Vlakplaas

MR BOSCH: I was working at Vlakplaas, as a Sergeant.

... known to him and Simon Radebe as Bomber. And this bomber, according to him, was indeed "arrested" and was abducted and that they then took him to Vlakplaas where he was interrogated and as we have heard "tubed", in order to obtain information from him and your name is also mentioned ...

Mr Bosch, can you remember when you left Vlakplaas?

So, you had no idea about it? No idea obvious no idea but where they came from? No idea of the Vlakplaas connection?

MR HATTINGH: And also in your supplementary affidavit with regard to Vlakplaas, you have studied this and do you confirm the correctness thereof?

MR JANSEN: You are aware that some of the evidence which was heard at the beginning of the so-called De Kock clusters pertaining to Vlakplaas, its background and its working methods.

MR LAMEY: After your involvement with Koevoet you were transferred to Vlakplaas, is that correct?

18. The Vlakplaas contingent had taken up position lower down the road. Snyman and Ras were armed with AK47's to do the elimination if necessary and Vermeulen guarded their vehicle. After seeing the explosion and noticing that all the deceased were instantly killed, they immediately left for ...

MR VISSER: And did they come from Vlakplaas? Were they deployed or seconded to you for duty?

MR BERGER: Yes. Yes. And now my learned friend, Mr Visser, wants to reduce Brig Schoon's role to that of a postbox, but or a postman, but he wasn't just a postman, he was the Head of Vlakplaas. He was the Overall Commander of, Vlakplaas was under his control.

... it was in their influential area. I liaised with a person who was second in command. He was appointed by Mr Joe Verster as the liaison officer at Vlakplaas. Mr Fourie then gave two members to us, I can only remember two member, to then accompany ...

MR CORNELIUS: You were deployed to the section known as C1, better known as Vlakplaas. The operations of the unit as it appears from the documents to Judge Wilson in Annexure C, which has been submitted to previous Committees, is that correct?

Page 2 at paragraph 2. Can you just start there and tell us what your role was and what the background was to this incident? May I just put it to you by introduction that, is it correct that in February 1992 you were the newly appointed commander of Vlakplaas?

MR DE KOCK: I cannot give you a fixed date Chairperson. There were so many incidents and I was the commander of Vlakplaas for just about 10 years and there was a myriad of incidents, not only human rights violations but other covert operations and it is not possible to place a date on it right ...

ADV DU PLESSIS: General, could you tell the Committee about your involvement at Vlakplaas. You

MR SCHOON: I might have known him under another name but Joe Mamasela has been a completely new name to me which has just come out of Vlakplaas.

... that was created within the black community, it was breeding ground for infiltration of terrorists and it was then necessary to get members of the Vlakplaas unit to help with the identification of trained cadres, that is briefly ...

MR HUGO: Then I just want some clarity regarding the introductory aspects. You say that you were stationed at C1 head office, my recollection or knowledge is that you were actually at Vlakplaas and that there was a general office at head office which you would visit on a daily basis.

MR CORNELIUS: You were a member of Vlakplaas, what was your rank?

MR BOOYENS: Very well. And on your return to Vlakplaas, the members went into the canteen, is that correct?