DECISION
The above Applicants applied for amnesty in respect of various incidents of petrol bomb attacks. The background of the attacks is the same and the different applications were heard together.
The decision will deal with all the Applicants and their involvement in a large number of incidents.
RE: ERIC GOOSEN
The Applicant applied for amnesty in respect of the following 17 incidents:
1. Schedule 1: Khanya House
Burglary, trespass and theft (December 1982 - December 1984). This incident will be dealt with in this decision.
2. Schedule 2: UNISA
Burglary, trespass and theft (January 1983 - December 1984). A non gross violation of human rights which will be dealt with in this decision.
3. Schedule 3: I&J
Violations of privacy, malicious damage to property (March - April 1983). A non gross violation of human rights which has been dealt with by another Committee.
4. Schedule 4: Mamelodi
Bombing of an unknown residence (January - April 1986).
On the evidence a gross violation of human rights which will be dealt with in this decision.
5. Schedule 5: Mamelodi
Petrol bombing of an unknown residence (January - April 1986).
This will be dealt with in this decision.
6. Schedule 6: Pienaarsrivier
Interrogation and murder of an unknown person (January - April 1986).
This incident has been dealt with under Cluster 2 of the Cronje hearings.
7. Schedule 7: Mamelodi-East
Petrol bomb attack on the house of Scheepers Morudi (January - April 1986) - has been dealt with at the hearing of the incident referred to under Schedule 6.
8. Schedule 8: Atteridgeville
Bombing of residence at Seroti Street 33 (18 September 1986).
This matter was similarly heard by the Panel mentioned - above in the Cronje Cluster 2 hearings.
9. Schedule 9: Oukasie, Brits
Petrol bombing of business premises (November 1986).
10. Schedule 10: Soshanguve
Bombing of an unknown residence (September - November 1986).
This matter will be dealt with in this decision.
11. Schedule 11: Botswana
Car bombing (McKenzie) (March - April 1987).
This matter has been dealt with in decision AC2000/214.
12. Schedule 12: Mamelodi-West
Assault and abduction of an unknown ANC courier (June - December 1987).
Will be dealt with in this decision.
13. Schedule 13: Rustenburg
Abduction and murder of Justice Mbazana (alias MK Mandla) (June - December 1987).
This matter has been heard by Khampepe J, Motata J and Mr Malan during October 1999.
14. Schedule 14: Pretoria/Warmbaths
Kidnapping and assault of an unknown guard (July - December 1987). Amnesty has been granted in decision - AC2000/141.
15: Smear Campaigns: Eugene Terreblanche 1988 - 1989
A non gross violation of human rights which will be dealt with in this decision.
16. Schedule 16: Willie Marais Building
Burglary and theft (1989). A non gross violation of human rights which will also be dealt with in this decision.
17. Schedule 17: Pretoria/Wit Wolwe
Arson, malicious damage to property, intimidation and conspiracy a (August - December 1989). On the evidence also a non gross violation of human rights, which will be dealt with now.
This Committee dealt with the incidents referred to under Schedules 4, 5, 10 and 12 at a hearing and will consider the incidents referred to under schedules 1, 2, 9, 15, 16, and 17 simultaneously.
The Applicant was a member of the Security Forces and qualifies under Section 20(2)(b) and (f) to bring this application. The application also complies with the requirement laid down in Section (20) of Act 34 of 1995. At the outset the Committee wants to express its appreciation to the Applicant for really attempting to make full disclosure of all relevant facts pertaining to the incidents he was involved in.
The Committee will now deal with the outstanding incidents:
Schedule 1:
Khanya House - burglary, trespass and theft during the period December 1982 to December 1984.
This application is unrelated to the arson committed on Khanya House on 12 October 1988.
The Applicant stated in his application that during the period December 1982 to December 1984 he gained entrance to the offices of the SA Catholic Bishops Council houses in Khanya House making use of duplicate keys. Files were searched, copies of documents were made and some documents were removed. The purpose was to obtain information about overseas funding of the council and the use of the money in support of the liberation struggle. He also obtained copies of minutes which demonstrated support for the liberation movements.
