Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
September 15, 2000
THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
MEDIA ADVISORY
SUBJECT: AMNESTY APPLICATIONS INTO THE HARASSMENT OF MZWAKHE MBULI
The Amnesty Committee of the TRC will, as from Monday 18 September, consider nine different sets of amnesty applications in Pretoria for a number of Human Rights violations acts committed against political activists during apartheid rule.
The matters will be heard in Pretoria at the Wesley Methodist Church, corner Andries and Visagie Streets.
The first applicant, Kobus Klopper, will appear before the Committee for his role in the assault, arrest and planting of explosives on Mziwakhe Mbuli on March 17 1989. Mbuli is currently serving time at Leeukop Prison in Johannesburg on robbery charges.
The second matter is that of Christopher Mosiane who has applied for the abduction of Rodney Toka (a.k.a) Mk Bomber in Mamelodi in 1986. He is applying for his role in interrogating, assaulting and tubing of Toka.
Mosiane has also applied for kidnapping an unknown person in Mabopane, date unknown, with Simon Radebe and Colonel Prinsloo.
Radebe and Prinsloo are not applicants in this matter.
Other matters for the week include: the attempted petrol bomb attack on a house in Mamelodi/Atteridgeville. Deon Gouws is the applicant.
Three amnesty applicants, Erik Goosen, JDL Coetser and Johannes Viktor have applied for a bomb attack on a house in Soshanguve between September and November 1986.
Goosen, Deon Gouws have applied for a bomb attack in Mamelodi West between January to April 1986.
Goosen has also applied for the assault of an unknown ANC Courier June to December 1987.
JDL Coetser. Johannes Victor and Gouws have applied for a bomb explosion at an activist house in Ekangala between February and March 1986.
Proceedings start at 9.30am.
For more information call Mbulelo Sompetha at 082 452 7870.