Vlakplaas

MR CORNELIUS: At the time of this incident you were stationed at the Unit Vlakplaas, as fully described in Annexure C, which is already before this Committee, and you served under the command of Col de Kock, is that correct?

... still alive. There is no evidence that the said smuggler was alive at the time and on the contrary evidence being that they were all dead when the Vlakplaas Unit members came, amnesty cannot be considered in this respect. No offence of murder is committed by shooting an already dead ...

MR LAMEY: Can you just tell the Committee, you were at that stage a member of Vlakplaas, is that correct?

MR CORNELIUS: At the time this operation took place you were station at Vlakplaas, is that correct?

MR CORNELIUS: And at the time of this incident, you were deployed to Section C1, known as Vlakplaas, the particulars of which have been thoroughly submitted to this Committee in the so-called Annexure C, which was submitted by my colleague, Mr Hattingh, during previous proceedings?

MR ROSSOUW: That would be Vlakplaas.

CHAIRPERSON: Hasn't the evidence disclosed that there were numerous people from Vlakplaas to ensure that nobody was walking passed the building?

MR WILLS: And was it used more or less along the same lines as Vlakplaas was used in the Transvaal of those days?

MR CORNELIUS: Were you active in Vlakplaas?

Mr Nortje, is it correct that you applied also for other incidents in which you were involved as a member of Vlakplaas?

MR WILLIAMS: At the time of the incident, were you aware of the existence of Vlakplaas?

... same case. I came across a Capt Holmes who appeared to be looking at the case from a slightly different angle, and I was able to obtain copies of Vlakplaas records which would help us identify the dates in which the unit had been operating in Durban. I went to see them and tried to ascertain ...

... I wish to make the following remarks - Col de Kock is mistaken in his opinion, in his recollection that I attended any planning session at ...

MR WAGENER: Now when did you leave the Northern Transvaal Security Branch for Vlakplaas?

MR BARNARD: Yes, I don't know if one could place Vlakplaas in the Counter-insurgency Unit but I received remuneration from them.

members of Vlakplaas, Snor Vermeulen and Lionel Snyman were already

... me again and told me that he had obtained permission from Middelburg Regional Office, for our mini-bus to be used and that Colonel De Kock from Vlakplaas would be in command of this operation. Seeing as I was at that stage the Commander of Witbank Security Branch, I took the decision to ...

ADV BOOYENS: Did it belong to the security branch or Vlakplaas?

MR VAN HEERDEN: Yes, he was arrested by the askaris from Vlakplaas?

... large cache of the arms of war that were displayed on the screen were not ANC arms but they were arms which had been delivered by Mr de Kock from Vlakplaas to security police for the purpose of making a false statement to the people of South Africa that a large cache of wars of arms, belonging ...