17 February 2000
Three amnesty applications have been granted, one refused and another one partly granted and partly refused in the decision handed down by the Amnesty Committee recently.
Anthony Sbonelo Ndlovu has been granted amnesty in respect of the kidnapping and murder of Velaphi Victor Mthethwa committed at or near Mpumalanga in KwaZulu Natal during July 1989. The applicant and the victim were members of the ANC and IFP respectively. They were living in Mpumalanga which was hard sticken by political violence at the time of the incident.
Also granted amnesty are Mhlambo AM, Tsotetsi XB, Mangula MJ, all member of the ANC for the murder of Thembisile Victoria Mthembu during September 1991 near Jabula Road Nhlalakahle in Greytown. The deceased also a member of the ANC was suspected of having dual membership with the ANC and IFP.
The Committee also granted amnesty to Frank Bigboy Khanyile for the attack on the Nhlalahkle Police station and all acts associated with this attack committed at or near Greytown on October 28, 1991. Tow policemen were injured during the attack but neither of them opposed the application.
In the matter of Xhawulani Thulasizwe Ngcobo the Committee refused amnesty in respect of the murders of Cebo Majola, Simiso Bhengu, Shoti Ndulini, Bhekizani Nzuza, Mandlethu Ngcobo, Ngoma Shelembe, Sihle Mkhize and Siyanda Nqubane. The murders took place near KwaNyavu in the Table Mountain area in KwaZulu Natal during 1991 and 1992. Ngcobo's other application for the murders of Ncamisile Zimu and Sqwilli Zimu in 1996 could not be considered by the Committee as they were committed after the final cut off date on May 10, 1994. He was sentenced to an effective term of 25 years imprisonment for the murders.
Mzamo Thabani Mlaba has been partly granted and partly refused amnesty in two incidents he applied for. In respect of the murder of Secrete Nkonsenhle Mkize committed on Match 16, 1994 and unlawful possession of a G3 rifle and ammunition, amnesty has been granted. Meanwhile he's been refused amnesty in respect of the murder of Sbusiso Brian Mlaba, committed on the same date.
Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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