decisions AMNESTY DECISIONS 1998-11-02 FRANS JOHANNES STRYDOM VAN DER WALT AC/98/0086 AM 1208/96 GRANTED https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=58640&t=&tab=hearings https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/decisions/1998/981102_vdwalt.htm 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 1A(iii) of Act 72 of 1982 in respect of intimidation; 3. contravention of Section 7(4) read with Section 10 of Act 26 of 1956 in respect of obtaining explosives without a permit; 4. the theft of a motor vehicle for the purpose of using it in carrying out 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 1993 and the malicious damaged caused to the property of the Hepburns. 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 above and the malicious damage of the property of Mr. Hepburn on the 3rd of January 1993 at the Kwati Store near Patensie, Port Elizabeth. SIGNED ON THE 2ND DAY OF NOVEMBER 1998.