APPENDIX SEVEN

CASE STUDIES 

Please note: 

We have selected these case studies from our files with theese objectives in mind: 

to provide a clearer understanding of the missions and activities of agents aof the former apartheid regime
to provide a clearer understanding of the nature of the work entrusted to the Department in the period under examination by the TRC 

In all cases of South Africans who worked as agents, and who are not dead, we have given only their travelling names. Foreign nationals are named. Should the TRC require real names for a specific investigation, the ANC will co-operate in this regard. 

We have also deleted the names of the siblings of agents, and the names of all those who (we believe) unwittingly assisted these agents, for obvious reasons. 

We have also deleted the names of those who agents implicated unless we were able to verify such claims. 

AGENT:  RAYMOND DLANGAMANDLA (aka "Librarian") 

Recruitment

In 1967 the subject moved to Benoni. Early in 1969 he wrote a letter to the station commander of the Benoni police, complaining of the number of thefts in the Indian areas committed by Africans living in Wattville.

In response to his letter, he was visited by Sergeant Saddie/Sadie, who told him that he would be paid R30 for any information he supplied to them. He was referred to the Benoni Security Police for briefings, where he met a Captain Van der Merwe, a Station Commander, who told him that he wanted information on political activities. Subject accepted the task.

Work with the police 

After the death of Sergeant Saddie, Sergeant John Vilakazi replaced him as subject's handler. The subject claims that he was receiving his R30 monthly salary although he was not submitting any information to Captain Van der Merwe.

By 1970 the subject was running his own taxi service business, says he lost interest in police work, and concentrated in his business. In fact the money he was getting from them was nothing compared to what he was making from his business. Eventually payments stopped. All the same, John Vilakazi kept on paying him friendly visits.

It was in 1975, after the Frelimo take-over in Mozambique, that he was called by John Vilakazi to the Security Police offices in Cranbourne, Benoni. He was informed that Captain Van der Merwe had been promoted to a Major, and was transferred to Germiston. He was introduced to the new Station Commander Captain Abrie/Abrey who was to be his next handler. Captain Abrie instructed the subject to befriend students residing at Actonville, since he was transporting them with his Kombi from Durban to Westville University. Later the same year, the Benoni Students Movement was formed, but the subject claims he never managed to get any information from them. His payment was increased to R40 or R60 per month.

After 1976 (he claims) his contact with Abrie relaxed because he was now operating his own engineering business, the I.C. Engineering Construction Supplies. He informed the handler about this, and did not receive any monthly payments afterwards but continued to keep in touch with Abrie and John Vilakazi.

Missions Assigned and fulfilled(ANC connected): 

He was instructed:

1) To try and befriend Shrish Nanabhay so as to monitor his activities. The police suspected he was connected to the ANC/SACP.

2) To monitor the activities of Kisten Moonsamy, an ex-Robben Islander, released in 1978. The subject went to visit him, and Moonsamy took him into his confidence and introduced him to George Naicker.

3) Through Naicker he met Ebrahim Ismail, Poomoney Moodley, Rajes Pillay in Durban, Amin Kajee, Rokaya Adams, Prema Naidoo, and Shrish Nanabhay. He reported to Abrie about all these people.

4) In 1979, George Naicker asked the subject to post him a letter in Swaziland but before posting it the subject took the letter to Abrie.

5) After Rajes Pillay had skipped the country, Naicker established contact with her through the subject who became a courier. On four occasions when given material like cassettes, leaflets, literature, etc. by Rajes and Ivan Pillay in Swaziland he took the material to Swanepoel (his new handler after Abrie) before he took it to George.

6) He was reporting all the contents of his meetings with Ivan and Rajes to Swanepoel and was also contacting Warrant Officer Van Dyk of Oshoek border post for clearance.

7) After the Swaziland ANC machinery discovered that the subject was a plant, Naicker and Ebrahim were called to leave the country, which they did in December 1980. Swanepoel instructed the subject to trace their whereabouts.

8) The subject contacted Ivan in Swaziland, who said he did not know of their whereabouts. In Mozambique he was informed by Idris Naidoo that they have passed through Mozambique, and the subject went back home to inform his handler.

9) When Rajes and Ivan proposed that he go for a crash course in Maputo, he went to inform Swanepoel about this offer and was encouraged by him to proceed. He also briefed the subject on how to behave.

Apprehension of Subject 

Information from a very reliable source within the police was received to the effect that there was a police agent working as an ANC courier who would be arriving with ANC material from Swaziland on 26/09/1980. The material was to be dispatched to George Naicker.

When this information was compared with other information at our disposal it was found that the subject was to go back inside the country on the 26/09/1980 with leaflets, literature, etc. to give to George Naicker. It was beyond any doubt that the subject was the culprit and that he had submitted this information to the enemy. It is then that George Naicker and Ebrahim Ishmail were called outside the country, to save them from the police.

After the two comrades had disappeared, the subject reappeared without pre-arrangements in Swaziland, to contact comrades Ivan and Rajes. He went up to Mozambique after he was told that they (Ivan and Rajes) did not know where Naicker and Ebrahim were.

He was then lured out of the country by the offer of a five-day crash course in Mozambique. His handler Swanepoel agreed to this. On arrival in Mozambique the subject was arrested with the help of the local security and interrogated. He willingly gave an incomplete confession. Later, when imprisoned in Angola, he made a full confession.

Before he was locked up at Camp 32, while still kept in Viana camp, he tried to desert the movement with the help of one local, together with Dominic Kgati. He was then locked up at Camp 32 for rehabilitation and released on 1/06/1987.

Given a chance, he was deployed at our regional logistics in Angola as a Secretary. The subject managed to accumulate a lot of money, by selling 200 bags of potatoes from the stores. This was in preparations for his intended marriage and desertion. He ultimately deserted the organisation in 1988/1989 and sought help of the United Nations. Unfortunately for him, he was recaptured before leaving Angola through the United Nations and again locked up. In his possession he had 1 000 000 Kwanzas which was confiscated.

HANDLERS: 

Captain Van der Merwe (promoted to Major), Captain Abrie, Captain Swanepoel, Sergeant Saddie, Sergeant John Vilakazi

CASE STUDY 2 

AGENT: 

EDWARD LAWRENCE (Aliases: "Fear", "Ralph Mgcina", "Cyril Raymonds" ) 

Below we are reproducing extracts from a number of reports on this subject:

A. EXTRACTS FROM THE 

CONFESSIONS OF EDDIE LAWRENCE (RALPH MGCINA:) 

1. According to the confession made towards the end of May 1988, he attended the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in 1973. After its closure due to student protests he ended up in Durban living with his sister, while searching for a job. He could not find a job. It was at this time that he was recruited by a white man to work for the South African Special Branch. He made contact with SASO office in Durban and also medical students who were politically active and submitted reports to his handler on their activities.

2. Early in 1974 he was instructed to go back to the Western Cape and enrol at UWC in order to monitor the political situation there. At this time many students were leaving the country because of police harassment and joining the national liberation movement in exile. He was instructed to join these students, leave the country, join the ANC, study its internal situation, gain experience, and remain dormant.

3. He made contact with the enemy again when he was deployed in Swaziland. He was serviced by couriers who travelled to and from his brother in law, Paul Meyer, who is a policeman in Lusikisiki. Paul Meyer was the linkman with the main handler who is a senior Security Branch officer (based at CR Swart Square, Durban). At this time the subject's main task was to keep close to MHQ personnel, analyse MHQ strategic thinking, and with time establish the main lines of ANC work in developing the armed struggle.

4. In 1983 whilst deployed as a leading cadre in the Natal Military Machinery in Swaziland he was arrested by the Swazi police. He knew that one of these policemen, (name deleted) was working for the South African Security Branch. During questioning he revealed to (deleted) the following information about his unit in Swaziland: comrade Zweli (Gebuza's brother) is commander of the unit; comrade Magagula is in charge of logistics in the area; that Madolo works for Border infiltration. He also told the police the location of the infiltration point, told them about codes of communication and the location of DLBs.

5. Ralph was introduced by the police station commander, (deleted), to two Boers who introduced themselves as Captains Van Niekerk and Van Der Walt. They wanted to know about residence of ANC members. They were particularly interested in the location of the place where Comrade Zweli Nyanda stayed, and this happened to be the same place where Ralph was staying. The subject described and drew a sketch of the house, which was at Mobeni. They told him that they wanted to attack the place but needed his collaboration to effect this plan. He agreed to do this.

6. In his words, "my task would be to alert them as to when the comrades were asleep and to unlock the back door, switch off the outside light for the attack, keep in touch with (deleted) and break my bedroom window to "escape"." He did exactly as instructed by his masters and the result was that comrades Zweli Nyanda and Keith MacFadden were killed in that raid through his practical assistance to the Boers.

7. Also on the basis of his experience in MK work, he was also instructed to push MHQ for deployment in the country which he did. The enemy was confident that he would succeed in doing this due to his experience at the front. The enemy objective was that he would develop his own structure and also rise in MK structures inside the country. The strategic goal of the enemy here was to allow the structures inside the country to grow and then cut them down, but leave an embryo for the ANC to build on and within that embryo leave its own forces so that the new structure is also controlled. This would go on indefinitely.

Subject died before implementing this next enemy plan (details below.)

DATE OF REPORT 03/08/1988, Lusaka 

B. THE RAID IN 1983 (DEATHS OF ZWELI NYANDA AND KEITH MACFADDEN) 

"The origin of the plan to attack this residence came about as a result of my compromise and treachery whilst in the hands of the Swazi police in 1983, a few weeks before the actual raid.

"During my arrest and detention I displayed cowardice when confronted on the question of where I stayed. I referred them to No 6, the known ANC flat. This they dismissed telling me that they knew all the ANC refugees who lived there and reported regularly to the police station as was expected of legally registered refugees. This took place in the first sessions with Mtunga leading the questioning.

"I then had to point out some other place. I pointed out the late comrade Nzima's flat at Mzimnene in Manzini. The following day they took me to the flat with a number of policemen. The place was raided and three young recruits including comrade Eddie (FAPLA) were arrested. I was not aware that these comrades would be there. The van which had recently been purchased was parked there. Among the items in my clutch-bag were the keys for the van.

