October 13, 2000
The TRC Amnesty Committee is to consider four sets of applications in Johannesburg next week starting Monday October 16, 2000 at the JISS Centre, cnr Queens and Battery Road, Mayfair. William Charles Smith is seeking amnesty for various incidents of torture, arrest and assault of political activists in the 1980's in and around Gauteng.
It is alleged that during 1980, the applicant was involved in an investigation which was aimed at persons connected with trade unions aligned to liberation movements. These persons were detained, interrogated and tortured both physically and psychologically. Smith together with about 19 (nineteen) of his security Branch colleagues participated in the investigation which was know as the Barbara Morgan investigations. He now seeks amnesty for his involvement therein.
In other matters Izak Daniel Bosch and Eric Goosen are seeking amnesty for monitoring inter alia, Ms Barbars Morgan, Neil Agget, Rene Roux, Carl Niehaus, Cedric Mason and Beyers Naude in the early 1980's.
Also seeking amnesty is Gary Leon Pollock for setting alight a vehicle which was parked in the parkway next to Barbara Mogan's bedroom. The incident took place around February 1990.
In another incident Paul Erasmus seeks amnesty for attempted murder and other related incidents, and also for malicious damage to property, illegal searching of premises, perjury, crimen injuria and theft. These incidents were committed against inter alia Beyers Naude, Shanty Naidoo, Neil Agget, Dr. Liz Floyd and Gavin Anderson in the 1980's.
The hearings will start at 9.00am.
Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Contact : Nosisi Tyantsi
082 458 8459