Vlakplaas

And that he brought his experience in Koevoet to bare on his operations - the Vlakplaas Section C-operations in South Africa. And that many of the Vlakplaas operatives had - and also CCB - Civil Corporation Bureau operatives - had received their blooding - let us put it that way, in Koevoet and I ...

... 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 ...

MR CORNELIUS: You served in the Section called C1, of Vlakplaas, which workings of Vlakplaas are fully amplified in the previous documents before this Committee.

... and the footsoldiers, it is that if he had a perspective due to previous operational experience such as Koevoet and thereafter was transferred to Vlakplaas he would have held the view that his operational experience and application with a unit such as Vlakplaas would be used exactly for the ...

The Applicant further testified that in 1993 all askaris who were attached to Vlakplaas were addressed by Eugene de Kock who told them that the Vlakplaas Security Police Unit was being disbanded. They were promised a"golden handshakes" which he subsequently received.

... 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 ...

... 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.  ...

he's going to participate. Every person that's turned into an askari and I know of instances where people were turned into askaris without going to Vlakplaas, but with respect, the information which Prinsloo followed up which was valuable and he continued interrogation in order to ensure that he ...

MR BOOYENS: During 1990, as you can see on your application, page 88, you were present at a roadblock where four Askaris were arrested, who later found themselves at Vlakplaas.

... His involvement in the fourth incident, the attack on a house in Waterkloof resulted from the fact that he "happened" (toevallig was) to be at Vlakplaas when he was requested by a colleague, Martiens Ras, to drive his car (Ras's car) and accompany him to the house where several shots ...

MR DE KOCK: Chairperson, it was with regard to mitigation and this was to explain the nature of Vlakplaas' activities to the Court.

concept of criteria, the liability of putting in to place things like Vlakplaas,

MR BERGER: That's the Brig Schoon who was in charge of Vlakplaas?

... at the time had already embarked on a program which was to turn some of our people into what we now refer to as Askaris and at the time, I think Vlakplaas was, I think at it's ...(indistinct) stages. I may not have personally have been fully conversant with the finer details of the entire ...

The first applicant testified that he was approached by Sergeant Andrejovic, a former Vlakplaas operative, who was stationed in Springs at the time of the incident. Andrejovic requested him to assist in getting rid of a body of a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) whose name was unknown to ...

about half past nine. We were taken to a certain mountain. It is not far from Pukeng, but it is a hidden area. It was the same as the building at Vlakplaas. That is where we were tortured. There is certain Captain called du Preez. That is the one who was operating the electrical wires on us. ...

MR CORNELIUS: You were stationed at Vlakplaas, with the general background as has been submitted before to this Committee. What rank did you have at that stage?

EXAMINATION BY MR JANSEN: Mr Ras, you were involved in the Cosatu House incident and your role was to drive the kombi to Johannesburg and back, in which some of the Vlakplaas operatives and some of the explosives experts people were, is that correct?

... with them were referred to as Ovambos, that is persons from outside the country who had been members of Koevoet and who were now stationed at Vlakplaas.  The planned operation went awry and in consequence the two "Ovambos" engaged in a fire fight with the gun runners to defend ...