AC/98/0084
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.
ABRAHAM YOUNG APPLICANT
(AM 2275/96)
DECISION
The applicant applies for amnesty in respect of:
1. contravention of Section 27(1) read with Section 27(1)(c) and Section (1) and Section 29 of Act 26 of 1956 in causing an explosion and thereby endangering property;
2. contravention of Section (1)A(i) read with Section (1)A(iii) of Act 72 of 1982 in respect of intimidation;
3. contravention of Section 7(5) read with Section 10 of Act 26 of 1956 and Section 156 of Act 51 of 1977 for being in illegal possession of explosives;
4. the stealing of a motor vehicle to be used in the carrying out of political offences.
All of the above charges related to an explosion caused at the shop of a certain Hepburn near Patensie on or about the 3rd of January.
The Committee after considering the application, the relevant documentation and the evidence, is satisfied that :
a) the application complies with the requirements of Act 34 of 1995;
b) the acts, omission or offences to which the application relates are acts associated with a political objective committed in the course of the conflicts of the past;
c) that the relevant facts relating to the particular offences have been disclosed;
d) that the offence does not constitute a gross violation of human rights.
Amnesty is GRANTED in respect of the offences mentioned under 1, 2, 3 and 4 above.
SIGNED ON THE 2ND DAY OF NOVEMBER 1998.