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VlakplaasExplanation MR LAMEY: At the stage of this incident, you were a member of C10, Vlakplaas, is that correct? MR PRINSLOO: Yes, but Marthinus Ras had rendered service longer than Vermeulen at Vlakplaas. In that sense Vermeulen was a junior as opposed to Ras. MR HATTINGH: You testified during the criminal case, Mr Van Zyl, that the compensation which you received for information provided to Vlakplaas, that you received that compensation from Mr Holtzhausen? Mr de Kock, on this which I omitted, could you give us an indication of until when you were the Commander of Vlakplaas? MR JANSEN: When did you arrive at Vlakplaas? MR BOOYENS: And let us begin with the canteen at Vlakplaas and what took place there. Did the deceased come to you? ... or financial gain in respect of anythingthat they did. We will draw a definite distinction between usand those two persons who were also at Vlakplaas, Dirk Coetzeebefore Brigadier Cronje and Colonel de Kock after Brigadier ... "... during one evening one of the Ovambo members reported to Vlakplaas that there they were in a shooting incident and that four people had been shot." TRC COMMISSIONER: When were you given a description of the Askaris from Vlakplaas who were with these men? MR BOOYENS: Very well, let's deal with the specific incident relating to the death of the late Mr Brian Ngqulunga on the 19th of July 1990. Is it correct that at that stage you were the second in command of Vlakplaas? MR HATTINGH: Chairperson, it has been handled during so many investigations, the heading is actually Supplementary Affidavit E.A. de Kock - Vlakplaas. MR HATTINGH: And there you deal in general with Vlakplaas, is that correct? MR MAMASELA: It started in Pretoria whilst I was serving as an askari at Vlakplaas Security Police. We were called aside, myself, Koole and Piet Mogoai by Col Venter who told us that we had a special operation to perform in Port Elizabeth. He elaborated that they were activists who were busy ... MR KNIGHT: And this was prior to you being transferred to Vlakplaas, is that correct? MR CORNELIUS: You were then affiliated to the unit which was known as Vlakplaas, Section C1, and as appears from the additional bundles and also the activities of Vlakplaas. ADV BOOYENS: Under which Vlakplaas resorted? ... of a Black civic organisation were abducted from the airport in Port Elizabeth by members of the South African Police. The security police and Vlakplaas members were operating under instructions of the head of the security police in the Eastern Cape and subsequent commander of C Section at ... MR DE KOCK: Chairperson, briefly, Goodwill Sikhakhane was recruited by Vlakplaas from Swaziland by I think his cousin, Godfrey Radebe, who was an askari at Vlakplaas and with his defection which he chose, this is now Goodwill Sikhakhane, I was not present, I was busy in Vienna recruiting a senior ... ... was second-in-command of the Security Branch and; Lieutenant-General Stan Skutter was the Chief of Security. I was head of Group-C and as such, Vlakplaas resorted under my control. Col de Kock was the Commander of Vlakplaas and the other applicants, Nortje, Bosch, Vermeulen and Nofomela, ... MS PATEL: Supposing your infiltrators needed more weapons or ammunition, would the motivation still have to go through to Vlakplaas or would it be done regionally? |