They, the police, went back to the police station and returned to fetch the van. "It was after this first act of betrayal that (deleted) from Headquarters was then involved in leading interrogations. During these sessions there was (3 names deleted) whom I knew at that stage (through our Security Department) was working with the Boers. At a certain stage (delete)d from HQ told me that what information they received from me would be kept secret. "What I exposed during these sessions was that:

- There were self-explanatory codes of communication in the clutch-bag;

- Bank statement bearing Mr Cohen's banking account number;

- There was a telephone number of Prof, an operative at home;

- There were post-keys of P/boxes which we used for communication.

"I also exposed the people I worked with, the structure, comrade Zweli being in charge, comrade Magagula and Belgium, Magagula for logistics. I also exposed to (deleted) the workings of border infiltration and mentioned the Gege area as a place we used.

"At an earlier stage there was a wrangle over the van which I insisted was not an ANC vehicle but belonged to a girlfriend of mine, (name deleted.) She was subsequently called in for questioning and at the initial confrontation stubbornly denied having laid eyes on me but through reasoning and influence by the comrades outside, she came back to change her statement and said she was my girlfriend and had borrowed me the van. At a later stage comrade Duma was called and through his insistence to the special branch that this was an ANC vehicle I was forced to agree that it was.

"The station commander, then came into the scene. Earlier on I had noticed two Boers at the police station. (Deleted) shifted me to a cell where I was alone and threatened that he would see to it that I was handed over to the Boers unless I co-operate with the Boers. I met these two Boers who introduced themselves as Captain Van Niekerk and Van Der Walt. They wanted to know our places. I revealed the house at Moneni where the attack took place, and described and drew a sketch. They needed my collaboration to effect this plan. I agreed to do this.

"My task would be to alert them as to when the comrades were asleep and to unlock the back-door, and also to switch off the outside light for the attack. I would keep in touch with (deleted). I was also to break my bedroom window to "effect my survival". I kept in touch with (deleted) under the guise of trying to secure back the contents of my clutch-bag which (deleted) of HQ said he would return.

"I informed (deleted) of the trip to Maputo and the time of our departure. I also exposed the house/farm at Malkerns where we kept material. The house in Fairview I also exposed. These were subsequently raided by Swazi people and weapons were captured."

THE RAID 

"On that particular evening myself and Keith (MacFadden) were busy trying to phone Maputo to make sure that we were picked up from Lomahasha. Zweli had gone earlier in the night to pick up Fikile whom we were to send to Durban as a courier. When we were at home we had something to eat and had some Scotch (liquor).

"Then around 11.30pm Zweli and I left for the house in Fairview to try and make a last attempt to phone Maputo. We failed and he phoned home to wish his mum happy birthday. When we reached home Keith had gone to bed. I lay on the bed with my clothes on. I then heard cars make their way down the road and then turn to come up. This was around 2 am or 2.30 or so. I stole out of the house through the back-door and went to these vehicles - a Mercedes and two vans. I told them in the Mercedes (boers) that the comrades were asleep. I was then to move down and immediately afterwards break my bedroom window and dash to wait by the cars.

"I broke the window and dashed into the bush. I remained there until the attackers left and heard one of the neighbours (Marcel) at the house.

"I emerged and then went to the house. I saw Zweli lying near the gate and Marcel checked his pulse. He confirmed he was dead. I inquired after Fikile and was told that she had been heard by the neighbours after the enemy had left asking for assistance which she was denied and left. I then left with Marcel for the police where I found Fikile. I reported the attack to the policemen on duty. I made my way back to the house with Marcel. I saw Keith with a bullet hole in the head crouched in a corner. It was clear he was dead.

"I covered him with a blanket and quickly looked through the house for my travelling bag which had reports. This had been taken by the boers. I found an executive bag with some documents which I took with me.

"I then left with Marcel for Matsapa and reported the attack to comrade Vundla who advised that I go back to the police since I had already reported to them. I asked him to keep the documents which I had retrieved but said this was not possible since the Swazis may raid. I took the bag to Reggie Msibi whom I told about the raid. I then also went to the opposite flat to inform comrade Paul Dikeledi of the raid.

"I went back to the house with Marcel where I found top brass of the police force - Sotsha Dlamini (CID), Edgar Hillary, Anton Dlamini (Special Branch) and others. I gave them a brief report of what `happened'. Their main interest was where our weapons were. They and myself went through the house where I was pointing out the various bedrooms. The confiscated political literature and did police work (finger prints).

"We then had to move to the police station. I remember having to start our cars (the Golf, the Stanza) since the cops were saying they could be booby-trapped. On arrival at the police station I was questioned and I gave my version of how I escaped, pointing out why I still had my clothes on (were to leave for Maputo) and that I had broken the window when jumping out with my back. They remarked about my `miraculous' escape. I was then kept in one of the traffic department offices for what they called `protective custody'. I had free movement around the police station. I was kept there for two weeks and released into the care of comrade Duma's custody with one of the vehicles. The other car, (the Golf) was released into the custody of Favin, Keith's brother. My release enabled me to attend comrade Zweli's funeral.

"During my stay at the police station it was suggested to me by (deleted) from HQ that I leave Swaziland. My response was that I would leave per instruction by the ANC. I was recalled by the ANC to Maputo around December. I gave my version to the Movement. It was false.

"P.S. During the interrogation sessions with (deleted) from HQ, he asked me about King (an enemy agent whom we had recently kidnapped about a month ago.) I admitted knowing him, but blamed his disappearance on comrade Zweli."

NOTE:
From the reports of the investigation panel, it is evident that the subject was scared of writing freely about his activities against the ANC on behalf of the South African Security Branch.

One thing is certain: the subject, like his wife, confessed only because he was cornered. Like his wife (also a confessed agent), subject never had the courage or the intention to face the Movement squarely about his crimes and confess fully.

C. REPORT ON CYRIL RAYMONDS: BY `OSCAR DLAMINI' RECEIVED 04/02/1987: 

"I first met the subject in the camp, I was not very close to him. But as he was part of the camp commissariat of which I was also a member, we would now and then discuss some political questions. In the process I gathered that he came out of the country in 1975 to Botswana but did not immediately join the ANC. In fact he was one of those elements who were anti-ANC that time in Botswana. Of course one can understand that since people were coming from Black Consciousness and he found himself in Botswana which was then a stronghold of BCM. But the way he immediately became so positive to the ANC was rather too fast to be sincere. That is my own opinion which can be wrong.

"In the camp he was very close to (deleted) who once worked in our Radio Freedom in Lusaka and later had some security problems.

"I left him in Quibaxe for Katengue. I stayed in that camp for about five months and left for the Party School in Cuba for two years. When I came back he was no longer in Angola. I went for further training in the GDR. When I came back I was again immediately sent back as the Commander of the group of 40.

In January 1982, I went to Maputo and became the Commissar of the Natal Urban Military Machinery. I worked with Cde Problem (Commander), Zweli Nyanda (Chief-of-Staff), the subject (Chief of Communications) and Belgium as Chief of Recce. Later Problem left the machinery and Zweli was appointed Acting Commander. (...)

"Early in 1982, I left with the subject to Swaziland. I did not know very well the area since I was once there in 1977. I was then underground after having trained with the unit of Solomon Mahlangu in Funda. We got the car waiting for us on the Swazi side of Lomahasha. I had no weapon nor money for emergency. The subject had a Scorpion (pistol) and some money.

"As we were proceeding on our journey to Manzini we were stopped by police but we managed to run away. When we approached Simunye we could see that a road block was being mounted. We alighted from the car and took cover in the bush. Unfortunately it was next to the garage and the security guards spotted the subject. They did not see me. He was arrested. When I saw this I jumped onto one of these security guards. The subject was freed and instead I was arrested. He did not help me but instead ran away. When he came to Manzini he reported that I was asleep that is why I got arrested which was an incorrect report of what actually took place. I took this incident as a simple question of cowardice on his part.

"In 1983 before the formation of the Natal Military HQ of which I was a treasurer, we infiltrated Cde S'khusele to Pietermaritzburg. He found some problems with his unit. Some members of that unit deserted. S'khusele managed to go to the Transkei, arranged a document and left for Lesotho. He was met by Zweli and reinfiltrated back home. He carried out about five operations and retreated back to Lesotho and later to Maputo. We got a report from our security that the enemy knew when he retreated and the exact date when he was infiltrated inside the country. Up to now we do not know who gave the enemy that information.

"When S'khusele was in Maputo he wrote a hand written report. He was infiltrated back to Pietermaritzburg with somebody who later became a state witness against him. During the trial of S'khusele the enemy produced the report he had written in Maputo, saying that they got it from a highly sensitive source in the ANC. He is serving 20 years now. To my knowledge that report was filed in Maputo. I know because S'khusele's unit was being briefed in Swaziland it was in my house, and the subject did not have that report with him. Therefore it was in Maputo.

" "Later when I was in Dar es Salaam I tried to find out how did that report reach the boers from (deleted), I was told that that report was captured when the boers killed Zweli.

"Before the death of Zweli the subject was arrested in Swaziland. He showed the Swazi police where he had parked the car he was driving. Later he came with them to my house and showed them where we had parked the new van we were using for our route recce inside the country.

"Later he came with the police to my house claiming that he was staying there. I was about 20 metres from the house discussing with another comrade. Unfortunately there were SACTU underground comrades in the house coming from home and one of our comrades. They were all arrested. The subject also pointed another house which we used for underground cadres coming from home.

"All along he was defended by Thami Zulu. I think Thami did this because he thought that the subject was being victimised because he once commented that there were people who did not like the subject because he was not coming from Natal. Such comments can be demoralising and one feels not to confront somebody if other people would think that you are confronting somebody on regional or tribal grounds. You become disarmed.

"Zweli died when the subject was in the same house. He did not suffer any injury. One is not trying to suggest that everybody must die when there is an attack.

"I was later arrested in Swaziland. Zweli's sister came to Swaziland. She wanted to see me but could not. "In prison I was told by Cdes Alzina Zondi and other female comrades that Zweli's sister had told them that the subject was responsible for the death of Zweli. She had found this from a Special Branch (policeman) she was close to. I reported this to Thami Zulu but I was ignored.

