23 November 2000
The Amnesty Committee of the TRC is expected to hear five different sets of amnesty applications in Durban next week starting on Monday November 27. The matters will be heard at the Durban Christian Centre corner Warwick Avenue and Berea Road.
However, details of the other three matters will be made in due course of the week with the exception of the following matter. On Monday, the Committee will amnesty application of Bheki Magoso an IFP member, who has applied for his role in the violence between Richmond Farm Settlement and KwaMashu's K Section in 1989.
Richmond was an IFP controlled area while K-Section was UDF controlled. Scores of people were killed in the fighting and extensive damage was caused to property in the figth for political control.
The fighting is said to have initially started between Amasinyora Gang who later aligned themselves with the IFP and the UDF which controlled the township. The fighting spilled over to the Richmond Farm when some people fled to seek refuge there.
The hearing is also expected to shed light on the role of the former KwaZulu Police (KZP) in the political violence of Kwazulu-Natal.
On Wednesday, the Committee will hear legal arguments on the abduction and the subsequent disappearance of UDF/ANC activist, Ntombi Kubheka who was murdered in the early 80's. The matter has been heard before.
Information on matters that will be heard on Tuesday is sketchy and will be forwarded in due course.
Details of other matters will announced in due course. The hearings are scheduled for five days, Monday 27 November to Friday 01 December.
Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
For more information call Mbulelo Sompetha at 082 452 7870.