Vlakplaas

... today to put his side of what had happened. We are also finding out now, of the role that the Third Force, what is referred to as Third Force, the Vlakplaas units - Mr Mamasela's name has been mentioned, and the role they played in many instances in killing young people. Would you like to ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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.

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 ...

Mr Koole, before - could you just explain, were you part of a group of Vlakplaas who was in the area of the previous Eastern Transvaal prior to the abduction of Mngomezulu?

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.

CHAIRPERSON: I'm having difficulty with what you're trying to get at, Mr Stofile. You're questioning him, you're saying "why didn't you join Vlakplaas or the askaris?" Now he says "I didn't join them because I didn't want to kill people". Now you say "okay, I've got a problem with that, you ...

MR MEYER: I recall that we went to Vlakplaas, where we obtained the arms. It was quite late that afternoon and after we had received the arms, we went through to Krugersdorp where we found the then Captain Coetzee.

MR PIENAAR: After his detention in Piet Retief he was taken away by head office. I don't know where else he was detained, but he later ended up at Vlakplaas, where he worked in C1, under Col de Kock.

MR DU PLESSIS: To explain this to the Committee and to make it clear to them with regards to evidence that was given earlier on, C1 was Vlakplaas and it later became C10, is that correct?

... 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 ...

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

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

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