Civil Cooperation Bureau

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The South African Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB) (Afrikaans: Buro vir Burgerlike Samewerking (BSB)) was a government-sponsored death squad[1][2] during the apartheid era. The CCB, operated under the authority of Defence Minister General Magnus Malan. The Truth and Reconciliation Committee pronounced the CCB guilty of numerous killings, and suspected more killings.[3][4][5][6]

## Forerunners and contemporaries

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When South African newspapers first revealed its existence in the late 1980s, the CCB appeared to be a unique and unorthodox security operation: its members wore civilian clothing; it operated within the borders of the country; it used private companies as fronts; and it mostly targeted civilians. However, as the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) discovered a decade later, the CCB's methods were neither new nor unique. Instead, they had evolved from precedents set in the 1960s and 70s by Eschel Rhoodie's Department of Information (see Muldergate Scandal[7]), the Bureau of State Security (B.O.S.S.)[8] and Project Barnacle[9] (a top-secret project to eliminate SWAPO detainees and other "dangerous" operators).[10]

From information given to the TRC by former agents seeking amnesty for crimes committed during the apartheid era, it became clear that there were many other covert operations similar to the CCB, which Nelson Mandela would label the Third Force. These operations included Wouter Basson's 7 Medical Battalion Group,[11] the Askaris, Witdoeke, Experimental Group Program (also called "Clandestine Cooperation Bureau") and C1/C10 or Vlakplaas.

Besides these, there were also political front organisations like the International Freedom Foundation, Marthinus van Schalkwyk's Jeugkrag (Youth for South Africa),[12] and Russel Crystal's National Student Federation[13] which would demonstrate that while the tactics of the South African government varied, the logic remained the same: Total onslaught demanded a total strategy.[14]

## Establishment

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Inaugurated in 1986 with the approval of Minister of Defense General Magnus Malan[15][16] and Chief of SADF General Jannie Geldenhuys, the CCB became fully functional by 1988. As a reformulation of Project Barnacle, the nature of its operations were disguised, and it disassociated itself from all other Special Forces and DMI (Directorate Military Intelligence) structures. The CCB formed the third arm of the Third Force, alongside Vlakplaas C1 and the Special Tasks projects.[17]

In his 1997 submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,[18] General Malan described the CCB as follows:

> 15.1 Let me now deal with the matter of the CCB. The CCB-organisation as a component of Special Forces was approved in principle by me. Special Forces was an integral and supportive part of the South African Defence Force. The role envisaged for the CCB was the infiltration and penetration of the enemy, the gathering of information and the disruption of the enemy. The CCB was approved as an organisation consisting of ten divisions, or as expressed in military jargon, regions. Eight of these divisions or regions were intended to refer to geographical areas. The area of one of these regions, Region Six, referred to the Republic of South Africa. The fact that the organisation in Region Six was activated, came to my knowledge for the first time in November 1989. The CCB provided the South African Defence Force with good covert capabilities. 15.2 During my term of office as Head of the South African Defence Force and as Minister of Defence instructions to members of the South African Defence Force were clear: destroy the terrorists, their bases and their capabilities. This was also government policy. As a professional soldier, I issued orders and later as Minister of Defence I authorised orders which led to the death of innocent civilians in cross-fire. I sincerely regret the civilian casualties, but unfortunately this is part of the ugly reality of war. However, I never issued an order or authorised an order for the assassination of anybody, nor was I ever approached for such authorisation by any member of the South African Defence Force. The killing of political opponents of the government, such as the slaying of Dr Webster, never formed part of the brief of the South African Defence Force.

Reports about the CCB were first published in 1990 by the weekly Vrye Weekblad, and more detailed information emerged later in the 1990s at a number of TRC amnesty hearings. General Joep Joubert, in his testimony before the TRC, revealed that the CCB was a long-term special forces project in the South African Defence Force. It had evolved from the 'offensive defence' philosophy prevalent in P.W. Botha's security establishment.[19]

Nominally a civilian organisation that could be plausibly disowned by the apartheid government, the CCB drew its operatives from the SADF itself or the South African Police. According to Joubert, many operatives did not know that they were members of an entity called the CCB.[20]

In the wake of the National Party government's Harms Commission, whose proceedings were considered seriously flawed by analysts and the official opposition, the CCB was disbanded in August 1990.[21] Some members were transferred to other security organs.[22] No prosecutions resulted.

The Assassin's Web[23]

## Structure

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The CCB consisted of four groups with different functions:[24] an executive, a management board, two staff functions, eight operational sections known as regions, and an ad hoc collection of contractors. The overall size of the CCB never exceeded 250–300 full-time personnel.[25]

### Executive

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There is much dispute about what senior military officers knew when. However it is common cause that the CCB was a unit of special forces at first controlled by the General Officer Commanding Special Forces, Major-General Eddie Webb[26]: 53 [27] who reported to the Chief of the SADF.

### Management board

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The CCB operated as a civilian entity, so it had a chairman of the board and a group of 'directors'. The GOC Special Forces – Major General Joep Joubert (1985–89) followed by Major General Eddie Webb from the beginning of 1989 – was the chairman. The rest of the board included Joe Verster (managing director), Dawid Fourie (deputy MD), WJ Basson, Theuns Kruger, and Lafras Luitingh.

### Staff functions

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Although there is consistent evidence that the CCB had two staff functions[26]: 53 it is not clear what the names of these groups were and whether these remained the same over the life of the CCB. Region 9, is sometimes referred to as Intelligence or Psychological Warfare and elsewhere as Logistics. Region 10 is known as Finance and Administration or simply Administration.[28]

### Operational sections

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Each region had an area manager and its own co-ordinator who reported to the managing director.

