TRC REFUSED AMNESTY TO AN IFP MEMBER

Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission

STATEMENT BY THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION AMNESTY DECISION

The Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission today refused amnesty to an Inkatha Freedom Party member Anthony Mhletshwa Ndlangamandla.

Ndlangamandla was seeking amnesty for the murder of Mr. Ben Nkosi at Piet Retief in 1993. He was sentenced to an effective ten years imprisonment for the incident.

In its decision the Committee said: "... he was not a very good witness, his testimony was fraught with numerous inconsistencies and contradictions."

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