Vlakplaas

MR LAMEY: During your service at Murder and Robbery and or thereafter, did you know of a Unit known as Vlakplaas?

MR KNIGHT: Thank you Mr Chairman. Mr Dandala, what led you to believe that had you not participated, that you might have been killed by the Vlakplaas contingent?

"Members attached to the Security Branch arrived there that evening in our area, apparently awaiting these explosions. At some stage I had a discussion with Col Venter and Col de Kock. Last-names was stationed at Vlakplaas, Pretoria.

MR VISSER: About 9 years. There's a popular misconception, is there not, that the askaris that operated during the conflict of the past, were all stationed at Vlakplaas, near Pretoria. That perception is incorrect, is that right?

MR BOOYENS: It is also correct - you have heard the evidence of Mr du Toit, that you manufactured a prototype and that this was tested at Vlakplaas.

MR NEL: At the time of this incident were you a member of Vlakplaas, obviously in the South African Police?

MNR VAN DYK: Ja, van Vlakplaas het ons dokumente gehad wat nou nie - hy was wettig maar hy was op 'n ander naam, 'n vervalste naam".

MR LAMEY: And when you later saw the container once again at Vlakplaas, how did it look?

... during our trial, which is today Exhibit A in the amnesty hearing. One of the most well known attacks was the bombing of Cosatu House in 1987 by Vlakplaas operatives and both Eugene de Kock and others have applied for amnesty in this ...

MR SNYDERS: He and I had been together at Police Headquarters in Pretoria before we went to Vlakplaas, and he must have felt comfortable in asking me to go with him to Col Oosthuizen's office.

MR MOERANE: From time to time from the 80's did you make use of the people from Vlakplaas, de Kock's people, for operations?

MR PENZHORN: Vlakplaas?

... very good that they would be murdered. The attempt to persuade the two PAC detainees to cooperate with the SAP would be undertaken by members of ...

But at that stage I was aware of the fact that he was the Commander of Vlakplaas and I was aware that this was the unit which resorted under Brig Schoon and everything with regard to terrorist insurgency was channeled from Head office to Brig Schoon and therefore I had no problem with the ...

MR WASSERMAN: We pulled off before the range and I, and we spoke together and he informed me that the Vlakplaas contingent had picked up Mr Bhila.

MR CORNELIUS: Is it correct that at the time of this Chand incident you were stationed at Vlakplaas and you served under Section C of Eugene de Kock and you were also a Warrant Officer?

MR RORICH: Yes, these were people from Vlakplaas.

MR ROSSOUW: Do you confirm the rest of the contents in that statement on 179 and more specifically the function at Vlakplaas where Mr Vlok attended and which you also attended?

we discussed this with Colonel Hattingh and he agreed that this was a good idea and according to my best recollection, Mr Hammond and I drove out to Vlakplaas where we presented our problem to Mr de Kock. His immediate reaction was that he didn't have a problem with assisting us but that he ...

CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR HATTINGH: Thank you Mr Chairman. Mr Deetlefs you were then aware that C1 that was stationed at Vlakplaas were the Security Police's operational unit, is that correct?