/ 27 May 1999

KATHADRA GETS AMNESTY

AFRICAN National Congress stalwart and former Rivonia trialist Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada was on Wednesday granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Kathrada applied for amnesty in respect of charges of sabotage that led to him to be sentenced to life imprisonment on June 12, 1964. The TRC announced, however, that Kathrada was not granted amnesty in respect of other offences where he is accepting collective responsibility as part of the leadership of the ANC.