"Before the death of Zweli we had captured a sellout who had infiltrated us. In his confession he said the enemy knew about the communication we maintained with him. No force had been used against him. He just confessed and he seemed to be sincere. I was responsible for his interrogation.

"Then came the Nkomati Accord. I was arrested. Thami Zulu and the subject were arrested together. They had bought two cars for the machinery. Already Swazi police knew about those cars. The one who had arranged for them these cars was arrested later and the police were saying that he was responsible for buying ANC cars.

"There was an old man we used for banking our money. The police knew about this. He was later arrested and questioned about this.(Note: Fear acknowledges betraying this man in the previous record .... CIES, 10/05/1992) "The subject had been arrested with weapons. To our surprise the subject was released and not deported like others. In fact an advocate was saying he was not going to defend a man who had said so much to the police.

"I am not prejudiced against the subject. I am just stating facts."

D. REPORT ON THE DEATH OF ENEMY AGENT RALPH MGCINA DATED 28/07/1988: 

1. PURPOSE OF SESSION: 

1.1. After a thorough preparation, the panel felt that in order to achieve better results it was necessary to begin on the involvement of his wife with the enemy. He had previously mentioned her in the long list of enemy agents as the first one that he was sure of.

1.2. We also had information from our source that his wife was seen in Durban (purpose of visit not known). Ralph could have known about this. This could not have been the first time that she went home.

1.3. Information from another source revealed that when subject's wife left the country, she was under enemy instructions to join and inform Ralph to join the ANC. This does not appear in the biography that she wrote when she joined the Movement.

1.4. It was also felt that after breaking him on the above mentioned aspect this was going to open avenues for him to reveal his handler or handlers and how they used to communicate. From his last confession (about how his wife came to work for the other side) it was felt that he should be in a position to know more on how she used to work with the other side.

2. REPORT: 

2.1. After being asked to relate about his wife, he merely repeated all that he had revealed in the previous sessions without any additions (for about one and a half hours).

2.2. After being asked on how many times (that he knows of) did his wife go to SA from Bay and for what purposes, he claimed not to have been in a position to monitor her movements when they were staying together; which to us seemed ridiculous.

2.3. He then revealed that his wife went to SA for about 4 (four) times as far as he knows; and never wanted to reveal the purposes of her visits there.

2.4. He also revealed that she refused to submit her Lesotho Passport when asked to do so; because it reflected her trips to SA and could have led to her being questioned and discovered to be an enemy agent.

2.5. Seeing that we were all tired; we could not proceed with the session and we all went to sleep.

2.6. When we woke up Ralph up (27/07/88) to start work, he complained of stomach pains and wanted to vomit. We saw that we could not continue and we decided to consult the doctor. A comrade walked to get a lift to town since our transport had not yet arrived.

2.7. On arrival; the doctor certified him dead and informed us that he suspects that he could have taken some poison.

E. UPDATE FROM REPORTS 

RECEIVED FROM WITHIN THE SAP "The placing of agents at high levels remains one of the prime objectives of the enemy and this program is conducted from the highest levels e.g. Lawrence was handled by Major Stadler of HQ."
GROUP: BJ42

Cordelia Senwedi Sebenyana MOSINIKI (nee Kereng)

DOB: 04/04/1951
HOME ADDRESS: (deleted)
NATIONALITY: Botswana National.
MARITAL STATUS: Divorcee (1985)
BOYFRIEND: (deleted)
OCCUPATION: Vegetable Hawker; runs a Chibuku beer depot in Ramotswa.
VEHICLE PARTICULARS: In 1988 had a BR 949 registered Isuzu vannette.
FATHER: Joseph Sello Kereng. Passed away in 1984/5
MOTHER: Sophia Kereng. Passed away in 1969.
CHILDREN OF SUBJECT: (deleted)
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL: Grade at Mogotsi Primary/Junior Secondary School, Ramotswa.

RECRUITMENT BY THE ENEMY (South African Police): 

In 1977 or 1978 subject started a (love) affair with one Modise. Modise was a uniformed member of the South African Police working at Ramotswa Border-gate. At the time subject was working at the Gaborone General Post Office. Modise asked subject to report to him about people who cross into Botswana from South Africa illegally.

Later Modise introduced subject to Sergeant Smith who was working with him (Modise) at the border.

HANDLERS: 

*+ Sergeant Smith - Zeerust home telephone number 21919; Work place telephone number 22012 or 22013, Zeerust Security Branch Offices.
*+ Modise, SB working at the Ramotswa Border Post; also using the Zeerust Security Branch Offices telephone numbers 22012 or 22013.

MISSIONS CARRIED OUT BY SEBENYANA MOSINKI ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE: 

While working at January's restaurant in Ramotswa, she came to know Gilbert Moilwa, Isaac and others to be refugees. Subject reported these to Modise. Gilbert later returned to South Africa while his friends proceeded to Zambia.

In 1978 subject visited Violet Pule in Johannesburg. There they took photographs with Sadi Pule's family. Soon after that trip, Sadi Pule visited Botswana. Sadi gave subject a passport size photograph of a woman, named Maria, who Sadi said was goin g to visit Botswana. Sadi requested subject to assist Maria when she arrived in Botswana. Subject took the photographs she had taken with Sadi Pule's family and that of Maria to Modise. Modise later returned them and subject posted them to Sadi Pule.

Sadi was detained during 1978 by the South African Security Branch after the visit to Botswana. In detention she was shown the photographs her family had taken with subject and was asked to identify subject. Sadi did not know where the enemy got the photographs. (This information on Sadi Pule's detention is from Sadi herself).

MISSIONS CARRIED OUT DIRECTLY AGAINST THE ANC ON BEHALF OF THE SAP: 

Subject was recruited by Sadi Pule in 1982 for the Women's Section work. She was to serve as a courier. Subject reported that approach to Modise.

Subject reported to the handlers the following tasks assigned to her by the ANC:

Was sent inside the country to deliver ANC cloth material and pamphlets to a certain Mapule in Mapetla, Soweto. Shortly afterwards Mapule was taken in by the enemy.

Subject was sent to recruit several individuals in Botswana and Bophutatswana (names deleted). Comrades Florence Mophosho and Aurelia Gqabi gave subject a letter to deliver to comrade Albertina Sisulu. Subject showed the letters to Modise who later returned them.

Subject reported to Modise (SB) about Lehlohonolo and that he uses a yellow Cressida.

Modise (SB) once asked subject to monitor Clement Bogatsu, a Motswana who is a driver at BHC. Subject reported that Clement was close to Lekoto and Chris of Special Ops. Clement was later arrested in South Africa.

Subject reported to Modise (SB) that two cadres under Special Ops had been infiltrated into the country by a driver of Phillip Moletsane in Moshaneng. The driver was later arrested and allegedly recruited by the enemy. Subject claims to have got this information from Phillip Moletsane.

Lekoto of Special Ops once gave subject a code - list and money in an envelope and weapons for safe-keeping. Lekoto also sent subject to call Phillip to Botswana. When subject went to call Phillip she took the code-list with and gave it to Modise and also told him about the money and weapons. Modise later gave the subject the code-list.

SUBJECT'S ROLE IN KILLING OF 

FOUR CADRES: 

Comrades Steve (Sebata alias Luvuyo Mzana alias Enoch Muiseng Mashoala) and Naledi assigned subject to recruit somebody in Moshaneng to take cadres to South Africa.

Subject went to report to Modise about her task. Modise, Langa and Sergeant Smith (all policemen) later met subject and told her that she would have to report to Botswana that she had recruited Mr Richard Maduenyana. Maduenyana was also called into the meeting, (or Richard Moduenyana or Richard Muduenyana)

Richard arrived in Botswana and was given money to buy a canopy for his vannette in South Africa. He was also given instructions on how and where to pick the four cadres inside the country.

Comrades Steve/Sebata/Mashoala and Naledi took the four cadres across and went to the rendezvous. On arrival there they heard the sound of a big truck in the bushes. They waited there until Richard Moduenyana came to the meeting spot. When Moduenyana pulled off with the four cadres, Steve and Naledi heard the sound of the truck again. They got worried because they felt the truck was following the vannette. Early the following day they heard news over BBC radio that the four cadres had been killed. The two (Naledi and Luvuyo) instructed subject to go and check on Moduenyana.

Subject went to report on Modise (SB) about the task she was assigned. Moduenyana was called by Security Branch police to a meeting on a secret farm in Zeerust. Present at the meeting were Major Crouser (Crouse?), Sergeant Smith, Wehrman, Modise and Langa (all these SB controllers). Also in attendance were Moduenyana and subject. Here a strategy was worked out on how Moduenyana was to handle comrades Steve and Naledi.

After the mmeting subject returned to Botswana and there she reported that Moduenyana was going to visit Botswana the following day, that he had sustained injuries and was treated by an Indian doctor who was his friend in Rustenburg.

On the said day, Moduenyana arrived in Botswana. He gave Steve and Naledi the story and showed them old wounds in his body which the comrades believed. They arranged with him to visit Botswana for medical treatment. The car Moduenyana was driving when he visited Botswana was riddled with bullets.

Later Steve and Naledi sent subject to call Moduenyana when the arrangements for his medication were finalised. On arrival in South Africa subject met Sergeant Smith who gave her the story to pass to the comrades, that Moduenyana had recovered.

Moduenyana was later given an Isuzu vannette with a radio (for communication), the registration number being YBG 1345, blue in colour with a white canopy. Moduenyana is also a member of the Opposition Party of Bophuthatswana.

Subject received R3240 at the end of the month for the operation.

SUBJECT BETRAYS A SPECIAL OPS CONTACT AS WELL AS WEAPONS. 

Subject was introduced in Botswana by Lekoto of Special Ops to a contact who was to receive material (weapons) in Magaliesburg. This was on the 16/12/1985. The person left Botswana same day. On the same day subject reported telephonically to Modise (SB) and then left Botswana the following day.