* Region 1: Botswana – regional manager up to 1988 was Commandant Charl Naudé and thereafter Dawid Fourie, while Christoffel Nel handled the intelligence function.
* Region 2: Mozambique and Swaziland – the manager was Commandant Corrie Meerholtz until the end of 1988. He was replaced by the operational co-ordinator, Captain Pieter Botes. while the intelligence function was performed by Peter Stanton, one of the few remaining ex-Rhodesians from the D40 and Barnacle eras.
* Region 3: Lesotho – Fourie was also the manager in region 3.
* Region 4: Angola, Zambia and Tanzania – Dawid Fourie was also responsible, taking it over in 1988 from Meerholtz. Christoffel Nel handled the intelligence function while Ian Strange was also involved in this region.
* Region 5: International/Europe – Johan Niemoller appears to have been coordinator.
* Region 6: South Africa – formed on 1 June 1988; Staal Burger was regional manager; operatives included 'Slang' Van Zyl, Chappies Maree and Calla Botha. The TRC later receives eight amnesty applications related to four operations: 1) the attempted killing of Abdullah Omar, 2) the planned killing of Gavin Evans, 3) bombing of the Early Learning Centre in Athlone Cape Town on 31 August 1989, 4) the harassment of Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Cape Town in 1989.
* Region 7: Zimbabwe – Various CCB members co-ordinated this region including WJ Basson and Lafras Luitingh. Others involved in sub-management were Ferdi Barnard (for a brief period) and Alan Trowsdale. Kevin Woods and three members of a CCB cell, Barry Bawden, Philip Conjwayo and Michael Smith conducted a Bulawayo bombing action.
* Region 8: South West Africa – headed by Roelf van Heerden.

▪Pseudo Unit: Operated by ex S.A.D.F. members. Members named: John McCloud (ex Rhodesian) (aka:Ausie), Willem Schalk Van Der Merwe, aka: (William Reid, William Bennet).

## Blue plans and red plans

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Operatives were required to have a 'blue plan'. This referred to a front operation (mostly a business) funded by the CCB. Slang Van Zyl, for instance, started a private investigation business while Chappies Maree ran an electronic goods export company called Lema. Operatives were allowed to keep the proceeds of their activities.[29] Proceeds from all blue plan activities vastly exceeded the funding CCB received from the state. A large private sector was created, which employed tens of thousands of people. Former security officers not in the CCB ran these companies alongside CCB officers.[25] In the December 1993 Goldstone Commission, the task group found that ex CCB members were involved in various illegal activities including gun and drug smuggling

Red plans, on the other hand, detailed the activities they would undertake against the enemy. Operations could be of a criminal nature as long as they had prior approval from the CCB bureaucracy. These mostly began with a feasibility study. If the report showed merit it was verified, then reviewed by a panel of five: the operative, the manager or handler, the coordinator, the managing director and in the case of violent operations, the chairman. Where loss of life was anticipated the chairman was required to obtain approval from the Chief of the Army or the Chief of Staff.[29]

The 'red plan' targeted victims and detailed action to be taken against them. The scenario, as described by Max Coleman in A Crime Against Humanity: Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State, was as follows:

> Step 1: A person or a target would be identified as an enemy of the State. A cell member would then be instructed to monitor the 'target'.

> Step 2: A project – i.e. the elimination of a target would be registered with the co-ordinator. The co-ordinator would then have the project authorised by the regional manager and the managing director.

> Step 3: The CCB member would then do a reconnaissance to study the target's movements with a view to eliminating him or her.

> Step 4: The operative would propose the most practical method to the managing director. If the director felt this method was efficient, he would sign the proposal at what was called an 'in-house' meeting. There adjustments could be made to the plan before it was approved. The budget would be considered and finance would be made available for the project. The finance would come from the budget the Defence Force allocated to CCB activities. Indications are that money was always paid in cash.

> Step 5: The co-ordinator would be requested to make available the necessary arms and ammunition such as limpet mines, poison and/or live ammunition or other logistical support such as transport, etc.

> Step 6: The project would be carried out and the target would be eliminated. To do this the cell member could engage the assistance of what were termed 'unconscious members'. These were essentially underworld criminals who would, for money, kill as instructed. These 'unconscious' members were never told of the motive or the SADF connection – a false motive was usually supplied.[30]

## Known and suspected operations

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To date there is no published record covering all operations conducted during the CCB's five-year existence. Some of the active operations conducted included the following:

* Alleged harassment of
* Afrikaner dissident and Vrye Weekblad editor Max du Preez by pointing an RPG7 at him while forcing him to consume a large amount of mampoer or moonshine[31]
* actor and playwright Hannes Muller for his role in Somewhere on the Border, a play banned by the authorities for its criticism of the South African Border War[32]
* Alleged shooting of Danger Nyoni – 12 December 1986
* Attempted contamination of drinking water in a Namibian refugee camp, by introducing cholera bacterium into it, in an effort to disrupt that country's independence from South Africa[33] – August 1989[34]
* Attempted assault on UN Special Representative, Martti Ahtisaari, in Namibia – 1989. According to a hearing in September 2000 of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, two CCB operatives (Kobus le Roux and Ferdinand Barnard) were tasked not to kill Ahtisaari, but to give him "a good hiding". To carry out the assault, Barnard had planned to use the grip handle of a metal saw as a knuckleduster. In the event, Ahtisaari did not attend the meeting at the Keetmanshoop Hotel, where Le Roux and Barnard lay in wait for him, and thus escaped injury.[35]
* Bombing of a Western Cape kindergarten – the Early Learning Centre – on the evening of 31 August 1989[36]
* Harassment of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, by hanging a baboon foetus in the garden of his Cape Town home in 1989 in the hope that it would bewitch him[37]
* Supplying materials to SAP members for the 1986 killing of KwaNdebele cabinet minister Piet Ntuli[6]

Murders allegedly carried out by the CCB  Name of victim  | Year  | Date  | Status  | TRC finding on responsibility  | Ref.

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Tsitsi Chiliza  | 1987  | 11 May  | Suspected  | CCB / members of Military Intelligence | [38]
Anton Lubowski | 1989  | 12 September  | Suspected  | CCB conspiracy | [39][40]
Jacob 'Boy' Molekwane  |  |  | Suspected  | Evidence of CCB involvement | [38]
Gibson Ncube[a] | 1987  |  | Confirmed  | Henri van der Westhuizen granted amnesty | [41]
Matsela Polokela[b] | 1986  | 14 June  | Possible  | No finding – Polokela was killed in a Special Forces operation, but one participant claimed to be a CCB member | [38]
Dulcie September | 1988  | 29 March  | Suspected  | No definitive finding – probably a CCB conspiracy with the hit contracted out | [38][4]
David Webster | 1989  | 1 May  | Confirmed  | Ferdi Barnard convicted in criminal court | [42][5]
Attempted murders allegedly carried out by the CCB  Name of victim  | Year  | Date  | Incident  | Status  | TRC finding on responsibility  | Ref.

