DECISION
Both Applicants apply for amnesty in respect of a petrol bomb attack on the house of Dr Fabio Ribeiro in Mamelodi in the district of Pretoria in or about March 1986. There was no-one in the house at the time of the attack and nobody was killed or injured. The order for the attack emanated from Brigadier Cronje of the Security Branch in Pretoria and was conveyed to the Applicants by Lieutenant Hechter also of the Security Branch. At the time both Applicants were members of a special investigative unit in Mamelodi tasked to deal with unrest related incidents.
The first Applicant, Viktor, also applies for amnesty in respect of the petrol bombing of a house in Oukasie, Brits during the period February 1986 and May 1986. The Applicant is not aware of any deaths or injuries pursuant to the attack.
The Committee has had insight into a variety of documents and decisions where mention has been made of the two incidents under discussion. The Committee is satisfied that the two incidents, which were originally referred to a hearing, did not involve any gross violations of human rights and can therefore be dealt with in chambers.
After consideration of all the relevant documentation, the Committee is satisfied that the two Applicants have complied with all the formal requirements for amnesty as required by the Act. The Committee is further satisfied that the acts were acts associated with a political objective committed in the course of the conflict of the past as envisaged in the Act and that the Applicants have made a full disclosure of all material facts.
Accordingly amnesty is GRANTED to:
1. Johannes Jacobus Viktor for all offences directly associated with the petrol bombing of the house of Dr Fabio Ribeiro in Mamelodi, Pretoria in or about March 1986;
2. Johannes Jacobus Viktor for all offences directly associated with the petrol bombing of an unidentified house at or near "Oukasie" in the district of Brits during the period February 1986 - May 1986;
3. Deon Gouws for all offences directly associated with the petrol bombing of the house of Dr Fabio Ribeiro in Mamelodi, Pretoria, in or about March 1986.
DATED AT CAPE TOWN THIS 29TH DAY OF MAY 2001
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