Issued by: THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
Amnesty Decision
29 May 2000
The Amnesty Committee of Truth and Reconciliation Commission today has granted amnesty to the wife of Minister of Waters Affairs and Forestry, Ronnie Kasrils, Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils.
Kasrils applied for amnesty for the bomb explosion of the Central Post Office in Durban in 1962. She also applied for amnesty for theft of dynamite near Marionhill and destruction of electricity pylons near Pinetown between 1962 and 1963.
Kasrils was also granted amnesty for bombing offices of the Durban security police, escape from police custody at Fort Napier in Pietermaritzburg and the illegal crossing of border to Botswana in 1963. The Committee found that Kasrils , met the requirements of the Act in that of making full disclosure of all the relevant facts, found to be associated with a political objective.
Also granted amnesty was Frans Maserumule a former MK cadre for attempted murder of an undetermined number of persons, unlawful possession of explosives and firearms. Tamsanqa Ndlovu, Isaac Ntoka, Lindani Mthiyane, Gabriel Jiyela, Basil Msibi and Thuso Tshika were also granted amnesty for attempted murders, unlawful possession of arms and ammunition, hand grenades and malicious damage to property.
The Committee refused amnesty to Bongani Ngubane an IFP member for killing Mmenezi Nxumalo in March 1994. The Committee found that Ngubane has failed to establish that the killing of Nxumalo was as a result of a political conflict between ANC and IFP.
Mbhekiseni Dlamini who is serving life sentence for the murder of 76 year old Paul Nicholson at Breakfast Hill Farm was also refused amnesty. Also refused amnesty was a member of Pan Africanist Congress Shadrack Twala for the murders of Marian De Freitas, Krel Engelbrecht and escaping from police custody.
Twala claimed during his testimony that it was PAC's policy to kill white people and policemen. The Committee found that Twala failed to make full disclosure of all relevant facts and that offence were not committed for a political reasons.
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