Vlakplaas

MR VAN DER MERWE: The preceding time up to the operation you had a meeting at Vlakplaas.

... CCB was not the only body that was committing acts of violence, both against property and persons deemed to be the enemy of the State? There was Vlakplaas, there was the Security Police, there was the CCB, there were suggestions that the Special Forces were doing things, there were suggestions ...

Eugene Alexander de Kock ("De Kock") testified that the SB at Germiston had requested Vlakplaas to assist them and the Witbank SB with the detection of suspected MK members.  De Kock called in the Task Force.  A briefing session was held at the SB offices in Germiston.  The information at ...

... going to be inscribed on the envelope by Nieuwoudt and sent to the address that was used by the ANC in Manzini, Swaziland. All De Kock and other Vlakplaas Unit members had to do was simply to prepare the device for Nieuwoudt. To this end, Nieuwoudt left the manuscript with him. When De Kock ...

MR SCHOON: The others, I knew that they were from Vlakplaas, but I did not know them.

Vlakplaas vehicles and you drove to Port Elizabeth. You and Lionel

MR HATTINGH: Were you still attached to Vlakplaas at that stage or were you working permanently at head office under Brig McIntyre?

MR LAMEY: Your recollection was that you were particularly searching for a terrorist with the assistance of Vlakplaas members, and that this terrorist was known as Orderele Maponya, is that correct?

... decided there that these persons who would be coming in, would be killed. It was also arranged by Col de Kock with Capt van Dyk to take a group of Vlakplaas members to the T-junction near the Nerston border post, this was not on the border, it was approximately three kilometres away from the ...

MR ROSSOUW: On page 16, if I may just refer you to the top of page 16. You state there that you were a Sergeant and a subordinate at Vlakplaas during 1989, with this operation, that was the rank that you occupied?

MR LAMEY: And that then being the broad general background against which you as a member of the Security Police and then also in particular a member of Vlakplaas, where you were involved in.

... the place to do it and if I can remember correctly Colonel van Rensburg told or suggested to Erasmus that he was in contact with Dirk Coetzee from Vlakplaas and that Dirk had the necessary infrastructure or had already indicated that he had the necessary infrastructure to solve or address these ...

(1)   all acts directly flowing from or associated with the provision of arms to the IFP during the period 1990 - 1991/1992 at or near Vlakplaas, Pretoria.

MR HAYES: People such as Vlakplaas members were regarded as heroes by me and the Security Branch and I assumed that from time to time they were involved in such similar operations and this indicated to me that it was indeed acceptable for the country at that stage.

GEN COETZEE: Yes I said so, I knew of cases where I acted where I had persons charged where for example I had persons from Vlakplaas charged when they committed crimes of which I was aware. There were other persons who killed persons during interrogation whom I had charged in the courts of this ...

MR LAMEY: Is it true that there were other members from other branches who actually had some interest in this case and who wanted to interrogate this person who was from a higher rank than the people from Vlakplaas?

The 1st Applicant instructed an askari from Vlakplaas, Ernest Ramatala, who worked under his command, to contact Bhila, pretending to be a member of MK and tell him that the ANC wanted him to leave the country.  The meeting was arranged and on 22 February 1987 Bhila was intercepted near ...

... to Venter he received instructions from Snyman to assist with the kidnapping of three leading activists. The reason for the involvement of the Vlakplaas members was that they were unknown in the area and would not be easily recognised by members of the public, should they be seen while ...

MR WILLIAMS: Now Mr Mbelo, you've been before this incident, you've been based at Vlakplaas for a few years and based on your experience did you subjective foresee the possibility that if a captured person did not co-operate to the satisfaction of the handlers or the people who were in charge of ...

MR FOURIE: The following day I also had a discussion with him, thereafter I undertook a thorough photo identification with him at Vlakplaas.