Schedule 2:
Trespass and theft at Unisa. The Applicant stated in his application that he gained entrance to the offices of Adrio Konig, Nico Smith, David Bosch, Simon Maimela, Dr Goba and Willem Saayman, all theologians at Unisa to obtain information about support rendered to the liberation movements or contact with them. According to him this was done because they created the perception that they supported the freedom struggle or because they in fact supported the struggle and were instrumental in finding funds to support the cause of the freedom movements.
He acted under orders of H. Putter who in turn received his orders from Major Dries van der Merwe or Captain Johan Smit who were under the command of Brigadier Nic van Rensburg.
Schedule 3:
This matter has been dealt with and the decision is pending.
Schedule 4:
Attack on house in Mamelodi-West, January to April 1986. Applicant testified that he accompanied Hechter and Gouws to Mamelodi-West. Hechter told him that they were to attack a house belonging to an activist. They stopped at a certain spot a few blocks from the targeted house. He stayed at the vehicle while Hechter and Gouws disappeared in the dark. A few minutes later he heard an explosion and Hechter on his return said that they succeeded in throwing an explosive device into the house. He is not aware of the extent of the damage caused or of any injuries to people.
The Applicant testified that he at the time was a member of Unit A of the Security Branch of Northern Transvaal. Brigadier Jack Cronje ordered him to assist Hechter in the carrying out of certain operations. He, thereafter, received orders from Hechter. The vehicle used in this operation had false number plates.
He further testified that he realised that property and life would be endangered and associated himself with the operation. He applied for amnesty in respect of murder, arson, illegal possession of explosives and related offences.
Schedule 5:
Petrol bombing of another house in Mamelodi-West during the period January to April 1986.
The Applicant testified that he was approached by Hechter and ordered to accompany him and Deon Gouws to Mamelodi-West to attack a certain house with petrol bombs, each one carrying two. Hechter told them that a target had been identified, being the house of an activist who was very politically active on various fronts. He cannot remember the name of the activist, but Hechter told him that he was a youth organiser and was also involved in bomb attacks on houses of black councillors and remarked that they would give him a bit of his own medicine.
They targeted three different windows of the house and the petrol bombs exploded and caused fire in the house. he is not aware of any injuries or deaths caused but the house was damaged.
Schedule 6:
Interrogation and murder of an unknown person at Pienaarsrivier.
This incident has been dealt with by the Panel sitting in the Cronje Cluster 2 hearings.
Schedules 7 and 8:
These incidents were also dealt with by the Panel sitting in the Cronje Cluster 2 hearings.
Schedule 9:
Bombing business premises at Oukasie, Brits.
On the facts stated, this seems not to involve a gross violation of human rights. The operation was carried out under the command of Lieut. Hechter and with the assistance of Joe Mamasela.
They travelled to Oukasie, a township near Brits, and parked on the outskirts. They went on foot to a business/office complex carrying 6 petrol bombs. It was deep in the night and nobody could be seen on the premises. They threw the petrol bombs through the windows, saw them exploding and immediately went back to the car and back to Pretoria.
Hechter informed the Applicant that the owner of the building was an activist who played a leading role in organising boycotts and stay-aways. People who wouldn't obey his orders were, according to the information they had, brought before a peoples court, sentenced and tortured.
Schedule 10:
Bomb attack on house in Soshanguve round about September to November 1986.
The Applicant testified that he acted on instruction of Lieut. Hechter who accompanied him, Lieut. Van Jaarsveld and Sgt. Joe Mamasela. They were armed with AK47 rifles and a home-made explosive, known as a mellow-yellow bomb.
They travelled in Van Jaarsveld's car after fitting false number plates to it. He was told that they were going to attack a leading activist who managed a peoples court and was involved in recruiting youths for military training. The purpose was to eliminate the activist.
They stopped a distance from the house. Applicant, Mamasela and Van Jaarsveld took up positions with the AK47s around the house and Hechter went to the house and threw the bomb through a window. A tremendous explosion followed and according to Van Jaarsveld a person ran out of the house and jumped over the fence before he could fire at him. Applicant is applying for amnesty in respect of attempted murder and related offences.
Schedule 11:
This incident relates to the so-called McKenzie Car Bomb and has been dealt with in decision AC2000/....
