AC/2000/129

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION

AMNESTY COMMITTEE

APPLICATION IN TERMS OF SECTION 18 OF THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION ACT, NO.34 OF 1995.

NTSUMBEDZENI ALSON TSHITAHE APPLICANT

(AM 2364/96)

DECISION

Having considered the application for amnesty, it is ordered as follows:

1. Amnesty is hereby GRANTED to the Applicant in respect of the following offences:

1.1 arson in respect of government vehicles committed during or about June 1976 at or near Sibasa Area, Venda;

1.2 arson in respect of government school buildings at the place and time referred to in paragraph 1.1 above;

1.3 terrorism more fully set out in Pietersburg Magistrate's Court Case No. RC166/78;

1.4 sabotage more fully set out in Pietersburg Magistrate's Court Case No. RC167/78.

2. Amnesty is hereby REFUSED for the offences of Robbery and the Unlawful Possession of Firearms and Ammunition in respect whereof Applicant was convicted and sentenced in the Thohoyandou Regional court under Case No. RC63/92.

DATED AT CAPE TOWN THIS DAY OF 2000.