FRIDAY, 2.30PM
The truth commission Friday made an impassioned final plea to former apartheid defence minister General Magnus Malan to apply for amnesty before Saturday’s deadline.
TRC deputy chairman Dr Alex Boraine said the commissione noted Malan’s decision not to seek amnesty with “deep concern”. “It is my opinion that he would be well advised not only in terms of reconciliation but in terms of his own self-interest to apply for amnesty even at this 11th hour,” said Boraine.
Malan on Wednesday told the commission he takes “moral responsibility” for the “lawful actions” of the former SADF. Said Malan: “I believe that the forgiveness of sins is the exclusive right of God Almighty.”