Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
16 September 1997
The Amnesty Committee's schedule for hearings in Port Elizabeth over the next month have changed after problems with availability of legal representatives have been taken into account.
The Committee will hear the amnesty applications of four former policemen in relation to the death of Siphiwo Mthimkulu and Mbuyizelo "Topsy" Madaka in 1982 next week from 22 September till Friday 26 September.
From 29 September till 3 October, the applications of eight people regarding the 1989 murder of the Motherwell Four will be heard.
During the following week, from Monday, October 6, the committee will again sit in Port Elizabeth for the four applications in relation to Sizwe Kondile.
The amnesty applications on the death of the Pebco 3 will now be heard over two weeks from November 3 till 14, also in Port Elizabeth, while the applications of 5 former policeman in relation to the death of Steven Bantu Biko is provisionally scheduled to continue from December 8.
The hearings in terms of the death of the Cradock 4, including Matthew Goniwe have been postponed till next year.
For more information, please call Christelle Terreblanche on 0824588461.