The bomb that killed three black policemen and one informer in Motherwell in 1989 will feature at an amnesty hearing starting in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.
The ministry for justice and constitutional development said on Friday that three former security policemen who had been convicted of being responsible for the bomb would apply for amnesty.
This follows a successful application by Gideon Nieuwoudt, Martinus Ras and Wahl du Toit for the Cape High Court to set aside a decision of a sub-Committee on Amnesty to deny them amnesty.
The reconstituted committee will commence its hearings on Tuesday in the Port Elizabeth High Court. The hearings are scheduled to continue until April 2.
The ministry said in a statement the commissioners would be Judge Ronnie Pillay (chair), Judge John Motata and advocate Francis Bosman.
The Cape High Court directed Justice Minister Penuell Maduna to convene the hearings. The three men were convicted of planting a bomb that killed the policemen in Motherwell on 14 December 1989, the statement said.
The victims were Warrant Officer Glen Mgoduka, Sergeant Amos Faku, Sergeant Desmond Mpipa and informer Xolile Sheperd Sakati (also known as Charles Jack).
Nieuwoudt, Du Toit and Ras were subsequently convicted and sentenced by the South Eastern Cape Division of the High Court to twenty, fifteen and ten years imprisonment respectively.
An appeal against their sentences have been suspended pending the outcome of the amnesty hearings. Nieuwoudt also appeared in court last month in connection with the murder of three anti-apartheid activists known as the Pebco Three in 1985.
He was granted bail and would return to court on June 3 together with former security policeman Johannes ”Sakkie” van Zyl. – Sapa