decisions AMNESTY DECISIONS MDUDUZI GUMBI, ROBERT ZUMA AM0350/96; AM0433/96 REFUSED https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/hearing.php?id=59519&t=&tab=hearings https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/decisions/2001/ac21237.htm AC/2001/237 TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION AMNESTY COMMITTEE APPLICATION IN TERMS OF SECTION 18 OF THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION ACT NO. 34 OF 1995. An armed group of more than 60 men, including the Applicants, proceeded to Towlendeni where the attacks were to be launched. The first Applicant, Gumbi was armed with a 9mm pistol, a shotgun and a spear, while the second Applicant, Zuma, was armed with a spear. The group set off in the early evening. Upon their arrival at Towlendeni and just prior to launching the attacks they divided into two groups that went in different directions. Over the course of the next several hours a number of homesteads were attacked and whoever the groups came across was either killed or assaulted very seriously and left for dead. Any house in the vicinity that showed any signs of life was attacked and the inhabitants indiscriminately set upon. As it became apparent that mostly women were being killed, an argument developed amongst the members of the group of attackers. Some of them, including the Applicants, were opposed to the killing of women and children. No consensus was reached and the indiscriminate killings simply continued until approximately midnight. At the end of this killing spree, approximately 12 people, including a 3 year old child, were killed. ?? /... 2 /... 6