AC/2000/174

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.

PETER FIHLI MBONGO APPLICANT

(AM 5489/97)

DECISION

The applicant was convicted of being in illegal possession of a firearm (an AK - 47) in Sebokeng during December 1984 and of committing public violence during the same period. He was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment on each count. He was granted indemnity during 1993 - 1994.

This Committee is bound by the indemnity decision - see Section 48 (2) Act 34 of 1995. The Committee is satisfied that the applicant who was a supporter of the then banned ANC, committed the said offences, that he has made a full disclosure of the relevant facts and that the acts were associated with a political objective.

 

 

Amnesty is GRANTED for:

1. the illegal possession of an AK - 47 during December 1984 at Sebokeng.

2. committing public violence during 1984 at Sebokeng.

SIGNED AT CAPE TOWN ON THIS DAY OF 2000.