Truth Commission Special Report
Decision - 59470

Type: AMNESTY DECISIONS
Names: DIME MATTHEWS KEKANA
Matter: AM 5885/97
Decision: GRANTED
URL: https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=59470&t=&tab=hearings
Original File: https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/decisions/2001/ac21188.htm
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DECISION

The applicant applies for amnesty   in respect of treason.

The applicant, at all relevant   times, was a member of the African National Congress (the ANC) and Umkontho   WeSizwe (MK).

During January 1986 the applicant was convicted of high   treason and sentenced to undergo fourteen years of imprisonment.  The overt   acts resulting in the conviction were the military training he received abroad   and the bombing of a railway line at or near Dube during 1982.  The bombing   of the railway line caused no loss of life or injury and was aimed at disrupting   normal rail traffic.

It is evident from the documentation   before us that the offences committed by the applicant were acts associated   with a political objective committed in the course of the conflicts of the past   in accordance with the provisions of Section 20 of the Promotion of National   Unity and Reconciliation Act, No. 34 of 1995.

Applicant is GRANTED amnesty in   respect of treason for which he was convicted to 14 years imprisonment by the   then Supreme Court of Sourth Witwatersrand Local Division, on 31 January 1986.

Signed in CAPE TOWN this the 6th   Day of November 2000

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