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Joan and Jeremy Brickhill  | 1988  | 13 October  | Car bomb in Harare |  |  | [43]
Michael Lapsley | 1990  | 28 April  | Letter bomb in Harare |  |  | [44]
Godfrey Motsepe  | 1988  | 4 February  | In Brussels |  |  |
January Masilela[c] |  |  |  |  |  |
Dullah Omar | 1989  |  |  |  |  | [45]
Anton Roskam[d] |  |  | Received threatening letters, car was set alight |  |  | [46]
Albie Sachs | 1988  | 7 April  | Car bomb in Maputo (targeting Indres Naidoo) | Confirmed  | Henri van der Westhuizen granted amnesty | [47][41]

1. ^ Also known as Gibson Mondlane.
2. ^ Sometimes spelled Matsela Pokolela.
3. ^ Also known as 'Che O'Gara,' his Umkhonto we Sizwe nom de guerre.
4. ^ Misspelled Anton Rosskam in TRC transcripts.

## Operations planned but not executed

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According to TRC records,[48][49][50] CCB operatives were tasked to seriously injure Martti Ahtisaari, UN Special Representative in Namibia,[51] and to eliminate the following:

* Gavin Evans
* Theo-Ben Gurirab (SWAPO)
* Hidipo Hamutenya (SWAPO)
* Pallo Jordan and Ronnie Kasrils[52]
* Gwen Lister (SWAPO)
* Winnie Mandela
* Kwenza Mhlaba
* Jay Naidoo
* Joe Slovo
* Stompie Sepei
* Oliver Tambo
* Daniel Tjongarero (SWAPO)
* Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (SWAPO)
* Roland White

## Known associates

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While the CCB was a section of the SADF's Special Forces they were joined on many operations by individuals from other parts of the state's broad security apparatus,[53] sometimes making it difficult to ascertain whether a specific person was part of the CCB or not. Of the estimated one hundred covert members, evidence exists that the following individuals were deployed as administrators or operatives:[54]

### Senior military decision-makers

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* Magnus Malan – General, Minister of Defence (1980–1991)
* Jannie Geldenhuys – General, and Chief of the SADF (1985–1990)[55]
* Joep Joubert – held the rank of major general, Chairman of the management board (1985–89)
* Kat Liebenberg – General, and Chief of the SADF (1991–1993)
* Eddie Webb – held the rank of major general, Chairman of the management board (1989–1990)
* Pieter Johan Verster – mostly known as 'Joe' Verster, aliases 'Gerhard',[56] 'Dave Martin', 'Jack van Staden' and 'Rick van Staden', held the rank of colonel, CCB Managing Director or general manager