+ On arrival in Moshaneng subject phoned Modise again telling him that she (subject) was on the way with the car loaded with material.
+ Subject telephoned the contact at Swartruggens and arranged that they meet in Roodepoort. After meeting with contact person, who took the car, subject was booked in a Johannesburg hotel.
+ Sebenyana was later visited by policemen Modise and Langa who informed her that the contact had been arrested at a roadblock.
+ Meanwhile cadres in Botswana after failing to reach the contact person over the phone decided to find out from his girlfriend. The girlfriend told the comrades that on the same night when they received the vannette they took it into the garage for unloading the material. After finishing they took the vannette out and were about to leave for the hotel where Sebenyana was put.

Outside they found policemen waiting for them. They were ordered back into the garage and the material was found. The police took the contact person with them plus the material and left the girlfriend behind. The material taken by the enemy from the contact was made up of: two car-bombs material; three AKs; grenades; money for Special Ops cadres.

The girlfriend was later detained - on the 24/12/1985 and was to be charged for perjury when she refused to testify against her boyfriend.

The contact person was sentenced to about 18 years imprisonment.

OTHER REPORTS SUBJECT  SUBMITTED TO HER HANDLERS:

In 1985 subject met Sergeant Smith, Major Crouser, Wehrmann, Modise and Langa. They showed subject a map of Gaborone and asked her to identify Sadi Pule's house. Subject pointed Sadi's house in Tlokweng and another house across the road where a female comrade lived. Two weeks later Muzi Nkwanyana visited Sadi in Tlokweng. A week later, Sadi's house was attacked during the Gaborone June 14 raid.

After the raid subject visited Sadi's house (which had been attacked) and later reported to handler Modise that Sadi was safe. Subject also reported the location of the residence of Naledi behind the Community Centre to Modise.

In May 1987, subject phoned Smith and Modise (SBs) in Zeerust and reported to them that Abraham Pule had arrived in Ramotswa from South Africa and was proceeding to Gaborone. Subject also told them the date he would be coming back to Ramotswa. Subject states: "The day before Abraham Pule left Botswana I phoned Modise and Smith to inform them. Modise later told me that Abraham got arrested at a roadblock having weapons..."

PAYMENTS THAT SUBJECT RECEIVED FROM THE SECURITY BRANCH: 

++ Initially Modise used to give subject R50 to R150 per month.
++ Around 1987 subject was getting about R400 per month. In May 1987 was given R700 apparently for leading to the arrest of Abraham Pule. Abraham was arrested in the Zeerust area when he was going to Johannesburg from Gaborone.
++ For her role in the killing of four MK cadres in December 1985 who were from Botswana, subject was paid R3240 at the end of the month.

MEANS OF COMMUNICATION  WITH THE SBs: 

Subject was given a radio and shown how to operate it by Smith, Modise and Langa. Only used the radio once when handlers wanted to know whether there were any cadres in her place. Apart from this used to use telephone.

CONFESSION OF SUBJECT: 

Subject was lured into Lusaka, Zambia where she confessed to her dealings with the Security Branch against the ANC. This was in March 1988. She was returned to Botswana after the authorities there demanded her as their national. For more on that you may see the file of Enoch Muiseng Mashoala alias Luvuyo.

DATE OF REPORT: March 1988
AUTHOR : NAT in Lusaka. Information based on interviews with subject and information from cadres she had "worked" with in Botswana.
CIES COMMENTS: Correct spelling unknown : Maduenyana/Moduenyana/Muduenyana.
FILE/DOC. NUMBER: C001973

Jose Joachim Rebeiro DE SOUZA (aka Alex Jackson, Fernando Lopez)

DOB: 20/01/1962
ADDRESS OF ORIGIN: 454 Sheuck Avenue Eersterus Pretoria Transvaal

CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO RECRUITMENT: 

Subject's interest to work with the police force was aroused when he was in his last year in high school. Together with 150 other school mates (boys) they were taken to a semi-military training camp.

The camping was organised by the South African Defence Force (SADF), the welfare organisation of Pretoria, the South African Police (SAP) and his school viz. Eersterus High School. Main function of this camping was to introduce and expose them to career opportunities in the South African Defence Force (SADF) and the South African Police (SAP). It was held at Rashoop military base outside Pretoria.

End of the same year (1979), all those who had attended this camp were sent applications forms to go to the Police College. Subject was unable to join the police because of his father's refusal to sign those forms, he wanted him to get a university education.

RECRUITMENT: 

In 1980 he was recruited, together with his friend (deleted) by Colonel Dries van der Merwe to work for him. Their task was to monitor the unrest (1980 school boycotts) in their area, Eersterus. For every piece of information submitted to their handler they got R200.00. The same year he was introduced - by his handler - to Jonathan Nel of the Security Branch who was to be his next handler the rest of his time with the police.

TRAINING: 

During 1980, a training course in fire-arms, surveillance, personal security and politics was organised for him, in a farm outside Erasmus in Pretoria.

MISSIONS ASSIGNED AND CARRIED OUT INSIDE THE COUNTRY: 

1) In 1981 he was infiltrated at the University of Western Cape (UWC) to monitor and report any political activity in the campus especially about the anti-Republic Day campaign nd people behind the formation of the Students Representative Council (SRC).

2) In 1982 he was instructed to enroll at Witwatersrand (Wits) University, for a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree so as to conduct similar tasks of reporting any political activity there.

MISSIONS ASSIGNED AND CARRIED OUT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  (First year): 
The following year, 1983, he got a scholarship in the United States of America (USA) through the Educational Opportunities Council. (He was instructed and assisted by Jonathan Nel to get scholarship). In the United States he was studying at Wesleyan University.

1) He was instructed to join anti-apartheid student groups, report on their activities, their support on the campus and the degree of their contact with the ANC. He was to attend rallies and demonstrations.

2) Make a list of all students who are in the institute of the international educational programme, that is to say, all those who come from South Africa because the boers feared that this might be the recruiting ground of the ANC.

His contact in the United States was a lady by the name of Carla.

TASKS ASSIGNED AND CARRIED OUT DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS: 

At the end of that academic year on May 1984 he was ordered to go home for holidays and his route had to via London where he had to meet Nel and get new instructions for the time in London. The tasks in London were:

a) To join the South African Communist Party (SACP) and pick up literature at its office;
b) To visit the ANC London office and also take new literature

He fulfilled both the above tasks and gave a layout of both offices to Nel

Tasks at home:

a) He went home on June, 1984 with the task of infiltrating the United Democratic Front (UDF) up until the time he left for the United States in August the same year.

Tasks on his way back to school via London:

a) He again went via London where he was instructed to work in the ANC office and report on its activities and contacts with other people around London.
b) To report on the Nothinghill Carnival i.e. the attendance of people at the ANC's stall, their attitude and the amount of literature sold.
c) To visit the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)'s office and pick up new literature.

NOTE: He submitted all the information gathered to Nel who was there at that time. Nel also took pictures of the subject, Dali Tambo and George while they were busy working at the stall.

TASKS ASSIGNED AND CARRIED OUT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  (Second Year): 

At the end of August 1984, he went to the United States. He started this academic year at Columbia University in New York. He came to this university through transference which he applied for on the previous year. He applied for this transference by order of Captain Nel because Columbia University is where the anti-apartheid activities were concentrated. His tasks there were:

a) To work for the American Committee on Africa (ACOA)
b) To join the anti-apartheid group of Columbia
c) To slowly start to consult the ANC office in New York and report its staff
d) To report on March/April actions in 1985 and American Committee on Africa's role,
e) To visit the Pan African Congres (PAC) office and meet its staff.
f) All the above tasks were accomplished and in addition he submitted plans of office lay-outs.

OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE  UNITED STATES: 

Just before he went home on June 1985 holidays Nel arranged a visit to the United States by his wife. In June, after the Columbia University had proclaimed its disinvestment in the companies which had businesses in South Africa, Nel ordered him to go home. The subject has participated in these disinvestment campaigns to an extent that he even went on hunger strike.

PREPARATIONS FOR  INFILTRATING THE ANC:

Around July 1985, while he was still on school holidays he was briefed about his new mission of infiltrating the ANC in Africa and try by all means to work for the International Department in Lusaka. During one of these briefings he was introduced to a certain Fish (Security Branch policeman) who he (Fish) claimed (deleted) was an acquaintance. Arthur was to help the subject through to be deployed at Thabo Mbeki's office. (Subject later withdrew the implications this person as false).

He was not to undergo any military training in the ANC. All the information gathered was to be sent through J. Burton, Dominium Press, P.O.Box 391813, Bramley. He then went to the United States on July and started arranging with comrade Neil Mnumzana to go to Lusaka.

ACTIVITIES WHILE IN THE ANC (INCLUDING INFORMATION  PASSED ON TO THE ENEMY): 
In Lusaka he used to phone Nel from the Ridgeway hotel so as to submit reports. At one stage he received R500.00 from Nel through the Grindlays Bank in Lusaka.

He was in Lusaka up until comrade Chris Hani suggested that he goes to Harare and be stationed there. In Harare he used to communicate with Nel through a certain Bruce. He gave information about ANC facilities in Harare, personnel and places of stay including comrade Chris Hani's movements. He even set up appointments with comrades Raphael and June so that Bruce (contact sent by Nel in Harare) could take their pictures. His activities led to the attack of some of our houses in Harare.

In April 1986 he went back home, South Africa, without the consent of the ANC. On arrival at home he was detained as a cover story aimed at deceiving the ANC.

For all his activities he was receiving R1 500.00 per month deposited into his bank account. While he was at home he went several times to Gaborone.

POSSIBLE DE SOUZA CONTACTS WITHIN UDF (SUSPECTS):  (Most names deleted) 

Subject was instructed by his handler Nel (Louis Pasteur Building, Prinsloo Street, Pretoria - fourth floor, room 401) to go to UDF offices in Khotso House for purposes of spying on their activities. De Souza reported about the results of this visit to Khotso House to his handler, Nel and drew the lay-out of the UDF and Afroscope offices. Later on the offices of Afroscope were raided and all video materials which were there were confiscated De Souza was also about to leave the country for his studies abroad. Nel told him that he should recommend to his UDF contacts certain `progressive' people in Eersterus area who would take over his UDF tasks in the area after he had left the country. These `progressive' people who were given to the subject by Nel for recommendation were (six people who subject said his handler told him were working for NIS.) He says his UDF contacts left with names, telephone numbers and work places of the people recommended by Nel.

