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	<type>AMNESTY DECISIONS</type>
				<names>EUGENE ALEXANDER DE KOCK,WILLEM ALBERTUS NORTJE,JOHAN HENDRIK TAIT,IZAK DANIEL BOSCH,LEON WILLIAM JOHN FLORES</names>
		<matter>AM0066/96,AM3764/96,AM3922/96,AM3765/96,AM4361/96</matter>
				<decision>GRANTED</decision>
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			<text>DECISION</text>
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			<text>______________________________________________________</text>
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			<text>The Applicants applied for amnesty   in respect of their roles on 7 November 1988, at 369 Bembo Street, Vosloorus   in the then Transvaal:</text>
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			<text>It remains to be decided whether   the Applicants meet the requirements of Section 20(1) of Act 34 of 1995 as to   whether &quot;the act, omission or offence to which the application relates   is an act associated with a political objective committed in the course of the   conflicts of the past in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (2)   and (3)&quot;.</text>
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			<text>The Committee is satisfied that   the offences were committed in the course of the conflicts of the past and that   all the Applicants fall within the provisions of Section 20(2).</text>
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			<text>The Committee, after considering   the guidelines set out in Section 20(3) is further satisfied that the offences   committed were associated with a political objective.</text>
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			<text>In the result, amnesty is GRANTED   to the Applicants for their part in:</text>
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			<text>The Committee is of the opinion   that Thandi Josephina Shongwe and the dependants of Samson Xolile (MK Valdez   Thabang) are victims and they are referred to the Committee on Reparation and   Rehabilitation for consideration in terms of Section 22 of Act 34 of 1995.</text>
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			<text>_____________________</text>
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			<text>JUDGE A.B.M. WILSON</text>
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			<text>____________________</text>
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			<text>MR J.B. SIBANYONI</text>
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			<text>____________________</text>
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			<text>MR I LAX</text>
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			<text>??</text>
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			<text>2</text>
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