### Operatives and associates

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* Donald Dolan Acheson – an Irish mercenary nicknamed 'The Cleaner'[57]
* Eeben Barlow – also referred to incorrectly as "Eeban Barlow", intelligence operative, ex-member of 32 Battalion and at one point commander of Region 5[58]
* Ferdi Barnard – prominent Region 6 operative, convicted and jailed in 1998 for the murder of David Webster[59]
* Wouter Jacobus Basson – alias Christo Britz, one time coordinator of the Zimbabwe unit, not to be confused with his cousin Dr. Wouter Basson[60]
* Johannes Basson[61]
* Barry Bawden – cousin of Kit and Gary, Region 4 operative and member of Zimbabwe-based CCB cell known as Juliet[62]
* Guy Bawden – brother of Kit, Region 4 operative and member of Zimbabwe-based CCB cell known as Juliet[62]
* Kit Bawden – Region 4 operative and head of Zimbabwe-based CCB cell known as Juliet[62]
* Petrus Foster Botes – alias Bobby Greeff,[53] held the rank of captain
* Carl Casteling Botha – nicknamed Calla, a one time forward for the Transvaal rugby team[63]
* Gray Branfield – alias major Brian, and Mr. Z,[64] killed 2004 in Kut, Iraq during a gunfight between Shi'ite radicals and Ukrainian forces[65]
* Ron Butterweck – a German (or Dutch?) mercenary/agent, active in Angola around 1985/86
* Phillip Conjwayo – Zimbabwean policeman, Region 4 operative and peripheral member of Zimbabwe-based CCB cell known as Juliet[62]
* José Daniels – CCB operator working for Petrus Botes, in the period just prior to the first democratic elections in Namibia, was instructed to dump four bottles containing cholera bacterium into the water supply of a camp near Windhoek[66]
* Daniel du Toit Burger – also referred to as Daniël Ferdinand du Toit,[67] alias Staal (meaning steel in Afrikaans) Burger also the name of an Afrikaans radio comedy of the time, held the rank of colonel, erstwhile owner of the Breakers Hotel in Berea, Johannesburg[68] and minder of a state-funded brothel,[69] recruited into the CCB by Verster on 1 June 1988 after vacating his position as head of the SAP's Brixton Murder and Robbery Unit[70]
* Trevor Mark Floyd[71] – testified in the trial of Wouter Basson that he smeared poisonous ointment received from Basson[72] on the door handle of the car belonging to Peter Kalangula; Basson denied the allegation; Implicated in the same trial by Danie Phaal, a Project Barnacle colleague, of murdering a fellow operator known only as Christopher in February 1983[73]
* Dawid Fourie – alias 'Heine Müller', held the rank of commandant and one time deputy head of the CCB[74]
* Edward James Gordon – nicknamed 'Peaches', informer, involved in the attempt on the life of Dullah Omar[75]
* [Gordon Proudfoot] – Special Forces operative associate of Ferdi Barnard[76]
* André Wilhelmus Groenewald – alias Kobus Pienaar[77]
* Isgak Hardien – nicknamed Gakkie, an informer and gangster based in the Western Cape who earned R18,000 for placing a limpet mine on the premises of the Early Learning Centre[78]
* Theodore Hermansen[77]
* André Klopper[79]
* Koos – CCB medical coordinator, who received, on the instructions of Wouter Basson, 16 bottles containing the cholera bacterium on 4 August 1989, and six more twelve days later from Dr. A. Immelman of Roodeplaat Research Laboratories[66]
* David Komansky, (not to be confused with the Merrill Lynch executive of the same name) a commodities broker from Johannesburg who received R29 million from the CCB to establish a business in Britain for procuring arms.[80]
* Theuns Kruger – alias 'Jaco Black', financial manager
* Kobus le Roux implicated with Ferdi Barnard in the plot to kill Ahtisaari[35]
* Jackie Lonte – recruited to deal with United Democratic Front supporters, founder of the 10,000 strong Cape Flats gang 'The Americans'
* Hans Louw[81][82]– claimed he belonged to a squad which plotted to kill president Samora Machel
* Lafras Luitingh – held the rank of major, one time coordinator of Zimbabwe unit[83]
* Leon André Maree – nickname 'Chappies' (also the name of a popular South African chewing gum)
* Cornelius Alwyn Johannes Meerholz – nicknamed Corrie, alias 'Kerneels Koekemoer', held the rank of commandant, after transferring to 5 Reconnaissance Regiment
* Tai Minnaar[84] – once held the rank of major-general in the SADF, founder member of the Bureau of State Security, had been a CIA operative in 1970s Cuba[85]
* Mr J – alias 'Verkyker' held the rank of lieutenant – operated in Mozambique and Swaziland, once delivered a parcel to Windhoek on behalf of Pieter (most likely Petrus) Botes[86]
* Mr R – alias 'Frans Brink', medical doctor, member until the beginning of 1990[87]
* Edwin Mudingi, former Selous Scout member of the same cell as Hans Louw[88]
* Christoffel Nel – alias 'Derek Louw', held the rank of colonel, one time head of intelligence unit[39][74]
* Johan Niemoller Jr. – also referred to as Joseph Niemoller, until 1987 coordinator of (European and International) unit
* Nico Palm[89] – foreign operative, involved in the CCB front company Geo International Trading as an explosives expert
* Danie Phaal[90] – or DJ Phaal,[66] CCB head of security, also known as Frank, James or Johan
* Jao Pinta – involved in the murder of Florence and Fabian Ribeiro[91]
* Ruiz da Silva – involved in the murder of Florence and Fabian Ribeiro[91]
* Eugene Riley[92] – also referred to as Eugene Reilly
* Noel Robey – involved in the murder of Florence and Fabian Ribeiro[91]
* Michael Smith – ex-Rhodesian soldier, Region 4 operative and member of Zimbabwe-based CCB cell known as Juliet[93]
* Migiel Sven Smuts-Muller – ex-31 Battalion member[87]
* Peter Stanton – ex-Rhodesian, intelligence operative[74]
* Pierre Theron – auditor of CCB books and keeper of share transfer certificates for related front companies[94]
* Ian Strange – alias Rodney, involved in the Angola, Zambia and Tanzania region[74]
* Alan Trowsdale[74]
* Charles Wildschudt (formerly Neelse)[74]
* Stefaans van der Walt – alias Anton du Randt[87]
* Willie van Deventer – claimed membership of CCB, and to have been part of the Gaborone raid in which ANC member, Matsela Pokolela, was killed[95]
* Roelf van Heerden – alias 'Roelf van der Westhuizen', one time head of South West Africa operations[74]
* Ferdi van Wyk[96] – Brigadier, also named as the Military Intelligence contact used by Marthinus van Schalkwyk in the covert funding of the front organisation Jeugkrag[97]
* Abram van Zyl – aliases 'Thinus de Wet'[98] and 'Andries Rossouw', nickname 'Slang' (pronounced 'slung', means snake in Afrikaans), responsible for the Western Cape operations of Region Six, and for Ferdi Barnard; left the CCB in October 1989
* Leonard Veenendal[99]
* Athol Visser[100] – nickname 'Ivan the Terrible', a high-ranking CCB operative, posted to London in the 1980s to plan the elimination of key opponents of apartheid that allegedly included Swedish prime minister Olof Palme.
* Gary Strout – Region 4 operative and member of Zimbabwe-based CCB cell known as Juliet[62]
* Eugene Halliday[101] – alias "Wolf", was a member of the Clandestine Cooperation Bureau, linked to the assassination of Godfrey Mafuya[102] in Saulsville (1985). His involvement in European missions has never been confirmed

## Associates who died mysteriously

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* Edward James Gordon – killed 1991[103]
* André Klopper – murdered Thursday 11 May 1995 a week after amnesty ensured his release from jail; found next to a road in Elandsfontein; ex-SADF Special Forces members Mathys de Villiers (Kaalvoet Thysie) and Heckie Horn were tried for his murder and acquitted[104]
* Jackie Lonte – murdered in the 1990s[105]
* "Corrie" Alwyn Meerholtz – died in a car crash on 24 November 1989[106]
* Tai Minnaar – died in September 2002[107] after a chemical and biological weapons deal in which he was involved went wrong[108]
* Eugene Riley – was killed in January 1994[109] after probing the killing of Chris Hani[52][110]) – Died under suspicious circumstances.[87]

## Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Although the entire truth about the Civil Cooperation Bureau may never be known, South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) concluded that:[111]

> ...the CCB was a creation of the SADF and an integral part of South Africa's counter-insurgency system which, in the course of its operations, perpetrated gross violations of human rights, including killings, against both South African and non-South African citizens. The Commission finds that the activities of the CCB constituted a systematic pattern of abuse which entailed deliberate planning on the part of the leadership of the CCB and the SADF. The Commission finds these institutions and their members accountable for the aforesaid gross violations of human rights.

As per the policy of the TRC, its findings were set out, but no action was taken.

According to General Malan, the CCB's three objectives—comparable to those of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE)—were:

* to infiltrate and penetrate the enemy;
* to gather Information; and
* to disrupt the enemy.