COMMENTS (CIES 12/04/1991): Comrades who were dealing with his case felt that he had given an incomplete confession. Subject implicated a lot of people but later retracted on account that the confession was made under duress.

HANDLERS: Major Dries van der Merwe (subject says he is now a Colonel); Captain Jonathan Nel; Bruce (surname unknown)

SOURCE: Confessions and Reports by Nat Lusaka, Nat Angola

DATE: 1986/1987

FILE/DOC.NUMBER 001816.

Note: De Souza was amongst the last group of 32 released in 1991. As outlined in the ANC's first submission to the TRC, he returned to Eersterus where he apparently became involved in gang violence; he was eventually tried for murder and attempted murder but died under circumstances which remain unclear before serving this sentence. 

Please note: the video tapes of Dlongwana's confession, as requested by the TRC, are in the process of being coverted into a format compatible with ordinary VCRs and will be handed over shortly.

Patrick Mncedisi Dlongwana (aka Harvey Maringa, Patrick Hlongwane)

DOB: 23/09/1958 in Port Elizabeth
ADDRESS OF ORIGIN: 33 Mgengo Street, Zwide Township, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL: Std 8
FAMILY BACKGROUND: Father: Jeffrey Dlongwana Mother: Elizabeth Dlongwana Siblings: (deleted)

RECRUITMENT: 

He was recruited in detention, in 1980, by Sergeant Nkomane (Bra) at Swartkop police station. Nkomane was a Security Branch policeman at Sanlam Building and staying at Ferguson Road, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth.

Subject was arrested together with people who were involved in a bomb blast (dynamite) on 15/02/1980. In this case, he (subject) gave evidence in court against his colleagues. The co-accused, a certain Mzamo and Mzwabantu were sentenced to 11 years and 12 years respectively. (In first confession subjectmentions this recruitment as his second recruitment. The first recruitment took place at Algoa Park Police Station in 1977 during their arrest for boycotting classes. He was recruited by Sergeant Buzani. He was released whereas others got lashes.He claims to have never worked up until 1980 when recruited again.)

MISSIONS ASSIGNED: 

1) He was instructed by Sergeant Buzani of Sanlam Building to attend political gatherings and take names of speakers and the deliberations.
2) He was instructed by Lieutenant Deon Nieuwoudt and Captain Roelofse to petrol bomb houses of members of the progressive organisations.
3) He was instructed by Lieutenant Kallie Van Dyk of Germiston, to look for ANC cadres and people who support the ANC. 4) In 1986, he was instructed by Lieutenant Kallie van Dyk to infiltrate theANC in Botswana.

TRAINING RECEIVED: 

In 1980 he was trained by Constable Van Vuuren at Queenstown Golf Club, on how to shoot with a Presto automatic gun. He was again trained at Sanlam Building on fire-arms, communication (walkie talkie), intelligence and photography. Instructors were Lieutenant Momberg and Sergeant Van Wyk.

MISSIONS FULFILLED: 

1) He petrol bombed the houses of:

a) Sipho Hashe, a Secretary General of PEBCO (Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation)
b) Themba Duze, a PEBCO/MACWUSA Organiser.
c) Lulu Johnson, Congress of the South African Students (COSAS) National President.
d) Mr/Mrs Gcina of PEWO
e) Mkhuseli Jack, PEYCO President
f) Vuyani Vena, executive member of Cosas
g) Mono Badela, press reporter

2) He shot one Nompumelelo in the right thigh. Together with six Security policemen, they raided one Toto of Veeplaas who was a member of Port Elizabeth Students Congress (PESCO), also a boyfriend to Nompumelelo. On their arrival at the place where they thought Toto could be, people started running away, and the police started shooting. The subject claims he was the one who shot Nompumelelo. Her leg was amputated

3) In 1983 he stabbed one Mzolisi Gxuma at No.29 Siyongwana Street, Zwide Township (a shebeen house). Mzolisi had exposed the subject as a police informer. Subject only appeared once in court and the case was squashed.

4) Shot dead one Mpumelelo Mpendu, an uncle to Mkhuseli Jack - leader of Port Elizabeth Youth Congress (PEYCO) and chairman of the Consumer boycott. Reason for shooting him is that they wanted to frustrate and demoralise Mkhuseli Jack. Mr Mpendu was living at No.12 Fumba Street, Zwide, P.E.

5) Shot dead one Mr Mateza, chairman of school committy based at Loyiso Secondary School.

6) Shot dead Mr Lulamile, a member of PEYCO.

7) Shot one Xola, a member of PEYCO. Due to pressure in Port Elizabeth, the subject was transferred to Germiston in 1986. His home was petrol bombed. Whilst in Germiston he carried out the following tasks:

8) In 1986, he reported about (deleted) of NAFCOC. He used to give money to people leaving the country. (Paid R100 for the report)

9) Reported on Sam Ntuli, chairman of Thokoza Residents Association.

10) Reported one Radebe, a shopowner.

11) Sold some executive members of Vosloorus Students Congress. The following are missions conducted outside South Africa:

12) In 1982 he photographed ANC houses in Lesotho per instructions of Momberg. (He went to Lesotho in September 1982 and was staying at Hilton and Victoria hotels. Completed his mission and went back to South Africa in November 1982. The mission was sponsored by Sergeant Swarts)

13) Actively participated in the December 9, 1982 Maseru massacre.

He left South Africa on December 8, 1982 instructed by Lieutenant Momberg, and met his operational unit at Hilton Hotel.

With his unit of six, they went to one house where they threw a grenade at the main door. After the door fell they then stormed in. They found three ladies sitting on top of the bed. Whilst checking the whole house they found three men. They were put against the wall,ordered to make mock marriages with their girlfriends, and thereafter executed. m According to the subject, he shot the one in the middle.

From here they went to Chris Hani's house, and shouted that he must surrender himself. Noting no response, they stormed the house with grenades and bazooka. Subject says they attacked all the houses he photographed earlier on. After the raid he was taken by helicopter back to the country. For this mission he was paid R1 800.00 and given a new car (2.1 Cortina).

14) In February 1983 he was instructed by Lieutenant Smuts to confirm survivors and casualties of the raid. When he arrived in Lesotho, he joined the ANC. Upon completion of his mission, he told comrade Sparks that he wanted to go back to South Africa. It is then that he was handed over to the local police on suspicions. He was released after 16 days and deported to South Africa. He received R1000 for this mission.

15) In 1986 he infiltrated the ANC in Botswana.

16) Other missions fulfilled: Together with "Reverend" Ebenezer Maqina they were instructed to infiltrate ROOTS, to carry out the following tasks:

a. To disrupt PEBCO, COSAS meetings, by

i) Whenever there is a stayaway called by PEBCO, Roots should distribute pamphlets that Pebco has cancelled the stayaway.

ii) If students boycott, Roots should go to that school and beat up the students to go back to classes.

iii) Whenever PEBCO or Cosas has called a meeting, Roots should organise a similar meeting on the same day.

iv) Other task was to blacklist Pebco and Cosas activists.

(Note: it has subsequently come to light that Maqina was being handled by the PE branch of Adult Education Consultants, which was managed by the Department of Military Intelligence.)

17) At a funeral of one MK cadre, Samuel Segole, who died in a shootout in Natalspruit, the subject presented a paper prepared by the police. He was masquerading as Stephen Nhlapo from Alexandra - a Release Mandela Committee member.

LEAVING THE COUNTRY: 

Left the country in 1986 per instructions of Lieutenant Kallie van Dyk of Germiston through Ramatlabane .

MISSIONS TO BE FULFILLED IN THE ANC: 

To identify as much as possible people coming from his area.
Location of ANC targets
When sent back inside the country on a mission, to surrender weapons including his unit.

SOURCE MATERIAL: 

Confession (prepared for the Tribunal) in 1990; A report by Nat in Lusaka dated 12/05/1987; Confession statement by subject dated 02/05/1987.

UPDATE:  ACTIVITIES OF SUBJECT IN SOUTH AFRICA: 

As outlined in our first submission to the TRC, after Dlongwana was released in 1991 he went back to his handlers and fronted for an SAP-run stratkom operation called the "Returned Exiles Co-ordinating Committee." He was also linked with the warlord Thomas Shabalala.

MTHUNZI TSIKILA

D.O.B: 09.01.1966 Xaba Location .
ADDRESS OF ORIGIN: 25 Baba Street, Kwa Nobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape Province.
FAMILY BACKGROUND: Father: John Mapu; Mother : Dinah Mapu; Siblings: (deleted)

RECRUITMENT: 

He was recruited by Danie Gerber of Uitenhage.

HANDLER: 

Was Lt C.Groenewald, of the South African Defence Force.

TRAINING: 

Subject went twice with Groenewald to the shooting range near Ngqalo.This was around 1984.

MISSIONS ASSIGNED: 

He was asked to check on students who were at rallies, boycotts and stay-aways. He was asked about where the residences of Mkhuseli Jack, Henry Fazzie, Mike Xhego and Boy Njomba were and claims he said he did not know.

MISSIONS FULFILLED INSIDE THE COUNTRY: 

He goes on to say the only mission he carried out was of killing a person (unnamed) in Langa around April/May 1986.He claims he shot the guy with two shots and the third shot he directed to the sky to silence the dead man's girlfriend who was screaming.

Thereafter he took his girlfriend (deleted) of Mabombo street in Langa to Port Elizabeth. He was given R100.00 for the mission and R100.00 for submitting the gun.

INFILTRATING THE ANC OUTSIDE: 

He was forced to find a contact which would assist him to leave the country by Gerber and Groenewald. Subject together with Vuyani Jibiliza; Boy Njomba and Mthunzi Thoba met Lundi Shayi of Adelaide. Lundi came after two weeks and informed them about Reverend Stofile. Groenewald had told subject to report once he found a contact so that he could give him something to take to the Movement.

MISSIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THE ANC OUTSIDE: 

On the 16th September 1986 subject was given a blue powder (poison) and told how to use it by one Richard who claimed he was an Instructor of Physical Training in one of our Camps around 1984 in Angola. He was told to promote tribalism and if possible mutiny.

He was told by Richard that our cadres eat frogs and lizards and was shown a video cassette of people eating those things and being portrayed as Umkhonto cadres. He was then given R500.00 by Groenewald and promised more money by the time he comes back. He claims he gave the money to his mother.

LEAVING THE COUNTRY: 

The following day, the 17th, he went to Alice with Lundi using money given by Filton Kona.They met with Reverend Stofile who organised them passports. On the 7th November 1986 they left Alice and Reverend Stofile was arrested. They were given money by Mrs Stofile and went to Johannesburg to Winnie Mandela who organised passports for them.They were later briefed by Vuyisile Sefako.

On the 13th May they left for Botswana with Stelfox Godlo, Vela Qwamashe and Motlatsi. He claims he had thrown the poison in dirty water upon arrival in Chelston (Lusaka) he arrived in Angola in September 1987 and commenced with training the following month (October).

MISSIONS FULFILLED IN ANGOLA: 

Three to four months thereafter he started his dirty work. He met a person by the name (deleted) who he claims behaved in the same manner as he was instructed by his handlers. One day he met another person during the digging of dugouts by the name (deleted) who had shown him a weapon belonging to one soldier (David) and he hid it in the dugout. Subject attempted to cache other weapons in this way.

CIES ADDITION/COMMENTS:29.11.91.
He did not mention that people like Reverend Stofile and other comrades were arrested because of his dirty job. Subject never mentioned that he was given several warnings in the camp (Caculama) to stop spreading his ideas of tribalism.

At some point after failing to steal the second weapon (both were SHE Petersons) he was a sentinel at one of the Posts (ant hill) where there was a machine gun. He had stolen a pair of pliers from the maintenance unit and he emptied the gun powder from the first five cartridges and the last five on the loading belt of the PKM company machine gun and later returned the belt back to the weapon. The next sentinel never noticed. The next morning the machine gun was taken on a convoy to Malange where it failed to fire during a UNITA ambush. One comrade died and the Camp Commissar was wounded. The subject was a suspect at this time since he was also on duty in the same post.

In a second incident some time later he forced an empty cartridge casing, with the end of the primer removed (to make sure no one discovers the casing inside) into the barrel of another PKM machine gun.This was discovered minutes before the convoy took off when all weapons were checked. All weapons were inspected and that casing was discovered.

The recording officers checked all areas of suspicion and possible suspects. This was narrowed down and the other incident of sabotage was also taken into account. The list of possible suspects was further narrowed down by looking at biographies of the suspects. It was found that the subject's biography had been considered doubtful in the first place although there had been no tangible evidence to interrogate him.

Security went to the dwelling where subject was staying, a pair of pliers was discovered and subject claimed he used it to fix his bed and he stole it from the maintenance unit.

Thirdly, in Luanda after the subject was removed from the camp for investigation, his unit was taken from the camp with the legend that they were going to get new deployments.They were given several weapons to clean in preparation for the convoy which was bound to the Northern Front. Subject told the investigators that he was cleaning a rifle. But to the suprise of investigators, they discovered that a striking pin missing from a PKM machine gun which he had assisted in disassembling. Subject was later taken away for thorough questioning and he confessed.

False Flag Operations 

AGENT: 

MORWAMPHAGA MOJAKI 

BACKGROUND TO RECRUITMENT 

In January 1984 the subject and his friend by the name of Alfred Makene were looking for a job at Checkers stores, where they were given forms to fill in.

Several days later he received a telephone call informing him that there was no work (at the store) but he should try a place in Prinsloo Street. When he got there he was given forms to fill in. A week later a policeman came to his place and took him to Silverton police station. Later he was taken to Compol.

There he was offered to work with the police, which according to him, he refused. Then he was asked to spy for the police in his township, Mamelodi. He agreed. He was tasked to report especially on the activities of Moses Chikane (Transvaal Secretary of the UDF), Mike Mailula, who worked at Khotso House; and Louis Khumalo of Mamelodi Parents Action Committee. He was also to report on the activities of organisations such as the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) United Democratic Front (UDF), and the Mamelodi Youth Organisation. He was told by his bosses that he would be given training.

HANDLER: 

His handler was Johnson, of Compol Pretoria.

TRAINING: 

He received his training at a farm house in the north of Pretoria. He spent three months at that farm house studying banned books about the African National Congress. He received training in developing legends and covert communication methods (coding and decoding). For the next six months he was taken to a place called Onverwacht near the Odi/Moretele district, between Ga-rankuwa and Mabopane townships on the way towards Klipgat and Jericho villages. He did physical training, and was instructed in surveillance, counter surveillance, engineering (usage of explosives), driving and car maintenance, interviewing, interrogation, and house breaking. In all he did a nine months training course.

MISSION FULFILLED INSIDE 

SOUTH AFRICA: 

In June 1985 he participated in the grenade attack on Louis Khumalo's home in D Section Mamelodi East, together with (deleted) who was driving the car, and some trainees from Hammanskraal Police College. They spread pamphlets bearing the name of the United Democratic Front in Khumalo's yard so as to create confusion in the ranks of the democratic movement. He received R100.00.

The second mission (also in June 1985) was the distribution of anti-United Democratic Front pamphlets bearing the name the Azanian People's Organisation's name in Atteridgeville. He was given R100.00. In around June 1985, subject took part in a night march by police in Duduza location, Nigel, pretending to be comrades in the township by singing revolutionary songs. The aim was to arrest the youth who were blamed for unrest in township. The mission was a failure.

Again in June he participated in a clash between members of the UDF and Azapo in Mohlakeng; the police were wearing Azapo T-shirts, and threw stones at UDF members. The subject was paid R100.00.

In July 1985 he took part in the booby-trapping of explosives that killed three comrades of the seven Duduza activists who were detained at John Vorster Square. Subject and another black policeman acted as African National Congress guerrillas on a mission to sabotage an electrical substation on the outskirts of Kwathema township near Springs. He was paid R150.00. Also in July, he participated in the hand grenade attack at a house belonging to a member of the United Democratic Front, in Huhudi, Vryheid, together with three others from the local police station. They each got R110.00.

TASKS IN LESOTHO: 

At the end of July 1985 he started preparing himself to go for studies in Lesotho at the National University of Lesotho. On the 10 August 1985, he travelled by train from Pretoria station via the Germiston-Bloemfontein line to Marseilles station on the Maseru border. There he met his handler Johnson and was briefed to monitor the activities of South African students on the campus, follow the movements of a student leader called Kutwanakutwana and other ANC-aligned students. Johnson gave him the telephone number 72369 and told him that when dialling he should start with the last number (9) and end with the first number (7). He was given the codename "Boaparo" to use when phoning.

He received a bursary from the World University Service instead of the United Nations. Subject joined student organisations such as Committee in Action Solidarity with Southern African Students (CASSAS) and the Union of Namibian and South African Students (UNISAS). When he went home on vacation he reported to Johnson on his contact with Ngoako Ramatlhodi and Mpumulwana Tolo, who were ANC-aligned students. Subject declared himself a refuge in Lesotho, and joined the ANC.

MISSIONS TO PERFORM WITHIN UMKHONTO WE SIZWE 

1. To draw maps of camps.

2. To note the guarding system at camps. 3. Encourage subversion and dissatisfaction amongst soldiers.

In the event of being discovered he was told to run away to the South of Angola and hand himself over to the South African Defence Force in Namibia. He gave himself up to the African National Congress before fulfilling his task.

NOMPUMELELO ZAKADE 

RECRUITMENT: 

In her confession the subject had this to reveal:

She was recruited by Allan Ndlovu in Swaziland in 1985 and handed over to Captain Ronnie Nel. Nel has been described as Head of the Elimination Squad for Swaziland, based in Compol Building, Pretoria. There was no contact from the end of 1985 until March 1986. She was then approached by a Van Vuuren, whose actual name was Lange - this she discovered on signing for the money after the death of Viva Yethu, an MK cadre.

MISSIONS FULFILLED AGAINST THE ANC ON BEHALF OF THE SECURITY BRANCH: 

She pointed out the house where Pantsu, a cadre of the Movement, was living; he was killed early in 1986.

She informed Allan Ndlovu that September was travelling between Mbabane and Manzini. This led to September's arrest, and eventual abduction to South Africa. She worked in an enemy cell which included (deleted) and (deleted.) The latter is a Mozambican renegade, who was suspected to be an MNR member in Swaziland. Subject confirmed he was an enemy agent.

This was the unit responsible for killing Viva, an ANC cadre.

The operation was carried out as follows: subject was to lure comrades to her place for a meal, they would be tailed from there and executed. However, the comrades came and left early that afternoon. It was then planned to try again on Saturday. Subject made contact with the comrades on Friday and telephoned Ronnie Nel about this in the morning. The comrades were kept under surveillance the whole day and in the late afternoon the subject phoned her handler, telling him that they would gather at (deleted)'s place that night. Subject arrived at (deleted)'s place last and found everyone there. They were preparing to leave for a party in Tembemile.

(Deleted) and the subject refused to go with the rest, and went to inform Nel who was parked in the yard of the flats. The enemy had three cars, a red Golf, a Mitsubishi and a white BMW. The Mitsubishi followed Viva's car from the flats and the two travelled in the BMW. They went directly to the party to enquire whether Viva and the others had arrived. They were in for about ten minutes, on their return the engine of the car was running and Nel was in radio contact with the other car. They travelled straight to the scene of the execution. (Note: Subject did not actually witness these executions as she remained in the car.)

(Deleted) and the subject then quickly checked Viva's car for anything important. (Deleted) took from the car a pistol, house keys, about R800 in cash and a notebook from Viva's clutch bag.

Back in the car, the subject was asked about which places the survivors may have gone to. She suggested Tod Masilela's place nearby. They were to kill the survivors if found. At Tod's place, Tod chased her away. (The survivors were in fact inside - note from NAT panel.)

