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AG2543-2-2-3-01-Jpeg.Pdf /(1 fli0 ~ B Independent Boord of Inquiry Into Informal Repression Phone 1011 J .03·325617 f l~ (011) 403·1366 I B I I R REPORT MAY 1990 1. The Harms Commission. In London, former Police captain Dirk Coetzee • reiterated his allegations of a Hit Squad operating within the ranks of the South African Police and testified about his involvement in various incidents, including the murder of lawyer Griffiths Mxenge, the murder of two black former c olleagues who had "turned" and were suspected of wanting to return to the A N C, the theft of a trade union Kombi, and his knowledge of the death of Sizwe Kondile, an activist who was detained by the police in Jeffrey's Bay and who later disappeared. His evidence was substantially • corroborated by his former colleague, David Tshikalange. The Harms commission will hear further evidence on the alleged police Hit Squad this month in Pretoria. 50 0' A'Ct.llO'r)Or(" ,,~ )' /vI()'lQS &J1heIP. ... Ms lXh (:rdmefs '") ~Ior\k l"'oIkCroO . .'" PI' I fJc.~,.,. • AI(Y fr,.- ~ '/.IJ>: :.x ' 8' 1'1 Tn "lor :iheCnO ~ IIo1f F\.)!Af rOil ~ [IC t.'oJIQb Br Jud. Ac'lr;;'l'se lIIct'n<J' j; r - 2 - More evidence on the SAD F's Civil Cooperation Bureau (C C 8) has come to light in the Harms commission and in the Press. A former Regional Director of the C C B, Pieter Bates, told the Afrikaans weekly Vrye Weekblad that he had been in charge of various external • operations of the C C B, inter alia a project to contaminate the drinking water at Dobra, a refugee camp in Namibia, before last year's elections in the territory in order to disrupt swapo. Bates also gave evidence at the Harms Commission, and he told the Commission of a plan to poison Durban lawyer K E Mlaba by poisoning his razor blades . • The Harms Commission also heard that Ferdie Barnard, who was held under Section 29 of the Internal Security Act last year, had told Brigadier Floris Mostert that poison had been applied to the Rev Frank Chikane's toilet seat. Rev Chikane was poisoned last year, but it was thought that the poison had been applied to his clothing. Barnard has however denied making such a statement to Brigadier Mostert. - 3 - More than a hundred names of people who had been monitored by the C C a, appear in files of Regions 6 and 9 of the C C B that have been confiscated by the investigating officer. Most of the names are of people belonging to legitimate organisations such as the End • conscription Campaign, the Five Freedoms Forum, The Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa and others. Among the names mentioned, are those of Dr David Webster, who was shot dead by unknown gunmen outside his home on the 1st May last year; Dominique Sauchon and Paula Hathorn of the E C C; Kate Turner, a Black Sash advice office worker in Port Elizabeth; Sheena Duncan of the Black Sash; Dr Alex Boraine, co-director of Idasa; and Louis Bredenkamp of Idasa in • Pretoria. -4 - A diary of "Christo Brits" (a false name) revealed that Regions 6 and 8 of the C C B had been involved in projects in Namibia in June 1989. An entry on the 28th April 1989 reads: "Get ammo." Three days after this entry, on the 1st May 1989, Dr Webster was shot, • An entry on the 29th August 1989 reads: "Get limpet", Two days later, on the 31st August, a limpet mine exploded at the Early Learning Centre in Athlone, Cape Town. C C B member Lt. Abraham (Slang) van Zyl admitted that the C C B was responsible for this incident. The top half of the page for the 31st August 1989 was removed from Brits's diary . • According to Brits, C C B member Chappie Maree monitored the Natal Indian Congress. Maree's whereabouts are still unknown. - 5 - Col. Joe Verster, the Managing Director of the C C B, testified before the Commission in disguise and said that the C C B was a victim of the new dispensation in South Africa . According to him, C C B members were unsure what to do when organisations like the A N C and • PAC were unbanned. Verster admitted in his evidence that the C C B had its own bank accounts overseas and that arms were obtained from foreign countries. Accord­ ing to Verster, the C C B still operates in an "administrative" capacity. willie van Deventer, an external operator of the C C B until September 1987, told the Vrye Weekblad (4/5/ 90) • that the C C B was responsible for the murders of Dr Fabian Ribeiro and his wife Florence in Mamelodi on 1/12/1986. The Ribeiro couple was shot at their home in Mamelodi outside Pretoria. According to Van Deventer, the C C B was also responsible for the car bomb death of Piet Ntuli, former Minister of Internal Affairs of Kwa Ndebele, in 1986. He also alleged that the SAD F helped to train Inkatha vigilantes in Natal. However, when Van Deventer was called to testify at the Harms Commission, he refused to answer any questions about Ribeiro and Ntuli because it might incriminate him. - 6 - In Namibia, the Attorney General had to withdraw charges against Donald Acheson, who had been charged with the murder of Swapo activist and lawyer Anton Lubowski, after the key witnesses failed to give evidence. The witnesses, all members of the • C C B in South Africa, were not extradited by the South African Government. The South African Government explained that the Namibian Government had not followed the correct procedure for extradition. 