/ 6 July 2000

KASRILS MAY APPEAR BEFORE TRC AFTER ALL

NATIONAL water and forestry affairs minister, Ronnie Kasrils, may be called to testify before the Truth Commission’s amnesty committee in Northern Province. This is despite his being struck from the committee’s roll of amnesty applicants on Monday. On Tuesday, a landmine victim asked that Kasrils be subpoenaed in his capacity as a former senior member of the African National Congress’ military wing, MK. Lawyer Jan Wagner asked the committee to also call former national defence force minister Joe Modise. He wants them to testify in connection with giving instructions for landmines to be planted on farms along the Zimbabwean border at Beit Bridge in 1985 and 1996.