Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
May 14, 1999
Amnesty Committee of Truth and Reconciliation Commission today has granted amnesty to a former Azanian Peoples Liberation Army (Apla) political commissar, Nkululeko Louie Dlova.
Dlova currently a member of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) applied for amnesty for illegal entry of South Africa in 1988, illegal possession of firearms and explosives. He was also involved in the attempted murder of an unknown number of members of the South African Police force near Litcheburg in a shootout at roadblock.
The committee concluded that Dlova has made full and proper disclosure of his role and did not act for personal gain. They were satisfied that everything was done in persuance of the goal and objectives of the Pan Africanist Congress.
Also granted amnesty by the committee were three Apla cadres who were involved in shooting of housess in Ficksburg area in 1992. Phila Dolo, Lerato Abel Khotle and Luvuyo Kulman applied for amnesty last month for offences flowing from attacks on town houses, attempted murder of Sergeant Otto Coetzee in a shootout in Ficksburg and murder of Mrs Leonie Pretorius during an attack on the farm known as Danside.
The committee further granted amnesty to Morton Christie, Harry Jardine and Andrew Howell for conspiring to damage the Seychelles Restaurant, the offices of the African National Congress and Nationalist Party in port Shepstone in February 1994.
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