Schedule 12:
The assault of an unknown courier of the ANC between June and December 1987 in Mamelodi West.
The Applicant testified that information was received from a female informer about an ANC courier living in Mamelodi. She pointed out the house where the courier lived. The Applicant received instructions from Lieut. Momberg to assist W/O Paul van Vuuren in the operation. They were accompanied by a member of the Security Police stationed at John Vorster Square. He cannot recall the name of this member. They entered the house pointed out to them and found the courier. They interrogated him and he denied being a courier. Applicant Paul van Vuuren then assaulted him, beating him with open hands and fists and kicked him. He, however, persisted in denying that he was a courier. They then took him to Applicant's vehicle and placed him in the boot. They drove off and Applicant phoned Momberg to report that they've found the courier and were taking him to Compol building. Momberg, thereupon, instructed him to take the person back to Mamelodi and to release him because they did not have sufficient evidence to prove that he was a courier.
They returned to Mamelodi and released him. At the time of his release his face was already swollen and he carried marks of the assault.
See also AC99/0032 where amnesty was granted to Paul van Vuuren.
Schedule 13:
The death of Mandla.
This incident has been dealt with by a different Panel.
Schedule 14:
Kidnapping of an unknown security guard.
This matter has been dealt with in decision AC2000/141.
Schedule 15:
Undermining right-wing Organisation and discrediting Eugene Terreblanche.
The Applicant stated that he acted under the command of Brigadier Basie Smit and Brigadier Jaap Burger. His task was to infiltrate right-wing political organisations and to create informer networks. He was instructed to conduct a smear campaign against Terreblanche in order to discredit him. They installed telephone tapping devices in the offices of the AWB and he prepared the transcriptions thereof which were handed to Col. Crafford. They worked out a strategy to discredit Terreblanche, followed him and sent letters to his lieutenants exposing his private life. This caused division within the ranks of the AWB and led to a split. Letters were also written to Terreblanche requesting him to resign. These letters were posted at or near Vereeniging and Sandton. Information was also leaked to the press. According to the Applicant their efforts to create division amongst right-wing political leaders were successful and resulted in the resignation of 5 AWB leaders and the forming of the Boere Freedom Movement (BVB).
Schedule 16:
Burglary and theft at the Willie Marais Building.
This building is situated at Clublane, Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria and houses inter alia the AWB head office during 1989. The Applicant stated that he was eager to gain information about the involvement of police in the AWB and about their paramilitary wing known as Acquila. They also wanted to get hold of the membership lists, to learn how they were financed and whether they received support from abroad. He discussed it with his Commanders, Captain Pieter du Plessis and Brigadier Jaap Burger. They authorised him to proceed with the burglary. During the operation he was under the command of Captain Pieter du Plessis, assisted by W/O Jaap Venter and a member of the technical division of the security head office. They gained entrance with the help of the technician who "picked" the locks and they scrutinised numerous documents and selected a number of documents which they took. they also took certain emblems and flags to create suspicion that it might have been stolen by office staff. They thought that might cause suspicion and bad blood amongst the staff. They used the information to further discredit the AWB leadership.
The same operation was later repeated.
Schedule 17:
Implicating the Wit Wolwe.
During the period August to December 1989, the Applicant made preparations to hand over his responsibility to deal with the right-wing organisations to his successor. He was ordered to return to Unit A of the Security Police where he would again concentrate on left-wingers. This involved inter alia two targeted organisations: The End Conscription Campaign (EEC) and Students for a Democratic Society which was an affiliate of NUSAS. Head office planned an operation (a so-called Stratcom) under the command of Col. Vic McPherson. This operation was to be carried out against an organisation known as "Standing for the Truth" who advocated open bus services for all races in Pretoria. They identified certain targets. Captain Du Plessis and the Applicant were to target Brian Curren's house. Pamphlets were to be distributed threatening the lives of the targets. These pamphlets were supposed to be issued and distributed by the Wit Wolwe, an extreme right-wing terrorist organisation.
Du Plessis fixed one of the pamphlets to a spear and shot it with a spear gun to the front door of Brian Curren's house. From there they drove to Alet Schoon's house. They decided to throw a stone, wrapped in the pamphlet, through one of the windows and to burn her motor car to illustrate the seriousness of the threats.
