Lema was a 'blue plan' front-company of the Civil Cooperation Bureau

Civil Cooperation Bureau

The South African Civil Cooperation Bureau was a government-sponsored hit squad during the apartheid era that operated under the authority of Defence Minister General Magnus Malan...

 established in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

 with offices in Parktown by ex-policeman Leon André Maree. The company's name was derived from the first two letters of its founder's name and surname. It exported electronic appliances, computers, pocket calculators, and watches from South Africa to other African countrieshttp://www.doj.gov.za/trc/amntrans/2000/200927ct.htm.

Lema was funded with at least R40 000 by the South African Defence Force

South African Defence Force

The South African Defence Force was the South African armed forces from 1957 until 1994. The former Union Defence Force was renamed to the South African Defence Force in the Defence Act of 1957...

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Other SADF front organizations

• Badger Arms
• Biocon (South Africa)
• Civil Cooperation Bureau
  Civil Cooperation Bureau
  The South African Civil Cooperation Bureau was a government-sponsored hit squad during the apartheid era that operated under the authority of Defence Minister General Magnus Malan...
  
  
• Delta G Scientific Company
  Delta G Scientific Company
  Delta G Scientific Company was originally a front company established April 1982 in Weldegraan by the South African Defence Force to research and produce chemical weapons within a covert operation known as Project Coast....
  
  
• Electronic Magnetic Logistical Component
• Executive Outcomes
  Executive Outcomes
  Executive Outcomes was a private military company founded in South Africa by former Lieutenant-Colonel of the South African Defence Force Eeben Barlow in 1989. It later became part of the South African-based holding company Strategic Resource Corporation....
  
  
• Geo International Trading
• Infladel
• Jeugkrag
  Jeugkrag
  Jeugkrag was a short-lived South African youth group, surreptitiously funded by the apartheid government's department of Military Intelligence in an operation known as Project Essay...
  
  
• Military Technical Services
• Roodeplaat Research Laboratories
  Roodeplaat Research Laboratories
  Roodeplaat Research Laboratories was a front company established in 1983 by the South African Defence Force to research, test and produce biological weapons within a covert operation known as Project Coast....
  
  
• Veterans for Victory