Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
October 8, 1996
The Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has announced that amnesty has been granted to Andile Samuel Solo in terms of Section (6) of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, 1995.
Mr Solo, 23, of New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, declared himself in his amnesty application to be a unit commander of AZANLA, a former member of AZAYO and a member of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania.
He was sentenced in the Eastern Cape for five contraventions of the Explosives Act and the Arms and Ammunition Act. When he appealed to the Eastern Cape Division of the Supreme Court, his conviction and sentence were set aside because he had been refused a postponement of his trial to change his lawyers. However, he was re-charged and was due back in court in May this year. The new trial was postponed pending the outcome of his amnesty application and he was not in prison.
Mr Solo was granted amnesty in respect of two acts in November 1993. He planted an explosive device at the Easigas plant in Port Elizabeth and attempted to explode a device at Torego Flats in Uitenhage.
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