The houses of Ivor Jenkins and Louis Bredenkamp were also targeted on the same evening by other groups. Nobody was injured or killed.
RE: J J VIKTOR
The Applicant applied for amnesty in respect of various bomb attacks in the Pretoria vicinity, at Ekangala and at Pietersburg during 1986.
Evidence was produced that the Applicant suffered from post traumatic stress and that it affected his memory. He was involved in about 40 incidents during the period February 1986 to May 1986 and couldn't give details about each and every incident. The general nature of the attacks were intimidatory acts involving the throwing of petrol bombs at night. The bombs on a number of occasions didn't cause damage to property or injury to people but according to him sent a message that the persons living in the targeted houses were under observation and were suspected of collaborating with the freedom forces.
He testified that his father who served as a Brigadier in the Security Police, in an informal conversation with Captains Hechter, Van Jaarsveld, and himself suggested that they should retaliate to the ANC attacks on the principle of an eye for an eye: should a house be petrol bombed by the ANC, they should petrol bomb a house of an activist.
The Committee is aware of the political war which prevailed during the relevant period. It is more fully described in decision AC99/0031, pages 1 to 6 to which the Committee was referred. The background as set out in that decision is accepted and need not to be repeated in this decision.
This Applicant was a member of the Riot Investigation Unit which co-operated with the Security Police in countering the revolutionary activities of the Freedom fighters. He didn't identify targets but acted on instructions of Hechter and/or Cronje.
He testified that he can recollect that he was involved in petrol bomb attacks on the following houses:
1. The house of Mr Gregory Tulane at Tembisa;
2. The house of Mr Godfrey Qwabe at Tembisa.
The above two incidents were dealt with in a separate hearing 3 - 21 March 1999.
3. A house at Ekangala;
4. The house of Dr Ribeiro in Mamelodi;
5. Several houses in townships around Pietersburg;
6. A house at 44 Mashifane Street, Atteridgeville.
He further participated in an attack on the house of Oupa Masuku. In this incident Mr Masuku and other members of the household were injured and his mother was killed.
This incident has already been dealt by another Panel of the Amnesty Committee (27 March to 7 April 2000) (Motata J., Malan and Sandi).
The Applicant further testified that all of the approximately 40 operations in which he took part were executed during the period February to May 1986. This was the only period he served in a unit which were involved in this kind of attack.
All the attacks were authorised by Brigadier Cronje and Captain Hechter was the Operational Commander.
This Committee was asked not to deal with the attack on houses at Pietersburg. The Committee is, however, of the opinion that such attacks on the facts in the applications relate to non gross violations of human rights and can be dealt with in chambers. After considering these incidents we are of the view that amnesty should be GRANTED.
The Ekangala Incident
The Applicant testified that Captain Hechter, himself and J D L Coetser went to a pre-selected target in Ekangala. They had an explosive device which he or Hechter threw into the house and immediately thereafter ran for their car. The device was manufactured by Hechter. It consisted of a tin with the explosives in it and a fuse which had to be lit. According to information which recently came to hand it seems as though this explosion took place on 28 February 1986.
The Committee also refers to amnesty decision AC99/30, Schedule 5 (five) where amnesty was granted to Hechter.
Explosions in Mamelodi
The Applicant testified that he can recall two incidents where houses were targeted in Mamelodi. As indicated earlier his memory is affected (a fact that the Committee accepts) and it may be that he was involved in other incidents which he cannot recall at this stage.
The Applicant testified that he can remember an incident where he and other members of the police drove to Mamelodi but their vehicle broke down. They walked through the veld and he cannot remember whether they in fact carried out the operation. He, however, remembers that on their return to the vehicle they found that the spare wheel and accessories had been stolen.
The Applicant also testified about a vague recollection he has to another petrol bomb attack in Mamelodi where he attempted to light the fuse. He struggled to light the fuse and had to strike a number of matches. He cannot say whether he eventually succeeded to light it.
Both these incidents demonstrate the memory problem of the Applicant.
Petrol bombing at Oukasie near Brits
This seems to be the incident dealt with under Schedule 9 of this decision dealing with Eric Goosen.
