Vlakplaas

MR OLIFANT: June 1980s - 1970's, I was recruited from inside the country but taken to former Vlakplaas where I was taken to South West Africa and thereon I spent about plus minus two and a half years working of a member of Koevoet and at a later stage I was transferred from South West Africa to ...

MR HUGO: You're also requesting the Committee to take cognisance of a further document drafted on your behalf and submitted, in which you dealt with Vlakplaas, the origins of Vlakplaas and the political motivations behind Vlakplaas, etcetera.

MR JANSEN: As with your other applications you also request the Commission to also incorporate the evidence relating to Vlakplaas in general and relating to all the de Kock clusters, that that be incorporated into your application.

Mr Pienaar, from the moment that the Vlakplaas group came into your territory did you know that they were there for work?

ADV LAMEY: What was the initial purpose of Vlakplaas under the leadership of Captain Venter in Port Elizabeth before this operation was planned regarding the Pebco 3?

MR BAKER: I was a Captain in the South African Police, second in command of Section C1, Vlakplaas. I was visiting our operational team in Durban, who were based in the facility near Amanzimtoti from which the teams were operating. The team fell under the command of the South African Police ...

MR BOSCH: I was working at security branch of Vlakplaas and my rank was sergeant.

... dealings with various divisions, when I had dealings with various units, for example one of my planned duties was to evaluate all of the Askaris at Vlakplaas and the handlers and the people involved over there. It was a highly sensitive matter, I needed to be aware of who I was dealing with, Mr ...

... that you have before you? The evidence is that on a rather haphazard, in a rather haphazard manner, bonuses are sometimes paid to the members of Vlakplaas. Some of them testified that sometime after this operation, they received money. One of them, if I remember correctly, even says that he ...

And Sergeant Bellingham we have been told was part of the special branch and also referred to as Vlakplaas.

CHAIRPERSON: Although he was at Vlakplaas and has been mentioned in connection with a number of other incidents.

squads and death squads, the operations that were carried out by the Security Police across the borders, and we have heard evidence that for example Vlakplaas was responsible for a lot of assassinations outside and inside the ...

MR LAMEY: And then on page 60 up to and including 68, we find a review of your background and training and how you ended up at Vlakplaas ultimately.

MR BENZIEN: He came from Pretoria Sir and the name had been bantered around. I would be naive to say that he did not come from the notorious Unit, called Vlakplaas.

... he would easily return to the ANC again and involve himself in ANC activities or supply information to the ANC. It was also feared that askaris at Vlakplaas would not have welcomed him, suspecting that Mabotha might have exposed their identities to the ANC. If he was released from detention and ...

MR LAMEY: Amongst others, you have also applied for amnesty for several acts where you as a member of Vlakplaas were involved, is that correct?

Did you at any point received a description of the Vlakplaas personnel on the scene?

... the matter.  When De Kock spoke to Schoon, the latter contacted Erasmus by telephone.  Immediately thereafter the two came to see him at Vlakplaas.  They were in the company of Coetzee.  He says after some discussion they decided that the vehicle would be duplicated in all ...

2.3.1 What is the full extent and nature of operations conducted by hit-squads linked to the CCB, Vlakplaas police unit, the Security Branch, JMCs, Military Intelligence and Directorate of Covert Collections, with particular reference to the gross violations of human rights such as assassinations ...

MR PHOSA: Were you at any stage the head of the CI Vlakplaas farm - the Vlakplaas?