Gen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded

In February 1990, President F.W. de Klerk appointed Mr Justice Louis Harms, a Supreme Court judge, to investigate into alleged hit-squads. On 11 February 1990, the SA Defence Force (SADF) admitted to the existence of a secret unit called the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB), which was allegedly involved in hit-squad operations against anti-apartheid activists. De Klerk said in March 1990 that he had been informed of the CCB only in January of that year, and that he would not protect any minister found guilty of criminal malpractice. Following this, the minister of police, Adriaan Vlok, and the minister of defence, Magnus Malan, were demoted in July. The chief of the SADF, Gen. Jannie Geldenhuys, announced on 31 July 1990 that the CCB would be operationally disbanded. The members of the CCB would be incorporated into the South African army to complete the dismantling of the CCB. Sources: The Daily Mail Reporters. (1990). Army closes down sinister CCB, The Daily Mail, Vol 1, No 26, p. 5. Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau. www.ukzn.ac.za/cae/caepubs/CASERole.pdf http://www.csvr.org.za/papers/papvtp7.htm