An attack on a house in Atteridgeville
The Applicant's only recollection of this incident is that petrol was spilled on his clothes and that it caught fire. They had trouble in extinguishing the flames.
The Applicant further confirmed that he on occasions carried out operations with Mr J D L Coetser. Coetser stated in his application that he and Viktor accompanied Hechter when the house of Oupa Masuku was attacked. As earlier stated that incident came before another Panel of the Amnesty Committee.
Coetser refers to 3 petrol bomb attacks, one in Mamelodi and two in Soshanguve where Applicant Viktor was involved. This will be dealt with in Coetser's application. Viktor stated that he would accept his involvement in these incidents.
The Applicant was also implicated by Gouws and Hechter in bomb attacks in Mamelodi and Soshanguve. he is also implicated by Gouws and Coetser in incidents in Ekangala.
RE: JOSEPHUS DANIEL LOURENS COETSER
The Applicant was a member of the Security Police branch of Pretoria.
He applied for amnesty in respect of:
(a) Incidents at the Masuku house in Atteridgeville which has been dealt with in another hearing before Motata, J. Malan and Sandi from 27 March to 4 April 2000.
(b) Petrol bomb attacks in Mamelodi. See Goosen Schedules 4, 5, 7 and 12.
(c) Two petrol bomb attacks in Soshanguve. See Goosen Schedule 10.
(d) An explosion at Ekangala. See Viktor re: Ekangala.
The Applicant testified that he was the driver of the vehicle in which Hechter and Viktor travelled to the above-mentioned targets. He was only involved from February to March 1986. He requested his Commander, Brigadier Jack Cronje, to relieve him from the duty as he did not want to be involved in tasks which endangered the lives of other people and which he considered to be illegal. he was not involved in the actual attacks but acted as driver and assumes liability. The facts of the incidents have already been dealt with earlier in these decisions.
He testified that he was present at the meeting in Brigadier Viktor's office which seems to have been the trigger for the instructions issued by Cronje and carried out by Hechter. He further testified that he did not participate in any operations where Gouws and Oosthuizen were members of the operational unit.
RE: STEPHANUS ADRIAAN OOSTHUIZEN
The Applicant applied for amnesty in respect of the following incidents:
1. The murder of Piet Ntuli - AC99/0198.
2. The murder of the KwaNdebele 9 - AC99/248.
3. Abduction of an unknown person in KwaNdebele.
4. Arson and damage to a petrol station.
5. Murder of unknown person at Pienaarsrivier.
6. Torture during interrogation of unknown person.
7. Bomb attack at Denilton.
8. Petrol bomb attack at Atteridgeville/Mamelodi.
The incidents under 3, 6, 7 and 8 have still to be dealt with. This Committee heard evidence about the incident referred to under 8.
The Applicant testified that he is not sure whether this attack was planned to take place in Atteridgeville or Mamelodi. According to him he was in the company of Hechter and Deon Gouws. He is not sure whether Wouter Mentz accompanied them. Due to the presence of army patrols and police in the vicinity of the targeted house, the operation was abandoned.
The Applicant is asking for amnesty for a conspiracy to damage the house of an unknown activist. He cannot recall the name or the address of the activist whose house they planned to damage.
The Applicant was referred to decision AC96/0015 dealing with Wouter Mentz in which reference was made to an abandoned petrol bomb attack in Mamelodi. The Applicant does not think that it relates to the same incident.
RE: DEON GOUWS
The Applicant applied for amnesty in respect of the following incidents:
1. Malicious damage to a petrol station in KwaNdebele. This matter was heard but the decision is still outstanding.
2. The murder of Piet Ntuli - see AC1999/0198.
3. The murder of the KwaNdebele Nine - see AC1999/0248.
4. The murder of an unknown ANC activist at Pienaarsrivier was heard on 3 May 1999 and the decision is still awaited.
5. The Nelspruit 4 incident was heard during August 1999 and the decision is awaited.
6. Arson at the house of Dr Ribeiro. This incident has not yet been heard.
7. Arson at the houses of Messrs Selepe and Ledwaba.
These incidents were dealt with in a hearing during May 1999 under the heading: Cronje Cluster 2.
