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KOCK, MMAge Description victims, were acting in reasonable self-defence. Vlakplaas operatives Willie Nortje [AM3764/96], Izak Daniel Bosch [AM3765/96] and Colonel Eugene de Kock [AM0066/96] applied for amnesty in respect of these four killings. The Case of the Quarry Road Four On 7 September 1986, members of the ... ... Unlike most reports of torture in Lebowa, Moganedi’s assault appeared to have been carried out by white policemen whom he names as De Kock and Geld. I told them that I didn’t understand why they were torturing and assaulting me. They asked me if I knew Mandela and I said ... ... of evilâ€, or in Browning’s term “ordinary menâ€15. In this regard, it is instructive to quote Colonel Eugene de Kock, the Vlakplaas multiple killer who distances himself from psychological accounts that put the blame on childhood experiences, another form of ... Swaziland. Msibi was abducted and taken to Daisy Farm. 185. Although the Eastern Tramsvaal Security Branch claimed that Msibi became an informer, De Kock denied this at his amnesty hearing. Addressing Mr Msibi’s family, he said: And I just want to tell you that his dignity and his ... ... by all means’ and the latter in response to an instruction by Security Branch Headquarters to work with Special Forces . 316. Colonel de Kock and other applicants said that, because external operations put operatives in a far more vulnerable position, they always sought approval for ... ... This state of emergency lasts until March 1986. Maki Skosana is necklaced on 25 July at the funeral of several people killed by police. Eugene de Kock assumes command of Vlakplaas in July. Victoria Mxenge, a Durban attorney, is assassinated in Umlazi on 1 August. This triggers a rapid ... ... twelve former security policemen, including two former divisional commanders of the Soweto Security Branch and former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock, testified before the Commission. 18 The broader enquiry also heard in camera testimony from members of the National Intelligence Agency ... ... Lieutenant Colonel Eric Taylor [AM3917/96], Colonel Harold Snyman [AM3918/96] and Major Hermanus Barend du Plessis [AM4384/96]. Eugene de Kock [AM0066/96] and Captain JM ‘Sakkie’ van Zyl [AM 5637/97] applied for amnesty for knowledge relating to the killings. 250 The ... ... conducted by members of Vlakplaas in association with the Security Branch in Piet Retief in the Eastern Transvaal division. 331 Colonel Eugene de Kock alleged that they received information indicating that two ANC members responsible for planting landmines were planning other attacks, including ... ... there was no indication of his body having been involved in an explosion further contradicts the police version. 377 Thirdly, the evidence of De Kock points to the fact that, in at least three cases, weapons were planted at the scene after death. It also needs to be noted that senior officers ... ... on a mission, this may be considered as meeting the knowledge requirement. In this regard, the fact that the state used individuals like Eugene de Kock, Ferdi Barnard and others like them may attach liability to those who appointed them to carry out these deeds. They should indeed have expected ... ... where political actions become increasingly blurred and descend into total criminality. It accounts for why people like Colonel Eugene de Kock and some amnesty applicants will remain in custody. Some of their actions were acts of sheer criminality. 81. The Commission relied on a ... ... the project. Trainees received instruction in offensive methods and the use of AK 47s. With the assistance of former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock, Powell arranged for the delivery of a number of truckloads of sophisticated weaponry to be delivered to the region. 79. On 15 March 1994, the ... ... of General Steyn by President de Klerk to investigate the allegations of armed forces involvement in the violence. At the same time, Colonel de Kock was approached by his superiors and asked to resign from the police force. 32. Although General Steyn’s and subsequent investigations ... ... that Mr Joe Slovo had been responsible for the death of his wife, Ruth First. 351. Captain Willem Coetzee testified that he had given Major de Kock a letter to place at the ambush scene of three SANSCO107 students in February 1989 to suggest that they had been killed by the ANC, following ... ... of some of the testimonies to the Commission and, particularly, the trial of and television documentary (“Prime Evilâ€) about Eugene de Kock. To some extent, the Commission has helped release traumatised ex-conscripts from ’the prison of silence’ surrounding their ... ... frequent travelling to Europe amounted to “grounds for suspicionâ€. 313 In an interview with the Commission in April 1998, Eugene de Kock described the September assassination as a CCB operation managed by Commandant Dawid Fourie, its deputy head, in which the two who pulled the ... ... Gamedze was neither one of them nor an agent of any other operative. Gamedze died sometime after this incident in a car accident. 281 Eugene de Kock has linked an informer code-named ‘Rasta’ to Viva’s killing. Moreover, in its second submission to the Commission, the ANC ... ... of the Johannesburg traffic police, the SAP Murder and Robbery Unit, the Uniform Investigation Unit and the Flying and Dog Squads. Eugene de Kock was in overall command. 519 Later a braai was held for the white Vlakplaas members to celebrate the success of the operation. It appears that ... ... mortuary after searching for him for three days at local hospitals. 39 In his amnesty application to the Commission and at his trial, Mr Eugene de Kock alleged that Mr Themba Khoza was a paid Security Branch informer. ... |
