21 July 2000
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Amnesty Committee will consider an amnesty application from Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) Commander, Phila Martin Dolo for killing of the Eikenhoff Three, as he gave the orders for the attack. The hearing will be held at the JISS Centre in Mayfair, Johannesburg as from Monday 24 July 2000 to 28, 2000.
Four other APLA cadres will also be applying for amnesty for various offences including murders, attempted murders and robberies.
Dolo claimed in his application that the Eikenhoff attack was the first special operation in Gauteng. The operation was carried by four APLA operatives using AK47's and a hand grenade..
Dolo was carrying instructions from the APLA High Command when he ordered the attack on the Eikenhoff Three. Dolo is also applying for amnesty for the murder, attempted murder and possession of arms and ammunition.
In May 1993 the applicant attacked a police van in Soweto in which one policeman was killed and the other one injured. Dolo is also applying for amnesty for the ambushes in Lady Grey, Zastron and Ficksburg where farm houses were attacked.
Several people died and many were injured during the attacks and grazing fields were burnt. Thapelo Maseko an APLA Commander of a special unit "Repossession Unit" is applying for robbing an Orlando East garage in 1990 where no one was injured.
Phillip Masilo applies for amnesty in connection with a robbery committed on October 16, 1995 at Capital Park in Pretoria. During the course of the robbery the owner was injured and subsequently died of head injuries.
Pitso Makume also an APLA cadre applies for amnesty for the attack of the Mahlati Butchery in Zandela Township, and the attack on a SADF depot in De Aar in 1992, during which arms and ammunition were taken and an attack at the Panama Farm. In 1993 Makume attacked the Kragbron, Dog Unit and Sasolburg 1 where three police reservists were injured.
Also applying for amnesty at the same hearing will be an ANC member, Daniel Phasha for a murder committed on February 16, 1993. Phasaha maintained that the attack was to protect the community as the victim was said to be a witch doctor who had killed many people.
Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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