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... 1997. Applications were made by Mr Dirk Johannes Coetzee [AM0063/96], Mr Nicolaas Johannes Janse van Rensburg [AM3919/96], Mr Gerrit Nicholas <b>Erasmusb> [AM4134/96], Mr Hermanus Barend du Plessis [AM4384/96] and Mr Johannes Gottfried Raath [AM4397/96]. 131 Between late 1980 and mid-1982, ...

... 1984 and 1986. Two other applications regarding Stratcom operations were received from members of the Witwatersrand Security Branch, Paul Francis <b>Erasmusb> [AM3690/96] and Gary Leon Pollock [AM2538/96]. All three applicants applied for a range of unlawful operations, broadly classified as ...

345 At approximately 18h00 that evening General <b>Erasmusb> arrived at John Vorster Square to tell the waiting policemen what plans had been made. He had discussed the matter with the commissioner of police, who had suggested that a fake escape be arranged. Brigadier Visser of the Eastern Transvaal ...

... 375 According to De Kock, the operation was planned at a meeting attended by himself and C section commander Willem Schoon, General Gerrit <b>Erasmusb> from Security Branch head office, Colonel Alfred Oosthuizen of the Intelligence Branch (section D) of the security police, who reported ...

... Catharina Aletta ELESE, De Poutch ELESE, Joyce-Ndinisa ELESE, Tinie ELLIAS, Sophie ENGELBRECHT, Johannes Petrus George ENKELA, Qoltle Ben Kadafie <b>ERASMUSb>, Martha Johanna <b>ERASMUSb>, Niklaus <b>ERASMUSb>, Stephen Mthuthuzeli ERNEST, Suzan ESAU, June ESSACK, Riedewaan EVANS, Gavin FAAS, Adri FABA, July ...

... while being tortured with electric shock treatment. Those responsible reported the matter to their Divisional Commander, Brigadier Gerrit Nicholas <b>Erasmusb>, who in turn informed the Officer Commanding the Security Branch, General Johan van der Merwe. Not only did Brigadier <b>Erasmusb> and General van ...

... that Seipei was alive and had been seen in a refugee camp in Botswana. A further version, suggested by former Security Branch policeman Paul <b>Erasmusb>, is that Richardson killed Seipei because he (Seipei) had found out that Richardson was an informer. 60 The various versions, with the ...

not try to obtain medical confirmation of his death, or medical assistance to resuscitate him. Instead, Van Niekerk telephoned his superior, General <b>Erasmusb>, to express his concern about the possible political consequences of Bopape’s death and suggest that a ‘plan’ should be ...

... der Merwe [AM4157/96], Colonel S Visser [AM5000/97], Captain Leon van Loggerenberg [AM5010/97], Witwatersrand divisional commander Major-General GN <b>Erasmusb> [AM4134/96], and Major General PL du Toit [AM4131/96] applied for amnesty for their role in covering up the death. 190 The amnesty ...

... Nieuwoudt [AM3920/96], Major General Nick Janse van Rensburg [AM3919/96], Major Hermanus Barend du Plessis [AM4384/96] and Major General Gerrit <b>Erasmusb> [AM4134/96]. Colonel Eugene de Kock [AM0066/96] said he had knowledge of the operation. 237 Mthimkulu was detained in 1981 and subjected to ...

1988, a car bomb exploded near the gate of Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. Two people were killed and thirty-seven injured. Ms Magriet Elizabeth <b>Erasmusb> [JB06084/99OVE] made a statement in respect of the killing of her husband, Mr Linus Mare, and a colleague, Mr Clive Clucas. Mr Roger ...

... would now be compromised. After discussions with his immediate superior Nick Janse van Rensburg and the Divisional Commander, then Colonel Gerrit <b>Erasmusb> [AM4134/96], it was decided that Kondile should be killed. 286 Kondile was taken near Komatipoort where they met with Captain Dirk Coetzee. ...

... assaulted a person or had applied certain techniques in order to obtain certain information. (Bloemfontein hearing, 9 October 2000.) 117. General <b>Erasmusb>, who was Divisional Commander of the Eastern Cape and Witwatersrand Security Branches at the time of Mr Stanza Bopape’s detention and ...

... those in charge of the Security Branch were well aware of the existence and effectiveness of covert operations. Officers such as General Gerrit <b>Erasmusb>, Brigadier Nicolaas van Rensburg and Major Hermanus du Plessis, all of whom had a long history of committing abuses, were not only ...

... package’ (the body of Stanza Bopape), Brigadier Schalk Visser, divisional commander of the Eastern Transvaal, told Brigadier Gerrit <b>Erasmusb> that he did not want to know the details. 361. According to Brigadier Cro n j e : All actions under my jurisdiction which happened in this ...

... why he had not informed his minister. He responded : You must remember I was head of the security branch and the head security adviser and General <b>Erasmusb> was head of the most important – and I think the burning point in South Africa – and we would have placed him in an impossible ...

... introduced.11 The following people served as Ministers of Police/ Law and Order Commissioners during the Commission’s mandate period: FC <b>Erasmusb>; BJ Vorster (1961-68); SL (Lourens) Muller (1968-1974); JT Kruger 1974-79); Louis le Grange (19791986); Adriaan Vlok (1986-1991); HJ Kriel ...

... head of the C section, to get C1 to make the necessary plans. Van der Merwe also briefed the Witwatersrand Security Branch divisional head, Gerrit <b>Erasmusb>, and instructed Sergeant Bosch, head of the Vlakplaas technical department, to construct the explosive device. It was important to the ...

... facets and areas brought to light in the course of the Commission’s first inquiry. Date of Report: 1978, supplementary report 1979 Chair: <b>ERASMUSb>, R.P.B. Ref: RP 63/1979 (supplementary report) 1979 Commission of Inquiry into the Riots at Soweto and Elsewhere from 16 June 1976 to 28 ...

... or who worked closely with them, include Warrant Officer ‘Spyker’ van Wyk, Captain JJ Viktor, Lieutenant Petrus Ferreira, Lieutenant <b>Erasmusb>, Lieutenant and/or Captain van Rensberg and Sergeant Greeff. Their approach contrasted sharply with the ‘gentlemanly approach’ ...