In his testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Malan declared that he had never issued an order or authorised an order for the assassination of anybody, and that the killing of political opponents of the government never formed part of the brief of the South African Defence Force.[112]

## Negative outcomes

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The front company Oceantec among others was used to embezzle $100 million US from private investors and a collateral trading house as part of a supposed sanctions busting operation between 1989 and 1991.[113]

CCB member Eben Barlow and Michael Mullen recruited other CCB members to start Executive Outcomes, a private military contractor that provided combatants, training and equipment.

## See also

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* South Africa portal

* Boipatong Massacre
* Dirk Coetzee
* Eugene de Kock
* Delta G Scientific Company
* Executive Outcomes
* Lema (company)
* National Intelligence Service
* Project Coast
* Vlakplaas
* Protechnik
* Roodeplaat Research Laboratories
* State Security Council
* Craig Williamson

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* v
* t
* e

Political history of South Africa

Defunct polities|

* Kingdom of Mapungubwe (c. 1075–c. 1220)
* Dutch Cape Colony (1652–1806)
* Mthethwa Paramountcy (c. 1780–1817)
* Ndwandwe Kingdom (c. 1780–1819)
* Cape Colony (1795–1910)
* Zulu Kingdom (1816–1897)
* Natalia Republic (1839–1843)
* Natal Colony (1843–1910)
* Orange Free State (1854–1902)
* South African Republic (1856–1902)
* Griqualand East (1861–1879)
* Griqualand West (1870–1873)
* Goshen (1882–1883)
* Stellaland (1882–1885)
* Nieuwe Republiek (1884–1888)
* Upingtonia (1885–1887)
* Klein Vrystaat (1886–1891)
* Orange River Colony (1902–1910)
* Transvaal Colony (1902–1910)
* Union of South Africa (1910–1961)
* Transkei (1976–1994)
* Bophuthatswana (1977–1994)
* Venda (1979–1994)
* Ciskei (1981–1994)

Events|

| Pre-colonial|

* Bantu migrations
* Battle of Salt River

|

1652–1815|

* Dutch settlement
* French Huguenot settlement
* Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars
* Xhosa Wars
* Battle of Muizenberg
* Battle of Blaauwberg
* Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814

1815–1910|

* Mfecane
* 1820 Settlers
* Great Trek
* Boer Republics
* Transvaal Civil War
* Mineral Revolution
* Witwatersrand Gold Rush
* South African Wars
* South Africa Act 1909 (National Convention)

1910–1948|

* South West Africa campaign
* Maritz rebellion
* Rand Rebellion
* Great Depression
* 1946 African Mine Workers' Union strike
* Bantustans

Apartheid|

* 1948 general election
* Apartheid legislation
* Pass laws
* Internal resistance
* Coloured-vote constitutional crisis
* Defiance Campaign
* Congress of the People
* Freedom Charter
* Women's March 1956
* 1957 Alexandra bus boycott
* Sharpeville massacre
* 1960 republic referendum
* International isolation
* UN Resolution 1761
* UNSC Resolution 591
* Academic boycott
* Disinvestment
* Constructive engagement
* Tar Baby Option
* Sporting boycott
* Olympics
* Rugby union
* Rivonia Trial
* Durban Moment
* Border War
* Israeli alliance
* Israel–South Africa Agreement
* Mafeje affair
* Soweto Uprising
* Weapons of mass destruction
* Project Coast
* Church Street bombing
* 1983 constitutional referendum
* Vaal uprising
* Langa massacre
* Rubicon speech
* Operation Vula
* Dakar Conference
* Transkei coup d'état
* Ciskei coup d'état
* Venda coup d'état
* Third Force
* CODESA
* Storming of the Kempton Park World Trade Centre
* Bisho massacre
* 1992 apartheid referendum
* Saint James Church massacre
* Bophuthatswana crisis
* Shell House massacre

Post-
apartheid|

* 1994 general election
* Government of National Unity
* Reconstruction and Development Programme
* Truth and Reconciliation Commission
* Arms Deal
* Floor crossing
* Soweto bombings
* African Renaissance
* Travelgate
* Xenophobia
* Attack on Kennedy Road
* Blikkiesdorp
* Marikana massacre
* 2012 Western Cape farm workers' strike
* Nkandlagate
* Racism
* 2014 platinum strike
* #RhodesMustFall protests
* #FeesMustFall student protests
* Tshwane riots
* 2019 service delivery protests
* 2019 Johannesburg riots
* COVID-19 pandemic
* 2020 Phala Phala Robbery
* 2021 unrest
* Lady R incident

Political culture|

* African nationalism
* Afrikaner Calvinism
* Afrikaner nationalism
* Anarchism
* Azania
* Baasskap
* Boerehaat
* Black Consciousness Movement
* Cape Independence
* Day of the Vow
* Greater South Africa
* Honorary whites
* Rooi gevaar
* Slavery
* Swart gevaar
* Uitlander
* Volkstaat

Defunct
organisations|

| Civic and political
organisations|

* Afrikaner Bond
* Afrikaner Broederbond
* Afrikaner Party
* AITUP
* APO
* AVF
* BPC
* Black Sash
* Boerestaat Party
* CDA
* CNIP
* CTEG
* COD
* Congress Alliance
* COSG
* CP
* DLF
* Dominion Party
* DP (1973–1977)
* DP (1989–2000)
* DPP
* DSM
* ECC
* FA
* FD
* Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners
* GNP
* Het Volk
* HNP (Herenigde)
* HNP (Herstigte)
* IDASA
* ID
* IP
* ISL
* Jeugkrag
* Johannesburg Reform Committee
* Labour Party (1910–1958)
* Labour Party (1969–1994)
* Liberal Party (1953–1968)
* NA
* NCP
* Natal Indian Congress
* NLP
* NNP
* NP
* NPP
* NRP
* NUSAS
* Occupy
* Orangia Unie
* Oranjewerkers
* Orde Boerevolk
* PAVN
* PFP
* Progressive Party (Cape Colony)
* Progressive Party
* PRP
* Radio Freedom
* Reform Party
* SABP
* SADECO
* SAIC
* SASO
* SAYCO
* SAYRCO
* South African Party (Cape Colony)
* South African Party (1911–1934)
* South African Party (1977–1980)
* TNIP
* Torch Commando
* UFP
* United Party
* Unionist Party
* National Party of Venda
* Volksparty
* Workers Party
* WOSA

|

Trade unions and
social movements|

* APF
* BCM
* BLATU
* CNETU
* CTSWU
* FCWU
* FNETU
* FOSATU
* ICU
* IWW
* MUSA
* NEUM
* NURHS
* PAWE
* SAAPAWU
* SACTU
* SAIF
* SARHU
* SATUC
* Die Spoorbund
* UDF
* Umkosi Wezintaba

