The applicant applies for amnesty in respect of:
1. contravention of Section 27(1) read with Section 27(1)(c) and Section (1) and Section 29 of Act 26 of 1956 in causing an explosion and thereby endangering property;
2. contravention of Section (1)A(i) read with Section (1)A(iii) of Act 72 of 1982 in respect of intimidation;
3. contravention of Section 7(5) read with Section 10 of Act 26 of 1956 and Section 156 of Act 51 of 1977 for being in illegal possession of explosives;
4. the stealing of a motor vehicle to be used in the carrying out of political offences.
All of the above charges related to an explosion caused at the shop of a certain Hepburn near Patensie on or about the 3rd of January.
The Committee after considering the application, the relevant documentation and the evidence, is satisfied that :
a) the application complies with the requirements of Act 34 of 1995;
b) the acts, omission or offences to which the application relates are acts associated with a political objective committed in the course of the conflicts of the past;
c) that the relevant facts relating to the particular offences have been disclosed;
d) that the offence does not constitute a gross violation of human rights.
GRANTED: in respect of the offences mentioned under 1, 2, 3 and 4 above.