Special Report Transcript Episode 64, Section 6, Time 26:16

In deciding for or against amnesty in this case, the Committee for the first time could not reach consensus. Judges Ngoepe, Mall and Wilson as well as Committee member de Jager held that the attack was an act associated with a political motive. They however said there was no evidence that the leader of the group, Piet Botha had acted on instructions or with approval of the AWB or the Orde Boerevolk. They said that the other two members of the cell had however acted on the instructions of Piet Botha. Amnesty was granted to Adriaan Smuts and Eugene Marais for the murders but refused to the leader, Piet Botha. One member of the Committee, Sisi Khampepe, however disagreed with her colleagues and said that Adriaan Smuts and Eugene Marais had done much more than just follow instructions from the cell leader. She also said that the attack was not proportionate to their aim. // ‘… The selection of the bus as a target was disproportionate.’

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