The subject was later dropped at Mary Mkuhlase's house where she spent the weekend. (Deleted - the Mozambican) then took the enemy to the house where the comrades lived, which they searched and took weapons.

The killing of Paul Dikeledi and Cassius Make:

The subject was told by Paul, about two days before his death, that there was an important person arriving with whom she could discuss some of the financial problems she had raised with him. She later overheard (an office worker) receiving a telephone message from Maputo for Paul that this person was arriving on Thursday and that he should be met at the airport. She duly informed Ronnie Nel about this.

That Thursday Paul Dikeledi, Cassius Make and a Mozambican woman travelling with them were killed on their way back from the airport by white persons driving a white BMW.

The subject reported on the location of houses of our comrades in Maputo after her trip in September 1986.

REMUNERATION: 

Sums paid to her ranged between R50 and R200.

For special operations she received more. For the killing of Viva she got R800. For passing on information which led to the ambush and killing of Paul Dikeledi and Cassius Make she got R500; originally she had wanted R1000.

MARVIN SEFAKO

DOB: 15/11/1960.
(POSTAL) ADDRESS: Khabazela High School, Private Bag X1013, Hillcrest 3650.
ANOTHER ADDRESS: (deleted) P.O. Clernaville, 3601, NATAL
FATHER: (deleted), worked at AECI Limited in Natal.
MOTHER: (deleted), domestic worker

RECRUITMENT BY 

SECURITY BRANCH: 

Recruited in March 1985 (elsewhere he says September 1983) by Sergeant Shekheshe Ntombela, a Security Branch policeman at C.R. Swartz Square, Smith Street, Durban. Shekheshe lives at Ntuzuma Township at E Section. Actual place where recruited was in one of Shekheshe's flats which he rented to (name deleted) at Indunduma Section, 28th Avenue, on the third floor, Clermont.

HANDLER: 

Brigadier Pieter Swanepoel, C.R. Swart Square; Sergeant Shekheshe Ntombela, C.R. Swart Square, Durban.

SUBJECT'S POLICE CODE NUMBER: 0/656

INCENTIVES: 

Was promised a house, a car, a lot of money plus security for himself.

TRAINING: 

Underwent training from March 1985 to 06/09/1985. Training included food poisoning, firearms, etc. Trained together with (two names deleted).

Instructors were Brigadier Swanepoel from C.R. Swart as well as a Mrs Smith and Shekheshe. Used open ground near Westville Womens Association near Lamontville for firearms practise and a house in Morningside for classes.

MISSIONS CARRIED OUT INSIDE THE COUNTRY 

Contacts given outside: 

(Four names with work addresses supplied in Bulawayo, Angola, and Zambia, one allegedly within the UNHCR.)

MISSIONS FULFILLED (AS THEY APPEAR IN HIS HANDWRITTEN STATEMENT SIGNED AND DATED 15/01/1990) ON BEHALF OF THE SECURITY BRANCH POLICE: 

*** Killed Eugene Nunu Kheswa a close friend of his (subject) after making sure he was drunk. "I was given money to make him drunk and later I was joined by (3 names deleted). I stabbed him on the neck and they finished him off and I go to report to his family ... nobody was arrested.. the date was 30/06/1985".

*** "In the following week we killed Thandi Poswa who was always in touch with Reverend Xundu church ... we shot her thrice on the chest when she was crossing the 24th Avenue..."

*** "Unfortunately we were spotted by Nelisiwe Octavia Lamola, a student at Ziphathele High School. We were given a mission to silence her because she reported the matter to KwaDakeka Police Station. We used our initiative there by crushing her with a car." This took place on 12/07/1985.

*** On Mrs Victoria Mxenge "...(deleted) shot her five times on the chest but she never fell, where I followed her with an axe and chopped her next to her dining room door."

*** On Mbongeni Ngema, a unionist from Umlazi: "...we parked our car next to his house in pretext that our car gives us the trouble, at dawn when he was supposed to go (to work) in his office, when he tried to assist us on our car, we shot him and ran away.

*** " I also found myself shooting the people who were coming for a memorial service at Umlazi Cinema where 19 people died and over 20 got injured. I was exposed there by a stupid play between myself and Mike Evans, a riot squad man. The people saw me and said that they are going to kill me".

For the missions which Bongani Raymond Malinga fulfilled he was given R27,500 plus R250 a week for transport. For the massacre of 19 people Bongani got R18,000. Bongani left R36,000 in Allied Building Society, Smith Street, Durban; left R4,000 at Barclaysbank Cromptece Street, Pinetown; left R1,800 at Nedbank, West Street. " I left these blood monies under Shekheshe's protection, we also gave back our weapons to him".

MISSIONS CARRIED OUT AS OUTLINED IN CASE NUMBER 7/1990 OF THE PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL IN THE MATTER: THE PEOPLE VERSUS BONGANI RAYMOND MALINGA: 07/05/1990: 

COUNT I 

*** In contravention of the common law principle that every person has a right to life, and further, in contravention of Section 2(A) (I) (II) (III) (IV) and (V) the accused intentionally and unlawfully murdered comrade Victoria Mxenge, and was paid by the racist regime R5000 for this criminal act.

*** Intentionally and unlawfully murdered one Thandi Poswa (Phoswa) and was paid by the racist regime an amount of R2800.

*** Intentionally and unlawfully murdered, one Nelisiwe Octavia Lamola because she had seen them murder the said Thandi Poswa, for which criminal activity the accused was paid R2000 by the racist regime.

*** Intentionally and unlawfully murdered one Eugene Nunu Kheswa on 01/06/1984 for which the regime paid the accused the sum of R3500.

*** Intentionally and unlawfully murdered Bongani Mngema for which crime the racist regime paid the accused the sum of R2500

*** Intentionally and unlawfully participated in a massacre at Umlazi Cinema where 19 people were murdered and 34 seriously suffered badly harm.

COUNT II

*** In contravention of Section (A) (I) (II) (III) (IV) and (V) read with Section (B) (I) and (III), the accused infiltrated the ANC with the intention and acting on behalf of and/or in collaboration with the enemy; or, -- causing confusion in the ranks of the ANC; in particular in the ranks of MK and/or -- encouraging the ANC students at SOMAFCO to defect from the ANC and run to Western countries.

COUNT III

*** In contravention of Section 2 (A) (I) (II) (III) (IV) and (V) read with Section (B) (I) and (V) the accused acting on behalf of and/or in collaboration with the racist regime, infiltrated the ANC with the intention to murder comrade Chris Hani (the Chief of Staff of MK) and/or comrade Joe Modise (the Commander of MK).

SOURCE: 

Confession Statement of Marvin Sefako dated 15/01/1990; People's Tribunal Report dated 07/05/1990. Authored in Angola and Lusaka respectively.

FILE/DOC.NUMBER: 00131

OUTCOME OF THIS CASE: 

Sefako was first imprisoned in 1988; recommendation to imprison subject confirmed by the National People's Tribunal; he was released in 1991.

Phillip Masiza CONJWAYO

DOB: 01/08/1933, Gweru, Zimbabwe.
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: 75 Malvern Road, Waterfalls, Harare, Zimbabwe.
NATIONALITY: Zimbabwean.
(Remark: this is a summarised version; our interest was only in the other people Phillip Conjwayo implicates. Therefore other activities of subject, or tasks he carried out have been omitted.)

Date of report: 07/04/1988 

JOINING THE POLICE FORCE: 

* On 20/12/1952, joined the then BSAP

* On 20/12/1960 transferred uniformed branch to Criminal Investigations Department (CID).

* In April 1962 was attached to the Special Branch/Security Branch until he retired on pension in November 1980.

RECRUITMENT (AS A SPY FOR SOUTH AFRICA) AND HANDLING: 

In October 1985 whilst working at Peter Wild Associates, Masasa, Harare, Conjwayo was approached by one Mary Baker, a South African Intelligence operative. Enquiries revealed that Mary Baker is possibly also known as Merry Patrice Mackenzie. She is formerly known as Mrs Richardson.

Conjwayo was shown a photograph of Winston Hart and Peter Berg. He was asked if he still remembered Hart whom he had worked with before, when he was a serving member of the Special Branch. After a positive response, he was told that Hart wanted him to do a job on his behalf. Conjwayo enquired on the nature of the job and he was told that it involved the monitoring of the ANC(SA) President, O.R. Tambo and Chris Hani whenever they visited Zimbabwe. Conjwayo refused to co-operate initially.

During the September 1986 visit by Mary Baker, Conjwayo finally agreed to Hart's previous propositions thereby agreeing to work for the South African intelligence against the ANC in Zimbabwe. Baker immediately went to South Africa where she informed Hart about Conjwayo's submissions. Nothing was heard from either Baker or Hart until April 1987.

HANDLING AND ACTIVITIES OF CONJWAYO: 

* In April 1987, Baker came to Zimbabwe in the company of a white man known as Frank Cloute (Cloete?). Cloute was introduced to Conjwayo as Hart's business partner who was on a business trip. Baker informed Conjwayo that Hart wanted him to travel to South Africa for a meeting. Before Baker left, she gave Conjwayo a South African contact number: 79524444 Randburg.

* In June 1987, Conjwayo visited South Africa to fulfil his promises. At Hilbrow Railway Station, he contacted Baker on the above telephone number. Baker arrived and soon afterwards Hart also arrived. A short while later, another white man only identified as Brian arrived, and he appeared to be senior to Hart. Conjwayo's tasks were repeated to him. His monthly salary was outlined as $450 plus $100 vehicle allowance; plus vehicle to be maintained by Hart and tyres supplied whenever Conjwayo visited South Africa. Was to be paid through Baker in Zimbabwe.

* Sometime in September 1987, Conjwayo was phoned by Mary Baker from South Africa and he was instructed to go and wait for a call from John of the Innez Terrence public call box. John has since been identified as Christopher John Bawden, aka Kit. Kit instructed Conjwayo to proceed to number 8 Durban Road and check whether Jeremy Brickhill was staying there. If he failed to locate him at the above address, he was to proceed to Grassroots Bookshop in Stanley Avenue, which Brickhill owned.

