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	<type>AMNESTY DECISIONS</type>
				<names>OBED SALUKWANDA MADONSELA,LAWRENCE BONGANI MAHLANGU</names>
		<matter>AM 6047/97,AM 6036/97</matter>
				<decision>GRANTED</decision>
	<url>https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=59414&amp;t=&amp;tab=hearings</url>
	<originalhtml>https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/decisions/2001/ac21132.htm</originalhtml>
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			<text>DECISION</text>
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			<text>Both applicants were charged and   convicted and sentenced to imprisonment.</text>
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			<text>At the trial the full political   background and motive was disclosed.</text>
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			<text>Both applicants received indemnity   and were released from prison at Robben Island.</text>
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			<text>The ANC, in its second submission   to the TRC on page 98, accepted responsibility for these incidents.</text>
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			<text>The committee is satisfied that   the acts of the applicants were committed with a political objective within   the context of the conflicts of the past and that the applicants made a full   disclosure of facts relevant to the incidents.</text>
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			<text>Both applicants are therefor GRANTED   amnesty.</text>
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			<text>The committee is further of the   opinion that the following persons are victims as envisaged in the Act:-</text>
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			<text>Of the first incident:</text>
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			<text>and of the second incident</text>
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			<text>Their names are being referred   to the Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee for consideration.</text>
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			<text>JUDGE N J MOTATA</text>
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			<text>ACTING JUDGE C DE JAGER</text>
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			<text>MR W MALAN</text>
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			<text>??</text>
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			<text>2</text>
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			<text>/...</text>
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			<text>/...</text>
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