DECISION
This is an application for amnesty in terms of Section 19 of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No. 34 of 1995 ("the Act").
At the time of the commission of the offences for which amnesty is sought, the Applicant was an officer in Umkhonto weSizwe ("MK") and a member of the African National Congress ("ANC").
He actively participated in MK operations and is seeking amnesty for the following incidents which took place during the period 1984 to 1986:
(a) Transporting personnel i.e. MK cadres from Lesotho to Umtata;
(b) Transporting weaponry from Lesotho and Sterkspruit to Umtata;
(c) Causing damage to property through destroying the fuel depot in Umtata. (The Applicant did not physically participate in this incident. However, operatives transported by him attacked the depot.)
In all his duties as a carrier of personnel and weaponry, the Applicant was working under the command of the now deceased Mazizi "Mpilo" Maqhekeza who was based both in Umtata and Lesotho.
Having considered the application and the document accompanying it, the Committee is satisfied that the application complies with the requirements of the Act in all material respects.
WHEREFORE the Applicant is GRANTED amnesty for:
(a) Transporting personnel (MK cadres) from Lesotho to Umtata during 1984 to 1986;
(b) Transporting weaponry from Lesotho and Sterkspruit to Umtata during 1984 to 1986; and
(c) The destruction of a fuel depot by MK cadres in Umtata on 25 June 1985.
DATED AT CAPE TOWN THIS
: DAY OF
: 2000.
