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	<type>AMNESTY DECISIONS</type>
	<startdate>2001-05-31</startdate>
	<location>Cape Town </location>
		<names>JACQUES HECHTER,JOHANNES JACOBUS VIKTOR,JOSEPHUS DANIEL LOURENS COETSER,JAN HATTINGH CRONJE</names>
		<matter>AM/2776/97,AM/4371/96,AM/3758/96,AM/2773/96</matter>
				<decision>GRANTED</decision>
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			<text>DECISION</text>
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			<text>We are merely stating the gist   of the facts and shall deal with the evidence of each Applicant in seriatim.</text>
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			<text>Hechter, because of the memory   quagmire he is in, accepts Johannes Jacobus Viktor&#039;s (Jnr) evidence that at   the relevant time he (Viktor) was the commander of the Mamelodi unrest Investigation   Unit and that due to the nature of such investigations he was working very closely   with Hechter&#039;s unit, hence on the day he was involved in the attack on the Masuku   family.</text>
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			<text>In the result amnesty if GRANTED   to all the Applicants for the following:</text>
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			<text>We are further of the opinion   that Oupa Masuku, Esther Masuku, Thabo Masuku, Ndumani Masuku and Clifford Masuku   are victims as defined in the Act and their names are being forwarded to the   Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee for its consideration.</text>
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			<text>Signed at Cape Town on the 31st   Day of May 2001</text>
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			<text>_________________</text>
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			<text>JUDGE J MOTATA</text>
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