decisions AMNESTY DECISIONS 2001-04-03 GRANTED https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=59390&t=&tab=hearings https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/decisions/2001/ac21108.htm DECISION The Applicants apply for amnesty for various acts and offences which arose as a result of an attack on an alleged transit house in Diratapeng, Ramatlabane in Botswana on the 11th December 1988. The operation was conducted pursuant to information received from inter alia, the Bophuthatswana Intelligence Services and after an extensive surveillance conducted by De kock, Ras Radebe, Nortje for almost 3 months prior to the execution of the operation. N J VERMEULEN WILLEM ALBERTUS NORTJE LAWRENCE JOHN HANTON BELLINGAN, TAIT AND HOFFMAN They participated in the planning of the operation but did not gain entry into Botswana. MARTHINUS RAS EUGENE ALEXANDER DE KOCK He was in command of this operation and participated in its planning and execution. SIMON RADEBE He participated in the surveillance of the transit house and participated in the planning and execution of the operation. Mr Marimbane, the legal representative of the survivors and the families of the victims, did not oppose the granting of amnesty to the Applicants for all acts and offences applied for save for the killing of Rapula Thika, who was 15 years old. After careful consideration of all these applications we are satisfied that the Applicants have complied with the requirements of Section 20(1) read with Section 20(3) and amnesty is accordingly GRANTED to: EUGENE ALEXANDER DE KOCK in respect of the following: MARTHINUS RAS in respect of the following: TAIT, BELLINGAN, HOFFMAN AND HANTON in respect of the following: VERMEULEN in respect of the following: SIMON RADEBE in respect of the following: NORTJE in respect of the following: We are of the opinion that the survivors Mr Funi Steven Lesole, Steven Bahumi and the families of the victims are victims, as defined by the Act, and are hereby referred to the Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee in terms of Section 22 of the Act. SIGNED ON THIS THE 3RD DAY OF APRIL 2001 JUDGE R PILLAY JUDGE S KHAMPEPE ADV F BOSMAN ?? 2 /...