Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
March 10, 1998
STATEMENT FROM THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION ON AMNESTY HEARING in DURBAN.
The Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee is to hear amnesty applications in Durban later this month from nine people who have applied for amnesty for the killing of at least 50 people in a series of separate incidents.
The applicants, mostly members of Inkatha Freedom Party serving lengthy prison sentences for the killing of ANC members and supporters, will appear at a five-day hearing.
The hearing will be at the TRC Durban offices from Monday March 23 to Friday March 27. The offices are on the 9th Floor, Metlife Building, 391 Smith Street. The hearings will commence at 9 am each day.
The first applicant scheduşThulani Mzokhona Myeza is applying for the murder of three people in Eshowe. He claims he was acting under orders when he killed Vusumuzi Mbokazi on 20 November 1993, Joel Zikhali the following day and Nkoso Dludla on 1st April 1994.
Boy N. Gwamanda has applied for the murder of four people.
Mabhungu Absolom Dladla and Nkanyiso Wilfred Ndlovu killed 16 people at Enkanyezini on the 5th March 1993. During their trial they claimed that they were avenging the killing of six schoolchildren who were ambushed and murdered in the area a few days earlier. They were sentenced to over 60 years in prison.
The last applicant, Baba Langelihle Khomo, killed eight people and attempted to kill eight others at Ekwandeni Section 3 in Mpumalanga Township near Hammarsdale on 9th March 1992. He is currently serving 20 years in prison.
For more information please contact MDU LEMBEDE (KwaZulu Natal/OFS TRC MEDIA SPOKESMAN) PHONE 031 3076745 FAX 031 3076742 CELLULAR 082 4588464