TRUTH COMMISSION: re: Major General B Mortimer continues with submission of former SADF EXPLAINS COMMAND STRUCTURE IN DETAIL COMMENTING ON CCB & HARMS COMMISSION

Record ID: 893651

  • Title: TRUTH COMMISSION: re: Major General B Mortimer continues with submission of former SADF EXPLAINS COMMAND STRUCTURE IN DETAIL COMMENTING ON CCB & HARMS COMMISSION
  • Date: 21st October 1996
  • Summary: TRUTH COMMISSION: re: Major General B Mortimer continues with submission of former SADF EXPLAINS COMMAND STRUCTURE IN DETAIL COMMENTING ON CCB & HARMS COMMISSION
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  • City: CAPE TOWN
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 96OCT21R09
  • Story Text:TRUTH COMMISSION HEARING IN CAPE TOWN: re: Major General B. Mortimer continues with submission of former SADF

    01.57.55 CONTINUES WITH LIST OF APLA ATTACKS 25/07/93: 11 people were killed in an attack on St James's Church [Cape Town]...
    01.58.18 RE: ESCALATION OF THE PEOPLE'S WAR: INTERNAL UNREST
    01.59.16 RE: 3 PERIODS CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNAL UNREST
    02.02.47 RE: BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE: 3 DIMENSIONS CAN BE DISTINGUISHED
    02.05.07 RE: ACTIONS AGAINST SECURITY FORCES
    02.05.35 FAR RIGHT WING INVOLVEMENT IN VIOLENCE...were also involved in various incidents...these actions were aimed at all parties involved in the process of transformation LIST
    02.06.43 RE: SMUGGLING OF ARMS & AMMUNITION
    02.07.52 COMMISSIONER ALEX BORAINE SUGGESTING BREAK
    02.08.59 RE: ORGANISATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SADF
    02.09.01 INTRODUCTION
    02.09.31 MORTIMER GETS UP TO EXPLAIN COMMAND STRUCTURE OF SADF
    02.10.42 TRANSPARENCIES - DIAGRAM
    02.28.03 EXPLAINING COMMAND STRUCTURE OF THE SPECIAL FORCES
    02.30.31 ...during 1985/86 the ANC changed its tactics by intensifying its underground and unconventional methods both externally and internally...this led the SADF to counter the changing threat and establish a new subdivision of Special Forces called the CIVIL CO-OPERATION BUREAU [CCB] in May 1986.
    02.30.55 Civilian & demilitarised personnel from various sources were appointed undre contract to form the CCB. The CCb was investigated by the HARMS COMMISSION. No documentation other than that contained in the records of the Harms Commission is believed to exist. At the time of the drafting of this submission the Harms Commission records were not available to the NODAL POINT...
    02.31.34 ...CCB activities were terminated in April 1990 and the organisation was finally closed in February 1994...
    02.31.56 RE: INTELLIGENCE STAFF DIVISION: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE [MID]
    02.34.02 CU OF TRANSPARENCY: INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS
    02.34.21 COVERT COLLECTION
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