Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
February 25, 2000
The Amnesty Committee of the TRC will hear the amnesty applications of four former members of Umkhonto WeSizwe's Nchabeleng Unit that operated in the former KwaNdebele homeland during 1987.
The four, former unit commander Piet Mohlamme Mathebe, Charles Doctor Mathebe, Chakie Edison Mathebe and Jerome Joseph Maake, are seeking amnesty for their role in the murder of two policemen, attempted murder of a policeman and an attack with limpet mines of a police station and a magistrates court.
The Committee will also hear the amnesty application of an ex-MK soldier, Joas Mabote Tshomane for a 1987 car theft and an attack with bombs of a railway line in Soweto.
During the same week two former Inkatha Freedom Party members will seek amnesty for their various roles in the killing of ANC members in the Vaal Triangle area early in the 1990's. Mthandeni Victor Mthembu and Andrias Matanzima Nosenga are serving 20 and a 15 year jail term respectively for murder, attempted murder and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.
These hearings will commence on February 28 and end on March 3, 2000 at the JISS Centre in Mayfair, Johannesburg.
Inquiries: Nhlanhla Mbatha - 082 458 9968.