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	<type>AMNESTY DECISIONS</type>
				<names>RODNEY LAWRENCE WILKINSON</names>
	<case>AC/99/0205</case>
	<matter>AM 3831/96</matter>
				<decision>GRANTED</decision>
	<url>https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=58883&amp;t=&amp;tab=hearings</url>
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			<text>DECISION</text>
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			<text>                                                                                            </text>
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			<speaker></speaker>
			<text>The applicant makes application for amnesty in respect of an act of sabotage in terms of Act 34 of 1995 as amended.</text>
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			<speaker></speaker>
			<text>During December 1982, the applicant and one Heather Wilkinson (nee Gray) were members of Umkhonto weSizwe, (MK) the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC).</text>
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			<speaker></speaker>
			<text>They were attached to a special Operations Unit and were ordered to damage the Koeberg Power Station in the Western Cape.  The power station was a key source of power under the previous government.  The proposed attack was part of the overall strategy of attacking apartheid and its installations and consequently the previous government.</text>
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			<speaker></speaker>
			<text>In pursuance of the order the applicant and Heather Wilkinson (nee Gray) planned the attack and the applicant eventually carried out a successful act of sabotage on the Koeberg Power Station on or about the 18 December 1982.  The deed was clearly politically motivated.</text>
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			<speaker></speaker>
			<text>The applicant disclosed that 4 limpet mines were planted and detonated so as to cause the said damage.  </text>
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			<speaker></speaker>
			<text>The Committee is satisfied that the applicant has complied with the requirements of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No 34 of 1995 and he is accordingly </text>
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			<speaker>GRANTED</speaker>
			<text>amnesty for the act of sabotage committed at the Koeberg Power Station on or about 18 December 1982.</text>
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			<speaker></speaker>
			<text>SIGNED ON THE 31ST OF MAY 1999.</text>
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			<text>                                      </text>
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