Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission today has postponed amnesty hearings into self defence units activities which claimed several lives in townships around Johannesburg in the early '90's.
A total of twenty African National Congress aligned- elf defence unit members are seeking amnesty for a range of incidents such as murder, attempted murder and illegal possession of arms and ammunition.
The hearing at Liss Centre, Mayfair, Johannesburg, which was a third such an amnesty hearing involving SDUs taking place at the same time, was postponed after attempts to locate victims and their next of kin in these incidents drew a blank. The hearing is likely to resume early in the new year.
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