Vlakplaas

Warrant Officer Willie Nortje, former member of the police hit squad based at Vlakplaas, testified the following under oath to Gauteng Attorney-General Dr Jan de Oliviera.".

"My instruction and support for J F Kok was to open all doors that were locked on the first floor, so that the operatives of Vlakplaas can search them."

MR JANSEN: You are also aware of the fact that this series of hearings of incidents where Mr Eugene de Kock was involved was preceded by a specific hearing with regard to Vlakplaas itself?

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

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

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?

... 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 ...

"... I and other members of Vlakplaas C-Section, under the command of Capt van Dyk and Capt Pienaar went into Swaziland."

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

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 ...

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 ...

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?

... of. You would recall Mr Vlok testified that everybody was satisfied with the successes against the terrorists and even thanked the operatives of Vlakplaas. There were further congratulations at a security council meeting where Mr Vlok reported back to President P W Botha. Furthermore, P W ...

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 ...

(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.

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...