Paramilitary and
terrorist organisations|

* APLA
* ARM
* AWB
* BBB
* Boeremag
* Greyshirts
* MK
* Ossewabrandwag
* Orde van die Dood
* PAGAD
* SANF

Histories of
political parties|

* African National Congress
* Democratic Alliance
* Pan Africanist Congress of Azania

Category

* v
* t
* e

South African Army Units

* Department of Defence
* South African National Defence Force
* South African Army

Divisions and Brigades

| Brigades|

* 43 South African Brigade
* 44 Parachute Brigade
* 46 South African Brigade
* Special Forces Brigade

|

Armour Formation (SAAAF)

| Training|

* School of Armour

|

Tank|

* Regular
* 1 South African Tank Regiment
* Reserve
* Pretoria Armoured Regiment
* Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles
* Thaba Bosiu Armoured Regiment

Armoured Car|

* Regular
* 1 Special Service Battalion
* Reserve
* Umvoti Mounted Rifles
* Blaauwberg Armoured Regiment
* Molapo Armoured Regiment
* Johannesburg Light Horse Regiment

Infantry Formation (SAAIF)

| Training|

* South African Infantry School

|

Parachute Infantry|

* Regular
* 44 Para
* 1 Para
* 44 Pathfinders
* 13 Signal Squadron
* 18 Light Regiment
* 44 Medical Task Group
* 101 Air Supply Unit SAOSC
* 44 Training Wing
* Parachute Packing Wing
* Reserve
* Bagaka Regiment
* 3 Para

Air Assault Infantry|

* Regular
* 6 SAI
* Reserve
* Chief Makhanda Regiment
* Chief Maqoma Regiment

Seaborne Infantry|

* Regular
* 9 SAI
* Reserve
* Chief Langalibalele Rifles

Light Infantry|

* Regular
* 21 SAI
* Reserve
* Rand Light Infantry
* OR Tambo Regiment
* Lenong Regiment

Mechanised Infantry|

* Regular
* 1 SAI
* 8 SAI
* Reserve
* General de la Rey Regiment
* Regiment Northern Transvaal
* Cape Town Highlanders
* General Jan Smuts Regiment
* Bambatha Rifles

Motorised Infantry|

* Regular
* 2 SAI
* 4 SAI
* 5 SAI
* 7 SAI
* 10 SAI
* 14 SAI
* 15 SAI
* 121 SAI
* Reserve
* General Botha Regiment
* Mapungubwe Regiment
* Johannesburg Regiment
* Andrew Mlangeni Regiment
* Solomon Mahlangu Regiment
* Tshwane Regiment
* Buffalo Volunteer Rifles
* King Shaka Regiment
* Durban Light Infantry
* Kimberley Regiment
* Ingobamakhosi Carbineers
* Mangaung Regiment
* Nelson Mandela Regiment
* Umzimvubu Regiment

Artillery Formation

| Training|

* School of Artillery (South Africa)

|

Regular|

* HQ
* Artillery Mobilisation Regiment
* 4 Artillery Regiment

Reserve|

* Nelson Mandela Artillery Regiment
* King Cetshwayo Artillery Regiment
* Sandfontein Artillery Regiment
* Regiment Potchefstroom Universiteit
* State Artillery Regiment
* General Dan Pienaar Artillery Regiment
* Steve Biko Artillery Regiment

Air Defence Artillery Formation

| Training|

* School of Air Defence Artillery (South Africa)

|

Regular|

* HQ
* Sekhukhune Anti-Aircraft Regiment
* 10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment
* Madzhakandila Anti-Aircraft Regiment

Reserve|

* Autshumato Anti-Aircraft Regiment
* Galeshewe Anti-Aircraft Regiment
* iWombe Anti-Aircraft Regiment
* 7 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
* Regiment Overvaal

Engineer Formation

| Training|

* South African Army Engineer School

|

Regular|

* HQ
* 2 Field Engineer Regiment
* 35 Engineer Support Regiment
* 1 Construction Regiment
* Engineer Terrain Intelligence Unit

Reserve|

* Ihawu Field Engineer Regiment
* Umkhonto Field Engineer Regiment
* 19 Field Engineer Regiment
* Ukhosi Parachute Engineer Regiment

Training Formation

* 3 SAI
* SA Army Combat Training Centre (SAACTC)
* Army Gymnasium
* Army College
* de Brug Training Area
* General de la Rey Training Area Potchefstroom
* Oustshoorn Training Area
* Touwsriver Training Area
* Wallmannsthal Training Area

Support Formation

* Army Support Bases (Eastern Cape, Johannesburg, Kimberley, KZN, Limpopo, Potcheftstroom, Western Cape, Mpumalanga)
* Mobilisation Centre
* Main Ordnance Depot
* National Ceremonial Guard
* Logistical Support Unit
* General Andrew Masondo Maintenance Unit
* Madiba Bay Maintenance Unit
* 15 Maint Unit
* Other Maintenance Units
* Doman Field Workshop
* General Sipho Binda Field Workshop
* Sabelo Phama Field Workshop
* Chris Hani Field Workshop
* Sekhukhune Field Workshop
* Ngungunyane Field Workshop
* Other Field Workshops