8. Various petrol bomb attacks on houses of activists in the townships around Pretoria - Mamelodi, Atteridgeville, Soshanguve and Oukasie near Brits, Pietersburg, Tembisa and Ekangala.
In the present hearing the Committee dealt with incidents at Ekangala, Mamelodi, Atteridgeville and Soshanguve. The Applicant was also involved in similar incidents at Oukasie near Brits and at Pietersburg which, on the papers before us, do not involve gross violations of human rights. The Committee considered them in chambers and the decision is included herein.
The Applicant testified that during the relevant period around 1986 he was involved in between 40 to 50, maybe even 60 similar incidents of petrol bombing. He can't remember details and may even confuse one incident with another. He operated in and around Pretoria in Soshanguve, Atteridgeville and Mamelodi in KwaNdebele at Ekangala and at or near Pietersburg. The same modus operandi was followed in all incidents. They would park the vehicle a distance away from the target, they would approach the house on foot and a petrol bomb or several petrol bombs would be thrown into the house through opened windows or broken windows.
The Applicant was a member of The Special Investigative Unit of the Police but was during the relevant period often deployed to the Security Branch where he would then fall under the command of Captain Hechter.
The Ekangala Incident
The Applicant confirmed that he and Hechter drove to Ekangala, that they approached a previously identified target, being the house of an ANC activist, that he broke a window and that Hechter threw a petrol bomb through the broken window. The bomb exploded and they immediately left the scene. As far as he knows, nobody was injured.
Petrol bomb explosions in Atteridgeville, Mamelodi and Soshanguve
Operations similar to the one described above were carried out on targeted houses of ANC activists in the above areas. He was not involved in selecting the targets. That was done by the Security Police and the information was passed on to Hechter who was his operational commander.
The Applicant also corroborated the evidence of Hechter and Mentz, which they gave at a previous hearing where they implicated him.
As far as one of the incidents in Mamelodi is concerned, it transpired that the house targeted belonged to the Mampoer family. on the night of the attack the following persons were present in the house:
Dingaan Mampoer, Archie Mampoer, Kenneth Mampoer, Regina Mampoer, Jeanette Mampoer, Lydia Mampoer and Jacob Mampoer.
They didn't sustain bodily injuries but suffered from severe shock and their property was damaged. They are in terms of Section 22 of act 34 of 1995, regarded as victims and referred to the Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee for consideration.
RE: BRIGADIER JACK CRONJE
At the hearing of Brigadier Cronje, he applied for amnesty in respect of all offences committed by his subordinates acting on his instructions. He testified that at the time of his hearing he might have forgotten some of the incidents or might even not have been aware of them. At this hearing it transpired that some of the Applicants were involved in 40 or 50 bombing incidents, either with home-made explosives or petrol bombs. His legal representative requested the Committee to deal with these matters and analysed the evidence involving the Applicant.
Seeing that he was implicated as Commander in all the incidents heard by this Committee, the Committee will deal with these matters. It is understandable that the Applicant would not be able to recollect all of them and that some of them might not have been reported to him. See Schedule 11 of the decision AC99/0031.
RE: CAPTAIN JACQUES HECHTER
The Applicant applied for amnesty in respect of:
Schedule 8
Attacks on unknown activists.
Schedule 17
Various bomb blasts.
Schedule 18
Petrol bombs at Oukasie, Brits.
Schedule 23
Assaults on unknown activists.
The Committee refers to the Hechter decision, AC99/0030, relating to the above offences. The Amnesty Committee accepts that due to his present mental condition he cannot remember details and particulars of certain incidents. It transpired, however, since the hearing that Applicants in other hearings may be able to supply details which may influence or enable the Committee to come to a fair and just decision, regarding the incidents referred to under these schedules.
The Committee is at present of the opinion that the Applicant attempted to make a disclosure of his involvement in the incidents under the above schedules and if it transpired that it was bona
: fide and falls within the ambit of the Act, after the hearing of further evidence, the matter will be decided on with reference to all the evidence.
The Committee is satisfied that the Applicant is entitled to amnesty for the incidents falling within the ambit of the Ekangala bomb blast, the bomb attacks on Mamelodi and Soshanguve.
