23 March 2000
Media Advisory
Several former security policemen will appear
before the Amnesty Committee of the TRC at the Wesley Methodist
Church in Pretoria as from Monday March 28, 2000.
Phillipus Johannes Cornelius Loots, and Marthinus David Ras are seeking amnesty for their role in the 1987 killings of a former Bophuthatswana policeman Richard Motsai and his nursing sister wife, Irene in the couple's Hammanskraal home.
Jaques Hetcherm Johannes Jacobus Viktor Josephus Daniel Lourens Coester are applying for amnesty for the 1986 attack with explosives of an Atterdgewille home of a youth activist, Oupa Masuku. The attack resulted in the death of Oups's mother Ester, and Oupa being partially paralysed.
Jan Hatting Cronje, Jacques Detcher, Paul Jacobus Jansen van Vuuren, Michael Andries Stephanus Pretorious, Robert Leslie Jubber and Johannes Jacobus Viktor are seeking amnesty for their role in the 1986 bombing of houses belonging to ANC supporters, David Modimeng, Leonard Brown and Sello Ramakobye in Brits. Joyce Modimeng died in the attack.
Schalk van Visser, Christo Petro Deetlefs, Frederik Johannes Pienaar and James Emiel Wilhelm van Zweel are seeking amnesty for the 1984 abduction of MK operatives Chris Mosoane, Tebogo, James and Bhuye in Swaziland.
The hearings are scheduled to last for two weeks starting on March 28 to April 7, 2000. The venue for the hearing is the Wesley Methodist Church, cnr. Visagie and Andries Street, Pretoria.
Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Inquiries: Nhlanhla Mbatha - 082 458 9968.