Vlakplaas

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

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

... and handlers. He was not and I think that is common cause, it is common cause in fact, part of any of the known assassination units, such as Vlakplaas, does not claim to have been a member of such a unit, nor to have ever previously committed or being instructed to commit any ...

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

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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... 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 ...

(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.

... 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 ...

BRIG CRONJE: I was the Commanding Officer at Vlakplaas.

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.

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

... 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 ...

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?

MR CORNELIUS: You were a member of Vlakplaas, as described in Exhibit A in this hearing and you were of the rank of Warrant Officer.

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.".

... 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 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 ...