Question NW3873 to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
05 January 2024 - NW3873
Pambo, Mr V to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
(a) What total number of (i) pre-1994 elections Special Branch members applied for amnesty at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and (ii) such applications were (aa) granted and (bb) denied and (b) what (i) happened to the Special Branch members who were denied amnesty and (ii) were their names?
Reply:
(a) What total number of
(i) pre-1994 elections Special Branch members applied for amnesty at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and
(ii) such applications were (aa) granted and (bb) denied
The information on the total number of the pre-1994 elections Special Branch members who applied for amnesty at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and whose applications were granted and denied is available on the amnesty hearing transcripts and on volume 6 section 3 chapter 1 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report which are available on the Department of Justice website www.justice.gov.za/trc/index/html.
(b) What (i) happened to the Special Branch members who were denied amnesty
The National Prosecuting Authority has established a section in the National Prosecuting service handling TRC amnesty and prosecution related matters.
(ii) What were their names
Their names are available on the Department of Justice website on the amnesty hearing prescripts www.justice.gov.za/trc/index/html.