Signals Formation

| Regular|

* 1 Signal Regt
* 2 Signal Regt
* 3 Signal Regt
* 4 Signal Regt
* 5 Signal Regt

|

Reserve|

6 Signal Regt

* Gauteng Reserve Signal Unit

11 Field Postal Unit

* Western Cape Signal Unit
* Kwa-Zulu Natal Signal Unit

South African Defence Force (1957–1994)

| Commands|

* Eastern Province Command (Port Elizabeth)
* Eastern Transvaal Command (Nelspruit)
* Natal Command (Durban)
* Northern Transvaal Command (Swartkop, Pretoria)
* Northern Cape Command (Kimberly)
* Orange Free State Command (Bloemfontein)
* Western Province Command (Cape Town)
* Southern Cape Command (Oudsthoorn)
* West Transvaal Command/North West Command (Potchefstroom)
* Witwatersrand Command (Johannesburg)
* Far North Command (Pietersburg)
* Northern Logistic Command (Grootfontein, South West Africa)
* South West Africa Command (Windhoek, South West Africa)
* Northern Logistics Command (Grootfontein, South West Africa)
* Gauteng Command post 1994 SANDF (Amalgamation of Wits and Northern Transvaal Commands)

|

Corps|

* I South African Corps
* Cape Corps

Divisions|

* 7 South African Infantry Division
* 8 South African Armoured Division
* 9 South African Infantry Division
* 10 South African Division (Operation Prone)

Brigades|

* 16 Brigade (see 81 Armoured Brigade)
* 17 Brigade (see 71 Motorised Brigade )
* 18 Brigade (see 72 Motorised Brigade)
* 19 Brigade (see 82 Mechanised Brigade)
* 20 Brigade
* 60 Brigade (Battlegroups HQ Lohatla)
* 71 Motorised Brigade SADF era
* 72 Motorised Brigade SADF era
* 73 Motorised Brigade SADF era
* 74 Brigade SADF and SANDF era (see 8th Armoured Division)
* 75 Brigade SADF and SANDF era (see 9th Division)
* 81 Armoured Brigade SADF era
* 82 Mechanised Brigade SADF era
* 83 Brigade (planned but never existed)
* 84 Motorised Brigade SADF era
* 10 Artillery Brigade SADF era
* Other brigades

Battlegroups|

* Combat Group Juliet
* 61 Mech
* 62 Mech
* 63 Mech

UDF and SADF
Regiments and Battalions|

* Cape Regiment
* Cape Flats Light Infantry
* Regiment Algoa Bay
* Regiment Boland
* Regiment Congella
* Regiment Dan Pienaar
* Regiment De Wet
* Regiment Edenvale
* Regiment Groot Karoo
* Regiment Highveld
* Regiment Hillcrest
* Regiment Langenhoven
* Regiment Louw Wepener/Oos Vrystaat
* Regiment Molopo
* Regiment Natalia
* Regiment North Natal
* Regiment Port Natal
* Regiment Pretorius
* Regiment Sasolburg
* Regiment Springs
* Regiment Skoonspruit
* Regiment Uitenhage
* Regiment Rand Afrikaans University
* Regiment University of Cape Town
* Regiment Universiteit Oranje-Vrystaat
* Regiment University of Port Elizabeth
* Regiment University of Pretoria
* Regiment University of Stellenbosch
* Regiment University of the Witwatersrand
* Regiment Vanderbiljpark
* Regiment Vrystaat
* SA Army Troop Information Unit
* 1 Field Engineer Regiment
* 1 Locating Regiment
* 2 Locating Regiment
* 2 Construction Regiment
* 2 Special Service Battalion
* 3rd Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron
* 4 Field Engineer Regiment
* 5 Forward Delivery Squadron
* 6 Field Artillery Regiment
* 6 Field Engineer
* 7 Medium Artillery Regiment
* 8 Field Artillery Regiment
* 9 Support Engineer
* 10 Armoured Squadron
* 10 Field Engineer
* 11 Field Engineer
* 11 SAI
* 12 Field Engineer
* 12 SAI
* 13 Field Engineer
* 13 SAI
* 14 Field Artillery Regiment
* 14 Field Engineer
* 15 Field Engineer
* 17 Field Artillery Regiment
* 19 Field Engineer
* 19 Rocket Regiment
* 24 Field Artillery Regiment
* 25 Field Artillery Regiment
* 26 Field Artillery Regiment
* 32 Battalion
* Modular Infantry Battalions under South West Africa Command
* 51 Battalion
* 52 Battalion
* 53 Battalion
* 54 Battalion
* 55 Battalion

Homeland Battalions|

* 111
* 112
* 113
* 115
* 116
* 117
* 118
* 151

Military Areas|

| Training Areas|

* Boschhoek
* Grahamstown
* Hellsgate
* Mosita
* Pomfret
* Riemvasmaak

|

* Heidelberg
* Madimbo Corridor
* Soutpansberg
* Walvis Bay

UDF and SADF Commando System|

* South African Commando System

State Presidents Guard|

* State Presidents Guard

Mobilisation Units (Reception Depots)|

* 14
* 15
* 16
* 17
* 19

Bantustan Defence Forces (1977/1981–1994)

| Bophuthatswana Defence Force
1977–1994|

* 1 BDF Infantry Battalion
* 2 BDF Infantry Battalion
* BDF Parachute Battalion
* BDF Military School
* BDF Special Forces
* 1 BDF Military Area
* 2 BDF Military Area
* 3 BDF Military Area
* BDF Signals Unit
* BDF Bafokeng base
* BDF Mankwe base
* BDF Odi base
* BDF Thaba'Nchu base
* BDF Taung base
* BDF Air Wing

|

Venda Defence Force
1979–1994|

* VDF Headquarters Sibasa
* 1 VDF Battalion Manenu
* 2 VDF Battalion Maunavhathu
* VDF Vuwani Military Base
* VDF Signals Unit
* VDF Air Wing

Ciskei Defence Force 1981–1994|

* 1 CDF Battalion
* CDF Special Forces

Transkei Defence Force
1981–1994|

* 1 TDF Battalion
* TDF Special Forces
* TDF Mounted Battalion

SWATF (1977–1989)

