/ 22 August 1999

WEAKLY KILLERS GIVEN AMNESTY

THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Thursday granted amnesty to four African National Congress members for killing Grahamstown lawyer Alistair Weakly and his brother, Glen, in the Transkei area in 1993. The TRC’s amnesty committee granted amnesty to Pumelele Hermanus, Mlulami Maxhayi, Lungile Mazwi and Fundisile Guleni for the murder of the brothers on the grounds that the applicants had a political motive. The four were also granted amnesty for the attempted murders of Keith and Brett Rumble and Thomas O’Keefe, who were travelling with the Weakly brothers at the time of the attack. The applicants testified they had acted in retaliation for the assassination of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani on April 10, 1993.