Operation Vula Exposed – Part 1
On 12 July 1990, Siphiwe Nyanda (aka "Gebhuza") and Raymond Lalla (aka "Brazzo") met at No. 48, the Knoll, in Durban’s Kenville suburb, where Nyanda informed Lalla that Charles Ndaba had disappeared and they were not sure of what was happening. As a result, Nyanda advised Lalla to prepare to move from his place to another location.
When Nyanda left the property, entering into a white Toyota Cressida, which was registered ND 268230, he was being watched by apartheid Security Branch Officers Lawrence Wassermann and Salman du Preez, who were sitting in a Nissan sedan. When the Toyota Cressida left into Umgeni Road, just outside the Knoll, Nyanda began to suspect that he was being followed by a Nissan behind him. Observing an erratic behaviour from Nyanda’s Cressida, Wassermann and Du Preez began to realise that Nyanda was aware that he was being followed, and accordingly requested a reinforcing car to join the pursuit of the Cressida.
When Nyanda turned right into Brickhill Road, the Nissan blocked his progress, as Wassermann and Du Preez alighted from the vehicle with their weapons ready to shoot. They then pounced on Nyanda and immediately arrested him, with his arms behind his back and his eyes blindfolded, driving him back to the Knoll.
At the Knoll, the policemen began to interrogate him, as to who was in the house No. 48 from which he came out. He then mentioned that there was one person, Raymond Lalla, and there was nothin