CONCLUSION
All the Applicants were members of the Security Forces. They all testified that they acted in the course of their duties against the political opponents of the State.
The Committee is satisfied that their acts were associated with a political objective, that it related to the conflicts of the past and that they've to the bets of their ability made a full disclosure of the relevant facts.
In an attempt to include all the outstanding incidents in which the Applicants were involved in, reference will be made to incidents which were dealt with by other panels.
The following decisions were arrived at:
A. Applicant ERIC GOOSEN:
The decision relates to the offences and delicts referred to under Schedules 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16 and 17 of his application.
Amnesty is GRANTED to the Applicant in respect of any offence of delict committed or any conspiracy or attempt to commit such offence, directly related to or linked with:
1. Burglary and theft at Khanya House in Pretoria during December 1982 to December 1984.
2. Burglary and theft at Unisa, Pretoria during January 1983 to December 1984.
3. Various incidents of arson caused by the throwing of bombs or petrol bombs at or into houses in Mamelodi, Atteridgeville, Soshanguve in the district of Pretoria and at Oukasie in the district of Brits during 1986.
4. The assault and abduction of an unknown ANC courier round about June to December 1987 at Mamelodi and Pretoria.
5. Any offence or delict flowing from the smear campaign conducted against Eugene Terreblanche during the period 1988 to 1989.
6. Burglary and theft at the Willie Marais Building in Waterkloofridge, Pretoria during 1989.
7. Intimidation of Brian Curren, Ivor Jenkins, Louis Bredenkamp and Alet Schoon and the false implication of the Wit Wolwe with the said intimidation during the period August to December 1989 at Pretoria and Centurion.
8. Malicious damage to the house of the people mentioned under 7 and the burning of Alet Schoon's car.
B. Applicant JOHANNES JACOBUS VIKTOR:
Amnesty is GRANTED to the Applicant in respect of any offence or delict (or conspiracy to commit or attempt to commit such an offence or delict) directly related to various incidents of arson caused by throwing bombs or petrol bombs at houses in Mamelodi, Soshanguve, Atteridgeville, Ekangala and Pietersburg during February to May 1986.
C. Applicant JOSEPHUS DANIEL LOURENS COETSER:
Amnesty is GRANTED to the Applicant in respect of any offence or delict (or conspiracy to commit or attempt to commit such an offence or delict) directly related to various incidents of arson during 1986 caused by throwing bombs or petrol bombs at houses in Mamelodi, Soshanguve, Ekangala and Atteridgeville, excluding the attack on the Masuku house in Atteridgeville which has been dealt with by another Committee.
D. Applicant STEPHANUS ADRIAAN OOSTHUIZEN:
Amnesty is GRANTED to the Applicant in respect of a conspiracy with Hechter and Gouws to damage a house in Atteridgeville or Mamelodi during 1986/1987.
E. Applicant DEON GOUWS:
Amnesty is GRANTED to the Applicant in respect of any offence or delict (or conspiracy to commit or attempt to commit such an offence or delict) directly related to various incidents of arson caused by throwing bombs or petrol bombs at houses in Mamelodi, Soshanguve, Atteridgeville, Ekangala, Pietersburg and Tembisa during 1986/1987.
F. Applicant JAN HATTINGH CRONJE:
Amnesty is GRANTED to this Applicant in respect of any offence or delict carried out under his instructions relating to various incidents of arson caused by the throwing of bombs or petrol bombs at houses in Mamelodi, Soshanguve, Atteridgeville, Ekangala, Pietersburg and Tembisa during 1986/1987.
G. Applicant JACQUES HECHTER:
Amnesty is GRANTED to this Applicant in respect of any offence or delict (or conspiracy to commit or attempt to commit such an offence or delict) directly related to various incidents of arson caused by throwing bombs or petrol bombs at houses in Mamelodi, Soshanguve, Atteridgeville, Ekangala, Pietersburg and Tembisa during 1986/1987.
SIGNED AT CAPE TOWN ON THIS 24TH DAY OF JANUARY 2001
JUDGE S MILLER
A/J C DE JAGER
ADV S SIGODI
