MTHETHWA, Michael

trainees. A segment on the Amnesty Committee hearings held in Durban (12 to 14 August) focus on the killing of ANC members Samuel Msweli and Michael Mthethwa by former policeman Hendrik Steyn. The final segment explains the structure of the TRC and covers the first amnesty granted to Boy Diale and ...

... complicity ? and the assassination attempts on ANC leader Bheki Ntuli and murder of his family. We also hear testimony from relatives of Michael Mthethwa and Simon Msweli, ANC members killed by policeman and amnesty applicant Hendrik Steyn, delivering a very different account of events to that ...

The killing of Samuel Msweli and Michael Mthethwa, 14 August 1992

Steyn, a former detective Warrant Officer in the Empangeni murder and robbery squad was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for the murder of Michael Mthethwa and Samuel Msweli in 1992. The two ANC members were injured in a shootout with security forces at this house in the Sekulu reserve near ...

At the last amnesty hearing in Durban a policeman who was also an IFP supporter applied for amnesty. Hendrik Steyn is serving an 18 year sentence for his involvement in the murders of two ANC members who were also members of a gang. The incident happened on the 14th of August 1992 at KwaMbunambi ...

In his amnesty application Hendrik Steyn said that Simon Msweli was the leader of a gang that was wanted for arson, murder and robbery. His mother says he was a quiet child, definitely not a criminal. He was however a member of the ANC, so was his friend.

and death; and in nature as in life death often comes before its time. On the 14th of August 1992 a group of policemen attacked the house of Michael Mthethwa. Three policemen were killed during the shoot-out that followed. Michael and his friend Simon Msweli were both ...

I then at the same distance fired at Simon Msweli. After the first shot I fired two more shots just to make sure that he was dead. I thereafter fired two shots at Michael Mthethwa, the other deceased.

... the leader of the gang who committed acts of terror in that area. The other person was unknown to me but was identified by Mr. Law as one Michael Mthethwa. I noticed that both of these people were injured and covered in blood. I further was told that they were on their way to Zwelezan Hospital. ...

Earlier this year a policeman serving an 18 year jail sentence for killing two ANC members near Empangeni appeared before the Amnesty Committee. The relatives of these victims were not present then, but this week they told the Truth Commission the other side of the story