31 July 2000
Water Affairs Minister, Mr. Ronnie Kasrils will appear before the Amnesty Committee of the TRC tomorrow for his role as the Commander of the De Lange Unit, in an application with three other MK members.
The Unit placed explosives at Linksfied Ridge Communication Towers in Johannesburg and near a military bus in the East Rand. No persons were injured at both these incidents. However, three members of the unit under Mr. Kasrils command Michael De Lange, Ian Hugh Robertson and Susan Catherine De Lange were charged and sentenced to between eighteen and twenty five years in November of 1989. They were released during April 1991 in terms of the Pretoria Minute.
Whilst the three are to appear before the Committee this afternoon, Mr. Kasrils who is presently in Cape Town is expected to appear before the Committee tomorrow.
Issued by: Truth and Reconcilliation Commission
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