2. The Hiemstra Commission. In the Hiemstra Commission of Inquiry into the • security department of the Johannesburg city Council, the security department was shown to have links with Military Intelligence, which is linked to the C C B. Brigadier Jan Visser, former Security Director of the Council, also admitted to links between the Council, the South African Defence Force, the Security Branch of the South African Police and even the National Intelligence service. The Commission also heard that Major Frik Barnard, who was in charge of the spy network, was a friend of Staal Burger, the Regional Director of the C C B in Johannesburg. - 7 - Hannes Gouws, a former spy handler of the City Council, named ex- colleague Paul de Swardt as the assassin of Dr David Webster. De Swardt denied the allegation . • Gouws also testified that the security Department worked in close cooperation with the SAD F under Major Johan Loubscher of Witwatersrand Command. Gouws admitted to, inter alia, intimidating youths in Soweto; setting fire to a house in the Yeoville suburb of Johannesburg; beating up an actor appearing in an anti­ war play; infiltrating Union meetings; and tear­ gassing a shop steward of the Transport and General Workers' Union. Evidence has also been led of members • of the security Department infiltrating organisations like the Five Freedoms Forum, the End Conscription Campaign, the Black Sash, Lawyers for Human Rights and the South African Council of Churches. - 8 - Tony Naude, a trainee lawyer who was used as a "source " (spy) by the Security Department, admitted that he gathered information for the Department as well as the Security branch of the South African Police . Naude had • befriended Dr David Webster and went jogging with him . Spy handler Martin Hennig refused to reply to questions on his links with Military Intelligence before the Hiemstra Commission. Mr Justice Hiemstra ruled that Hennig was contravening the Commissions Act by refusing to answer . Mr Hiemstra ruled that the Defence Act cannot be used to shield the Military from inquiry and he asked the Bar Council to take note of the actions o f • Advocate Hans Bornman who instructed Hennig not to divulge information on his military associations. In the Harms Commission, C C B members have been allowed to appear in disguise and to refuse to divulge their names (except to the Chairman of the Commission). They have also refuse to answer questions that might incriminate them. Newspapers have also been barred from printing photographs of C C B Managing Director Col Joe Verster. - 9 - 3. The Goldstone Commission. The Goldstone Commission of Inquiry into the deaths of people who were killed after the police opened fire on a group of marchers at the Sebokeng township on the • East Rand on the 26th March, also started hearing evidence. The Commission heard that about 50 000 people were marching on their way to the town of Vereeniging when they were stopped by the South African Police. As to when and why the Police opened fire and the number of deaths, the evidence is contradictary. The Vaal Council of Churches claims that seventeen people were killed, while the Seboke ng hospital has fourteen deaths on record. Mr George • 8izos, S c, is appearing for the families of twelve deceased. He informed the Commission that fifty-seven people were injured according to his information. - 10 - 4 . Bantustans. In Pretoria, the Parsons Commission of Inquiry into unrest in Kwa Ndebele in 1986 heard evidence that Brigadier Hertzog Lerm, then Commissioner of Police of • Kwa Ndebele, had told Kwa Ndebele detectives to compile statements to the advantage of members of the Kwa Ndebele Government. Lt Col Fritz Klee testified tha t it had been clear to him that factions in the Kwa Ndebe l e Government were involved in the intimidation of residents, and acts of murder and arson. Brigadier Lerm had prevented the guilty parties from being prosecuted • • In Kwa Zulu, where internecine violence continues unabated, a Kwa Zulu police constable has alleged in an affidavit that Kwa Zulu policemen and "turned" AN e members, helped Inkatha in attacking houses belonging to U 0 F members in the region.
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