Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The amnesty hearing into the murder of Vlakplaas Askari, Brian Ngqulunga in Bophuthatswana in 1990 by Eugene De Kock and others, was to be heard on September 27, has now been scheduled for Tuesday September 13.
Six former Vlakplaas members, Eugene De Kock, Simon Radebe, Adriaan Baker, PH Botha, Willie Nortje and Willem Bellingan have applied for their role in the murder. De Kock claims that Ngqulunga had become emotionally unstable, and could present danger for the SAP hit-squad activities. The matter is to be heard at the Idasa Centre in Pretoria.
The first matter on the roll in the De Kock Cluster 4 - the killing of another Askari, Phemelo Moses Nthellanga (Mk a.k.a. Bruce or Geletjie) for losing his service pistol in a shebeen, has already been heard.
An amnesty hearing into the killing of another Askari, Goodwill Sikhakhane (ANC Neville, Collin Khumalo) on January 29, 1991, in Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, will be heard in Pietermaritzburg from September 20 - 23. Eight policemen have applied for the killing. The following three matters are all going to be heard in Pretoria from September 28 to 31.
The matter into the application of seventeen policemen for the murder of Portia Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane on February 12, 1989 in Swaziland, is to be heard at the Idasa Centre in Pretoria.
Fourteen other policemen who are seeking amnesty for killing Phillip Ndwendamutswa (a.k.a. MK Pantsu Smith), Busi Majola and Sipho Dlamini on December 16, 1986 in Swaziland will also be heard at the Idasa Centre in Pretoria.
The other matter involving ten former security policemen for the abduction, torture and killing of Jameson Ngoloyi Mngomezulu will also be heard at the Idasa Centre in Pretoria.
For more information: Mbulelo Sompeta 082 452 7870 Nosisi Tyantsi 082 458 8459.
9 September 1999