Vlakplaas

MR NEL: You were, at the time of this operation, under the command of Mr de Kock at Vlakplaas, is that correct?

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 ERASMUS: I cannot recall, I think he was a member of Vlakplaas.

MR RORICH: Yes, these were people from Vlakplaas.

I tell you now that your medium was part and parcel of covering the Harms Commission and everything else that went around those sort of Commissions, Vlakplaas operations and all that. And so to the extent that there was that exercise, there was definitely a viewpoint that suggested that there were ...

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 ...

PRETORIA REPORT-BACK INSPECTION IN LOCO AT VLAKPLAAS

And again, if one has to argue from his point of view, he comes forward and he says "I was the overall Commander of Vlakplaas." Now from what we know about what happened at Vlakplaas, the overall Commander of Vlakplaas was involved in illegal conduct day in and day out and yes, there are things ...

In the course of Applicant's activities while he was stationed at Vlakplaas during the period 1986 - 1991, he was involved in transporting arms and explosives from Ovamboland in Namibia to Vlakplaas.  This happened on two occasions when all of the items were placed in the weapons store at ...

The arrangement was that the operatives would be handed over to members of the Vlakplaas Unit of the security police in order to attempt to recruit them as informers.  To the best of Applicant's recollection the operatives were taken to a safehouse near Komatipoort by members of Vlakplaas ...

... I was back with General Erasmus who I had worked with previously in Johannesburg. Some of the people that worked at Stratcom were transferred to Vlakplaas. Others like Brigadier MacIntyre were transferred to Security Branch head office, and some of them went with me to Unit D. For example ...

... also at the time because as I understand it, Nofumela, and if I can just inform everybody, you’re referring to Almond Nofumela who was part of the Vlakplaas unit and so was Dirk Coetzee. Dirk Coetzee did not apply for amnesty for your torture. Are you sure it was Dirk Coetzee. Can I just add ...

MR RAUTENBACH: And then I also want to ask you, I'm almost at the end of this cross-examining. With regard to Vlakplaas. Were you involved at Vlakplaas?

... whom he erroneously still regarded as a member of MK.  Mfalapitsa's defection was a closely guarded secret.  He was in fact stationed at Vlakplaas, a secret security police base, at the time.  Mfalapitsa reported his discussion with Musi to Coetzee, his superior at Vlakplaas.  ...

... want to emphasise my feelings in this hearing, in two phases. The first phase deals with us. By us I mean myself and my former colleagues at Vlakplaas, especially those who are present or who have been present in this hearing. My second phase will deal with my feelings towards the whole ...

... facts can be set out briefly. At all material times, Applicant was a member of Unit C1 of the then South African Security Police stationed at Vlakplaas under the command of Colonel Eugene De Kock. In the course of his official duties, Applicant was ordered to participate in an operation ...

... in the incident.  All were members of the South African Police ("SAP") and were either part of the Security Branch's ("SB") C1 unit based at Vlakplaas, C2 unit based at headquarters or members of the SB stationed at Middelburg, Piet Retief, Nelspruit or Headquarters in Pretoria ...

When it became clear that Mosiane and his compatriots had decided to co-operate with the police, they were transferred to Vlakplaas where they worked with Eugene de Kock. There they were subsequently involved with the notorious Vlakplaas Security Police Unit in a number of actions to counter the ...

... about some confusion in regard to his amnesty application. He now says Chairperson in his affidavit that he was the Commander of Unit C at Vlakplaas, at Security Head Office, paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 tells you that he was also therefore in control of Vlakplaas and he refers in ...

MR POLSEN: Is this now Stratcom but not Vlakplaas? You were at Stratcom and not at Vlakplaas, because then you would have known these terms?