationed at the C1 Anti-Terrorism Unit at Vlakplaas, with the rank of ...

CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR VISSER: But a few with your permission, Mr Chairman. Mr Nkala, if I understand the position correctly, you people at Vlakplaas would be called out to areas all over the country where there were problems, is that basically correct?

BRIG CRONJE: Johannes Mnisi was a former askari at Vlakplaas and he decided to rejoin the ANC. He then went into exile in Botswana and from there he launched and planned a variety of terrorist activities, he was one of the main planners of, for instance, the Church Street Bomb. According to ...