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3. At the outset, and with reference to the
allegations made against the SADF, I wish to
stress that neither Vaal Commando nor the SADF
were in any way involved in the attack in
Boipatong on the 17th of June 1992.
4. In order to enable me to do my internal
investigation, I conducted interviews with all
the people of Vaal Commando who were on duty on-
the night of the 17th and 18th of June 1992. -
5. Vaal Commando's role during the night of 17 to
18 June 1992 was as follows:
5.1 During the night of 17 June 1992,.
Lance Corporal Roberts and four other5
s o l d i e r s w e r e p a t r o l l i n g
Vanderbijlpark' s central business'
district, in a light duty vehicle.
During this patrol they received a
message from Vaal Cc nmando headquarters
that shots v;p.re heard in Boipatong. ,
Lance Corporal Roberts then proceeded
from the central business district to
Boipatong to investigate. When he
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arrived in Noble Boulevard he saw a
vehicle in flames opposite Boipatong,
on the eastern side thereof. He
proceeded closer to this vehicle to
investigate/ but saw that there was
nothing he could do. He reported the
incident to Vaal Commando. At the time
of this investigation everything was
quiet in the township. It must be
mentioned that the occurrence of
gunshots in this township at any given
time is not a rare occurrence and
happens quite often.
5.2 After this, Lance Corporal Roberts
proceeded with his normal patrol
duties. Whilst he was patrolling in
Dttnges street, Vanderbijlpark, he
heard gunfire from the direction of
Boipatong. He went back to this
township. He again proceeded down Noble
Boulevard but before he could come to
the point where the vehicle was
burning, he was stopped by a security
guard at Cape Gate.
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5.3 As the soldiers alighted from their
vehicJ at Cape Gat© they heard shots
being fired in and from Boipatong.
5.4 Because of the fact that their vehicle
was not armoured, they took covetf
behind some boulders and contacted Vaal
Commando to send reinforcements.
5.5 Whilst they waited for reinforcements
to arrive, a black man c a m e running
from Boipatong to t h e m and said that
people were busy in Boipatong
commit t i n g acts of violence. Thi»
biack man was injured. The soldier*
sent thiB black man to Cape Gate’s
security office for m e d i c a l assistance^
5.6 Vaal commando sent a buffalo vehicle,
which was busy with patrol duty in the
vicinity of Kwa-Masisa hostel to assist
the soldiers who were at Cape Gate at
that time.
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5.7 This buffalo military vehicle was under
control of Lance Corporal Odendaal. He
proceeded to Cape Gate. When he
arrived at the intersection at Frikkie
Meyer Boulevard and Noble Boulevard ha
turned into Noble Boulevard in the
direction of Boipatong. At this stage
he saw a large number of black people
in the veld next to Boipatong. r
Although he saw this group of black-
people in the veld, he noticed nothing-
untoward and decided to proceed and
pick up the soldiers at Cape Gate.
After he had picked them up, he moved
back along Noble Boulevard and again:
saw this group of black people in the
veld.
5.8 At this stage Odendaal saw that the
group of blacks were moving in the
direction of Frikkie Meyer Boulevard.
This wau also the direction of Kwa-
Madala hostel. Lance Corporal Odendaal
and the soldiers with him thought that
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these people were on their way to Kwa-
Madala hoBtel.
At the crossing of Frikkie Meyer
Boulevard and Noble Boulevard, another
buffalo military vehicle of Vaal :
Commando, which had also been busy :
with patrol duties in the vicinity of
Kwa-Masisa hostel, joined Lance
Corporal Odendaal's buffalo. The \
lastmentioned buffalo vehicle was under
control of Corporal van Straaten.
Due to the fact that a large number of
black people intended crossing Frikkie
Meyer Boulevard, which is a busy ■
street, Corporal van Straaten decided
to block off the road for traffic, ?
wanting to proceed in the direction •
where uhe black people were crossing
the street.
Lance Corporal Odendaal's buffalo
vehicle proceeded from this
intersection to Kwa-Madala hostel.
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5.12 During this time Major Jordaan of Vaal L
Commando as well as memberB of the SAP
joined this buffalo vehicle at Kwa- r-
Madala hostel. The SAP arrived in one
Casspir and one Nyala vehicle.
5.13 When the group of black people had
crossed Frikkie Meyer Boulevard t h e !
buffalo vehicle which blockaded the i
road at the intersection under the.
control of Corporal van Straaten, also
proceeded to Kwa-Madala hostel.
5.14 Members of both the SADF and the SAP.:
waited at Kwa-Madala hostel for a while:
to determine what the intentions were:
of this group of blackB that crossed:
the road in the direction of Kwa-Madala
hostel.
5.15 Thereafter Major Jordaan ordered one
buffalo vehicle to go and investigates
along Frikkie Meyer Boulevard what hadf '
happened to the group of people. In’
this regard it must be stressed that
the area adjacent to Frikkie Meyer
Boulevard, on the western Bide of
Frikkie Meyer Boulevard, is very
rugged terrain which is inaccessible by;-
vehicles. This area consists of dense;
reeds, dongas and ditches.
5.16 Various attempts were made to locate’
the group of people in this rugged:
area, but without success.
5.17 As nothing further happened, Major
Jordaan decided to withdraw all t h e .
military personnel and they all
proceeded back to Vaal Commando's-
headquarters in the early hours of the .
18th of June 1992.
I also wish to state that gunshots in this .
township is quite an usual occurrence.
The regional headquarters of the SADF in the
area, namely Group 17 were in fact requested "
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to assist the police in Boipatong latar that
night.
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