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Transcript of Newspaper article published in The Star dated February 1998 by Chris Steyn

Shadowy group ‘seeks to seize power by 2004’

Planned economic coup said to be funded by crime

A top secret destabilisation campaign is allegedly being waged by an elite group of 38 former and present political leaders, businessmen and some prominent rightwingers to gain economic power and take political control by the year 2004.
The campaign involves the use of organised syndicates smuggling drugs, guns, gold and diamonds as well as the movement of hundreds of millions of rands of apartheid slush funds out of the country on a “rolling programme”.
Sources in the group have divulged that it is privately known as the Verligte Aksie Groep (VAG).
Founded in the early 90’s, it asked certain apartheid intelligence structures to develop and execute a suitable strategy to deal with the expected loss of the democratic election.

Sources have named key figures in the group. The informers do not wish to be named because they say their lives and considerable financial security would be in danger.

The sources make three extraordinary claims: crime syndicates are a big source of income to VAG members and the group is being driven by a political agenda and has built up a fortune offshore.

At least 250 files on operators who were involved in criminal operators – and in certain cases still are – are being kept in the offices of one of the group’s estimated 27 local front companies. The name of the Pretoria based company where the files are kept, is known to the Investigative Unit.

The unit also has lists of names of people who have been involved in the crime syndicates in among other countries, Britain, Switzerland, the United States and Germany.

Those who see a political agenda behind the campaign say the VAG wants to take power in 2004, wants a return to a white government and wants economic control.

Besides these conspiracy allegations the masterminds are said to be laundering money in the “Rolling Programme” out of and into South Africa through a complex web of banks, trusts and front companies.

The names of these front companies in America and Europe have been given to the Investigative Unit.

It is alledged that major banks are being used in Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Switzerland and Lichtenstein.

The trust funds are said to be held in the Canary Islands and Honduras.

Investigations into the VAG are continuing and questions on its activities are expected when Parliament opens on Friday.

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Transcript of an Afrikaans News Paper article published in The Rapport dated ??? by Z.B. DU TOIT: Johannesburg

Nelson seeks ANC-spy’s

He say’s it’s in the interest of the country

The names of leading members of the ANC that spied for the previous government, must be made known says President Nelson Mandela – even if they are members of his present cabinet.
At a press conference held in the Malasian capitol Kuala Lumpur, President Mandela said the ANC wants to know who the involved people are, “not to take action against them, but because they are probably still doing it today”.
DISCLOSURE

Pres. Mandela’s statement follows a revelation before last week’s amnesty committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that highly placed ANC members acted as informers for the previous government during the apartheid era.

The committee decided that the disclosure of such names would not be pertinent, however, the ANC has directed many appeals to the commission to do so. This includes a letter from Vice-Pres. Thabo Mbeki addressed to the chairman of the amnesty committee, judge Hassan Mall.
SUMMONS

Early this week, the commission to all appearances were still hesitant and said they were considering investigating the matter. On Friday, the chairman of the commission, Bishop Desmond Tutu unequivocally said: the commission was going to investigate the matter and reveal the names, three weeks after the involved people were notified. Page break…

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A spokesperson for the commission, Mr John Allan, said the possibility exists that the policemen who applied for amnesty would be summonsed should they refuse to reveal the names of the informants willingly.

Should Bishop Tutu continue to establish the names of the informants, this could lead to friction with the amnesty committee. Informed legal circles told Rapport that judge Mall without doubt, based his decision on established legal grounds. Bishop Tutu, however, made known his intention to discuss the matter with the committee.
However, at his news conference in Kuala Lumpur, Pres. Mandela said the disclosure of the names would be in South Africa’s interest and correspond with the governments policy of transparency.

ELEMENTS

Certain elements in the country still want to return to the old order, he said “They use different strategy’s and if people with high profiles were informers, then the country should know”.

In the mean time, a senior police officer from the previous order said the police relied on a wide network of informers in the ANC and its military wing, Umkhonto We Sizwe.

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