* Conjwayo after locating the home and work place of Jeremy Brickhill reported all that to Christopher John Bawden who was booked at the Holiday Inn in Harare. * A few days before 1987 Christmas holidays, Conjwayo was contacted by Mary Baker to expect a call from John. This John has since been identified as Michael Anthony Smith. The message was that he should look for Jabulani (ANC cadre) and lure him to an RV along Beatrice Road, from where he would be abducted to South Africa. Conjwayo tried but failed to lure Jabulani to the RV because he was elusive. The South Africans had hoped to airlift Jabulani to South Africa using the aircraft that para-dropped Henry Thompson alongside three consignments of arms of war at Carlson's farm, Fort Rixon on 27 December, 1987.

* In January 1988 Conjwayo was given $8000 by Henry Thompson to purchase a vehicle and to look for a driver. After buying a vehicle Conjwayo proceeded to the Employment Exchange where he secured the services of Obed Amon Mwanza, a Zambian national as the driver.

* On the 10/01/1988 Conjwayo parked the vehicle at the Bulawayo Sun Hotel from where it was collected by Christopher John Bawden (Kit) and Michael Anthony Smith who armed it on the 11/01/1988.

After arming the vehicle they parked it at Kine theatres along Grey Street from where it was later collected by Mwanza under Conjwayo's instructions. Mwanza was told to drive the vehicle to Number 16A Jungle Road, North Trenance on a purported foreign currency deal.

Upon arrival at the house, Mwanza was to hoot three times to signal his arrival. Mwanza did not know that the car was armed with a bomb. He also did not know that Chris Bawden and Anthony Smith were following behind up to the corner of Jungle Road and Hydrang Road. Upon arrival he did as instructed and then Christopher Bawden, using a remote control device, detonated the bomb instantly killing Mwanza and injuring six ANC cadres, one of them seriously.

* Conjwayo was eventually arrested at Number 29 Makwiro Road, Mabvuku, on 15/01/1988 and was immediately conveyed to Bulawayo. Kevin John Woods was arrested alongside the owner of the garage, Rory Burt Maguire and his manager, Michael Howard. Through their interrogations, Michael Smith, Barry Bawden and Guy Bawden were arrested. Kevin John Woods is a former member of the CIO and one of the arrested Zimbabwe based South African sabotage and spying operatives.

LUKE LUKWEZI

D O B: 23-09-1968
ADDRESS OF ORIGIN: 7698 Site & Service, Kwazakhele, Port Elizabeth
FAMILY BACKGROUND: Father; Huge Mhlathunzima . Mother; Gladys Mhlathunzima. Siblings;(deleted)
POLITICAL BACKGROUND: In 1985 he joined the Port-Elizabeth Youth Congress.

DETENTION BY POLICE: 

The subject was arrested in December 1985 (he was 16 years of age) whilst moving with two of his friends who managed to escape. He was beaten up and thrown in to the hippo by the South African Defence Force soldiers, who dropped him at Algoa Park police station.That ultimately laid basis for his recruitment.

RECRUITMENT AND HANDLING: 

He was recruited on 18-12-1985 by a white police man,whose name is Sergeant Gerbe, and a black police man known as Nombombo,they are both based at Algoa Park in Port-Elizabeth. He was given a code name James,a telephone number:541034 Algoa Park, and a brown identity card written Gerbe's name, and beneath of the subject and photo.

PROMISES MADE: 

1. Education up to University level in the United States of America.

2. Gerbe promised to enlarge his home & decorate it, and also pay rent. 3. In case of going abroad for studies his family will be supported.

TRAINING RECEIVED: 

In March 1986 he was taken for 2 weeks course at Saint Johns More military camp. At this place also Bantustans armies & police got trained by the boer instructors. The place is situated next to the place called Motherwell out side Port-Elizabeth,on the way leading to Uitenhage.

SUBJECTS AND INSTRUCTORS: 

Pistol cobra/M3 use 8 rounds - by Nombombo, practical shooting in the near by bush.

- Walkie takie by Gerbe, for emergency situations.

- Camera, Hallena1985 model, 4 cornered flash which is removable, taught to take photo's of all actions. Also on how to use it at far away distances and when it is cloudy, by Nombombo.

3 weeks of anti- African National Congress and anti-communist propaganda politics for 3 weeks. Covering topics such as anti-Sovietism,distorted Freedom Charter, invincibility of the racist regime, causes of the Maseru massacre, and the Ethiopian starvation. He was taught by Van der Merwe, Botha and Van Vuuren who were sharing topics. He was learning with 20 other people (he doesn't know their names.)

MISSIONS INSIDE: 

In February 1986 he was given a mission to attend the funeral of a cadre of Umkhonto weSizwe by the name of Thandoxolo Mbethe, to:

Look at people who are armed;
Check on who will be delivering speeches;
Look at those who necklace others;
Spy on all secret meetings of Port-Elizabeth Youth Congress

In April 1986 the subject was moving with the racist police and vigilantes. He shot a girl in the chest while the Bedford car they weretravelling in was moving at a very high speed.

Managed to photograph a group of comrades burning a bus. A group of comrades holding meeting at a shop known as Kwa-Vantjie.

On leaving the country the subject was given the description of his contact as Vusi who wears a red earing on the left ear and black soleless shoes Given R450.00 to use for travelling.

MISSIONS OUTSIDE: 

To poison food;
Sabotage property of the organisation;
To get names, description, and places of origin in South Africa of camp commanders and instructors;
To memorise residences of the organisation in the front line states.

Material given for fulfilling them:
A yellow powder, in a container.

Route to leave South Africa:
He was told that Vusi had addresses of contacts in all the front line states including Zaire.

In May 1986 he mobilised a friend by the name of Mzimkhulu to leave the country. they got a lift from Port-Elizabeth to Johannesburg, and found their way to Meadowlands to a person called Tirewo of Zone 9. Tirewo took them to his relative Kenneth Ngwedzeni of Zone 8 where they stayed for two months.

From there they left for Botswana, On arrival in Botswana they were taken to Dukwe transit camp were he met Vusi talked about their missions Vusi went to an extend of showing him the list of addresses he had with him. They last saw each other in Zambia.

MISSIONS FULFILLED: 

Whilst in Zambia Mthobile claims to have poured the poison given to him into the soft porridge when he was on duty on September 16 1986 in Cherlston transit camp in Lusaka. He says he only poured in half of it. Because he was afraid, he claims to have taken some of the poison in a glass of water and drank it, trying to commit suicide, the reason being he was afraid to account for the mess. About 40 people were rushed to the Hospital with severe diarrhoea. Other comrades were discharged from hospital, leaving him behind at the hospital.

REPORT DATE: 1988. 

NAME: LESLIE JOHANNES LESIA 

INTRODUCTION: 

Subject had been in contact with the Movement since 1986. On 15th May 1987 subject was sent by the Maputo cdes to be investigated in Lusaka because he was linked to a bomb explosion which took place in Harare on 12/05/87 in comrade Mhlophe's residence resulting in the death of his wife. (Cde Mhlophe is a former ANC Chief Representative in Mozambique).

In Lusaka subject confessed the following:-

CONTACT WITH ANC: 

In around August or Septmebr 1986, a comrade named Victor Ephraim Tebogo Lesia passed away in Tanzania as a result of a car accident. The late comrade's family was informed and the mother came to Maputo accompanied by the subject, who claimed he was Victor's uncle, and proceeded to Tanzania. It was during this period that subject got acquainted with our comrades in Maputo and struck up a close relationship with Cde Mhlophe (former Chief Representative in Mozambique) and Herbert (Chief Rep. in 1987).

Subject had also been visiting Lesotho where he knew cdes Ngalitye and Herbert. On the family's return to South Africa they were contacted by the Security Branch enquiring on their trip to Tanzania.

CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO RECRUITMENT: 

In 1985 subject claims to have formed a project which he called Leslie's Performing Arts and Cultural Institution. He applied to various foreign companies for sponsorship. The American Embassy in Pretoria responded and sent him forms to fill in.

In October 1986 (after the trip to Tanzania) the application was approved and he received a grant of R15 000 to purchase equipments. A Mr Hutchison from the American embassy met the subject to start the project. A short while later, a Mr Brown and Ernest Becker were introduced to him at the American embassy in Pretoria. He was told about a white organisation called the Orange Free State Art Foundation and was advised to make contact with its members and subsequently join.

At some point Mr Hutchison flew to Bloemfontein to meet subject and introduced to him a Mr Cooper, a lawyer to handle the financial side of the project.

RECRUITMENT: 

Subject was recruited by Mr Brown and Becker to gather information on the ANC in Maputo.

MISSIONS ASSIGNED AND  FULFILLED: 

During the period of October 1986 to May 1987 subject made about five (5) trips to Maputo from Bloemfontein as per instructions from his handlers, Brown and Becker in Pretoria. In general his missions were to establish:

+ the number of ANC members in Maputo
+ identities of ANC members
+ whether ANC members expelled by the Mozambican government had left.
+ whether cdes Joe Slovo and Sue Rabkin were in Mozambique.

PAYMENTS: Subject claims that for his first mission he received a sum of R2 000; for the second mission he received R1 000; he was not paid for the third trip, because he did not report to his handlers about secretly taking his son, David Makhaya Lesia, to join the ANC in Maputo. For the fourth mission he was paid R800, and for the fifth, R2 000

LEGEND (TO THE ANC): 

++ He wanted to do underground work and he claimed to have already formed underground structures. He needed trained cadres and materials to carry plans to eliminate enemy personnel.
++ Another one given by his handlers was to establish business contacts in Maputo for purchasing prawns and ivory.

Subject's account of the bomb which killed the wife of Cde. Mhlope:
Cde Mhlophe had asked the subject to obtain a colour television for him. The subject mentioned this to his controllers and asked them whether they could get one at a discount. The handlers agreed. During April cde Mhlophe was in Maputo for cde Gibson's funeral. Mhlophe phoned the subject who informed him that he got the television and would bring it to Maputo.

Subject then contacted his handlers in Pretoria who gave him the television. They told him that there were certain wires which were part of the packing material, and had to be removed to operate the remote controls. The subject went to Maputo and delivered the television to cde Mhlophe.