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Operation Zero Zero

Explanation
Eight young activists were killed and at least seven were injured in explosions involving booby-trapped hand grenades in Duduza, KwaThema and Tsakane, Tvl, on 26 June 1985. The zero-timed grenades had been provided by a Vlakplaas operative purporting to be an MK operative. The operation, codenamed 'Zero Zero', had been authorised by the Minister of Law and Order. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation.

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Further to that, there is no operation of this - the ANC hierarchy somewhere you know, from upper authority where this power was given or the authority to go ahead and kill anybody that was Inkatha in the area.
... shot at him. They went to the traffic officer who opened his window, drew out a firearm, they fled and shot at him, but there were several other operations which really didn't take place. For instance, there was one operation where they were going to throw a hand grenade at police officials. ...
MR NGHOBENI: The murder and unit members worked in co-operation with prison warders. They would come to fetch me from prison without authorisation from the court. When I reported this to the head of the prison, they did not take the matter up. He would inform me that there was nothing he could ...
MR NYAWUZA: And how many of you were to undertake this operation, not the hijacking, the attack on this army base?
ADV VISSER: And lastly also in your application, you also incorporated Mr Erwee's application in so far as it relates to the facts of this particular operation on that date?
... no difficulty in the circumstances, that as at April the year before last, the fifth applicant was able to make the statement during the car bomb operation at the Why Not bar, three people were killed and 69 injured. He made that under oath. It is an admission which he is bound by and which ...
... written submission. In the second paragraph of the letter, the letter states, in the written submission we only stated that the details of this operation would be contained in the amnesty application of the applicants who are now before you. The written submissions, with respect are somewhat ...
MR SANDI: Secondly we learnt today that you were commanding this operation to shoot and kill Mr August.
CHAIRPERSON: ...[inaudible] symptoms were evident before this whole operation started.
... that you could shoot into the hostels across the road. That is just as an example, but were you ever involved in giving SDU units that were on an operation ...
... with her attorney, Mr J Kruger. I understand the purpose of these visits to be to get me to drop the investigations in exchange for Renata's co-operation regarding the statement and my files. However, it would have been abundantly clear to Renata that I will not be subjected to extortion at ...
MR DU PLESSIS: Captain Hechter, and do you accept that you were in command of this operation?
... who was actually, the person who was there, I think he was called Colonel Piet Greyling, he was the man who was the chief there, but the entire operation was run by General Johan Coetzee. I have nothing against him. I mean, he didn't ill-treat me. But then I think, being such an academic man, ...
MR LEWIN: From what you tell us it must have been a very well planned operation if it was in fact deliberate and it was an ambush.
MR LEKABE: I think I have alluded to the fact that the situation in Katlehong was to such an extent that co-operation was not possible between the police and the community so it was my duty to inform the bigger organisation which is SANCO or rather the Civic.
MR JANSEN: And did you think that your operation had something specifically to do with the investigation of his murder?
MR ERWEE: If we arrest an insurgent and we receive good co-operation from him,
MR BELLING (SNR): He’s gone through a lot of pain and suffering. He was in hospital for a long, long time and he’s been through numerous operations, three different operations. His heart had stopped and they battled to revive him due to the fact that all the operations he was having. He had up ...
MR LEWIN: You have explained to us the circumstances of his leaving and why you were surprised, did you ever get any indication from him or from any of the other people who came back to talk to you of what operation they might have been involved in?
... being injured and this police came to us and asked us why are they assaulting you, why are they beaing you up. We said we don't know. I had an operation. They kicked us ...
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