* Regular Infantry Battalions
* 31/201 Battalion
* 33/701 Battalion
* 34/202 Battalion
* 35/101 Battalion
* 301 Battalion
* 36/203 Battalion
* 37/102 Battalion
* SWATF Brigade
* 91 Reaction Force Brigade
* 41/911 Battalion/Regiment Windhoek
* 912 Battalion/Regiment Erongo
* 913 Battalion/Regiment Namutoni
* 91 Armoured Car Regiment
* 91 Composite Field Regiment
* 91 Engineers Squadron
* 91 Field Ambulance
* 91 Mobilisation Centre
* 91 Technical Workshop
* 91 Maintenance Workshop
* Support Structures
* Logistics Brigade
* SWA Mil School
* SWA Military Academy
* Special Forces
* 1 SWA Specialist Unit
* 2 SWA Specialist Unit
* 1 SWA Parachute Battalion
* Air Component
* 1 SWA Commando Squadron
* Alte Feste Commando (SWATF)
* Aranos Commando (SWATF)
* Auob Commando (SWATF)
* Bo-Nossob Commando (SWATF)
* Etosha Commando (SWATF)
* Gobabis Commando (SWATF)
* Grootfontein Commando (SWATF)
* Hochi Commando (SWATF)
* Karasburg Commando (SWATF)
* Keetmanshoop Commando (SWATF)
* Maltahohe Commando (SWATF)
* Mariental Commando (SWATF)
* Okanhanja Commando (SWATF)
* Omaruru Commando (SWATF)
* Oranjemund Commando (SWATF)
* Otjiwarongo Commando (SWATF)
* Outjo Commando (SWATF)
* Rehoboth Commando (SWATF)
* Swakopmund Commando (SWATF)

Union Defence Force 1912–1957

| Divisions|

| Infantry|

* 1
* 2
* 3

|

Armoured|

* 3
* 6

|

Brigades|

| Infantry|

* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5

|

* 1st Reserve
* 4th Field
* 7th Motorised
* 1st Armoured
* Field Artillery
* Coast Artillery

Citizens Batteries|

* 1st Citizen Battery
* 2nd Citizen Battery
* 3rd Citizen Battery
* 4th Citizen Battery
* 5th Citizen Battery
* 6th Citizen Battery
* 7th Citizen Battery
* 8th and 9th Citizen Batteries

|

Military Districts|

* 1st (Cape Town)
* 2nd (Port Elizabeth)
* 3rd (East London)
* 4th (Pietermaritzburg)
* 5th (Durban)
* 6th (Standerton)
* 7th (Potchefstroom)
* 8th (Johannesburg)
* 9th (Pretoria)
* 10th (Kroonstad)
* 11th (Bloemfontein)
* 12th (Prieska)
* 13th (De Aar)
* 14th (Worcester)

|

* South African Field Force
* Pioneer Battalion
* 1 Mobile Watch
* 1 Medium Regiment SAA
* 1 Special Service Battalion
* Cape Fortress Engineers
* Cape Light Horse
* Cape Mounted Riflemen
* Cape Peninsular Rifles
* Cape Garrison Force
* Cape Coast Defence Corps
* Durban Coast Defence Corps
* Regiment Onse Jan
* Regiment Kemp
* Transvaal Cycle Corps
* Western Province Mounted Rifles
* Ordnance Corps
* Native Military Corps
* Q Services Corps

World War I 1914–1918

| Europe Campaign 1914–1918|

* South African Overseas Expeditionary Force

| Brigades|

* 1st Infantry
* Heavy Artillery

|

Regiments|

* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4

|

* South African Native Labour Corps

East Africa Campaign 1914–1915|

* 1st Infantry ACF
* 2nd Infantry ACF
* 5th Infantry ACF
* 9th Infantry ACF

German South West Africa Campaign 1915|

| S.A.M.R. Regiments|

* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5

|

* Special Service Pioneer Corps
* 1st Permanent Force Artillery Battery S.A.M.R.
* 2nd Permanent Force Artillery Battery S.A.M.R.
* 4th Permanent Force Artillery Battery S.A.M.R.
* Transvaal Horse Artillery, attached S.A.M.R.
* Ammunition Column S.A.M.R.
* Botha's Berede Skutters
* Durban Light Infantry
* Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles
* Prince Alfred's Guards
* First Eastern Rifles
* Kaffrarian Rifles
* Cape Town Highlanders
* Kimberly Regiment
* Transvaal Scottish
* Cape Peninsula Rifles
* Witwatersrand Rifles
* Rand Light Infantry
* Pretoria Regiment
* Natal Light Horse
* Natal Carbineers

Volunteer Militias 1903–1909

| Field Artillery|

* Natal
* Prince Alfred's Own Cape

|

Horse|

* Diamond Fields Horse
* Natal Native Horse
* Royston's Horse

|

Light Horse|

* Border
* Cape
* Tembuland

|

Light Infantry|

* Durban
* Transvaal

|

Mounted Rifles|

* Border
* Natal
* Northern District
* Southern
* Transvaal
* Umvoti
* Zululand

|

Rifles|

* Cape Peninsular
* Eastern
* Kaffrarian
* Northern
* Uitenhage
* Western

|

* Natal Rangers
* Natal Rifle Associations
* Transvaal Cycle Corps
* Transvaal Horse Artillery Volunteers
* Transvaal Scottish Volunteers

Non-Statutory Forces 1961–1994

* Umkhonto weSizwe
* Azanian People's Liberation Army

Boer Commandos

Colonial Armies 1885–1902

* Cape Colonial Forces

* v
* t
* e

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

People|

* Chairman: Desmond Tutu
* Deputy chairman: Alex Boraine
* National Research Director: Charles Villa-Vicencio
* testimony

Organisations|

* Amy Biehl Foundation Trust
* Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

Army|

* Azanian People's Liberation Army
* Civil Cooperation Bureau
* State Security Council
* Vlakplaas
* Umkhonto we Sizwe
* Third Force

Massacre|

* Amanzimtoti bombing
* Battle of Ventersdorp
* Bisho massacre
* Church Street bombing
* Cradock Four
* Durban beach-front bombing
* Heidelberg Tavern massacre
* The Gugulethu Seven
* Mthatha Raid
* Pebco Three
* Saint James Church massacre
* Sharpeville massacre
* Shell House massacre
* Bombing of Khotso House
* Trojan Horse Incident
* Queenstown Massacre

Media|

| Non-fiction books|

* Country of My Skull (1998)
* A Human Being Died That Night (2003)

|

Novels|

* Red Dust (2000)

Films|

* Forgiveness (2004)
* In My Country (2004)
* Red Dust (2004)
* Zulu Love Letter (2004)
* The Forgiven (2017)

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