10 March 2000
Brigadier Christoffel Pierre Van Der Westhuizen was a commander of the Eastern Cape Province Command and also chairman of the Joint Management Centre of Eastern Province and Colonel Lodewikus Griebenauw was the commander of the Security Branch in the Border region at the time they committed these offences.
The two applied for amnesty in respect of any criminal activity they may have been involved with regard to their participation in the operation.
During 1984 and 1986 political unrest in the Eastern Cape increased.
Political violence and riots became the order of the day and the security from the government's perspective, was threatened and undermined. The two applicants adopted a master plan which if was accomplished would have had far reaching implications for Eastern Province, Ciskei and Transkei.
The Committee found that the two applicants met the requirements of the act that of full disclosure and a political motive.
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