DECISION
The applicant, Norman Yengeni, was a member of Umkhonto WeSizwe, the military wing of the ANC.
He left South Africa and went into exile in 1976, from 1977 to 1980 he underwent military training in Angola. He was posted to special operations in Maputo.
In 1980 he was infiltrated into South Africa as part of an MK unit with instructions to sabotage a Caltex Depot in the Cape Province. He was arrested on 26th October 1980 and was charged with offences relating to leaving the country illegally, undergoing military training, entering the country illegally and attempt to commit sabotage by trying to destroy a Caltex Depot in the Cape Province.
He was convicted in 1981 and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment which he served and was released in 1990.
The Committee is satisfied that the applicant has complied with all the requirements of the Act relating to the formalities, the act done being associated with a political objective and full disclosure.
In the result he is GRANTED amnesty for leaving the country without a passport, undergoing military training entering the country illegally and attempting to sabotage the Caltex Depot.
SIGNED AT CAPE TOWN ON THIS THE
: DAY OF
: 2000.
JUDGE
MR. J.B. SIBANYONI
