Truth Commission Special Report
Decision - 58643

Type: AMNESTY DECISIONS
Starting Date: 02 November 1998
Names: ABRAHAM YOUNG
Case Number: AC/98/0084
Matter: AM 2275/96
Decision: GRANTED
URL: https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=58643&t=&tab=hearings
Original File: https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/decisions/1998/981102_young.htm
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DECISION

                                                             

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.

Amnesty is 

GRANTED: in respect of the offences mentioned under 1, 2, 3 and 4 above.

SIGNED ON THE   2ND   DAY OF   NOVEMBER   1998.