Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
15 September 2000
THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
AMNESTY DECISIONS
The Amnesty Committee of the TRC today granted amnesty to a Commander of the Azanian Peoples Liberation Army (APLA), Phila Dolo for taking part in the killing of the Eikenhof Three during March 1993.
Dolo applied for amnesty for his role in the killings of Zandra Mitchley, Shaun Mitchley, Claire Silberbauer and attempted murder of Norman Mitchley and Craig Lamprecht on the Johannesburg /Vereeniging Highway.
Dolo told the panel that he ordered and commandered the operatives who carried out the operation because whites in particular were legitimate targets of APLA's attacks.
The Committee found that Dolo met the requirements of the Act in that he made full disclosure and that the Eikenhof Three incident consituted an act associated with a political objective. The next of kin of the deceased, Norman Mitchley and Craig Lamprecht were referred to the Reperation and Rehabilitation Committee for consideration.
Another APLA cadre granted am!der, attempted murders, malicious damage to property, unlawful possession of an R5 rifle and ammunition. Gqomfa was involved in shootings during March, 1992 at the Ndofela and Mayaphuthi Villages in the Sterkspruit area.
Also granted amnesty by the Committee were the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, Ronnie Kasrils, Micheal De Lange, Ian Robertson and Susan De Lange for being involved in the De Lange MK Unit from 1986 to 1988. The Unit was involved in respect of infiltration and deployment of MK Units, explosion of a communication mast pole, an airforce bus, attempted attacks on the Rosebank Police Station, the Randburg Commando Headquaters, and for gathering and submission of intelligence to the ANC.
An MK cadre Simon Ngubeni was also granted amnesty for the murders of Peter Rantsaile, Henry Kotzen and Jacobus Swanepoel on December 18, 1993 and for the explosion of a handgrenade at Leeuwhof Prison.
Also granted amnesty was an ANC cadre Jameel Chand for a number of explosions in and around the Johannesburg area. Chand planted limpet mines at the offices of the House of Delegates, Lenasia Management Committee and also the National Peoples Party on October 1, 1987.
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