Former security policeman Gideon Nieuwoudt on Monday finished testifying at the re-opened Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings on the 1989 Motherwell car bombing of three policemen and an askari, SABC radio news reported.
Nieuwoudt and two others are seeking amnesty for the killings in December 1989.
The hearings resumed in the Port Elizabeth High Court building.
The commission heard that Glen Mgoduka, Desmond Mapipa, Amos Faku and askari Charles Jack were killed because they had links with the African National Congress.
The three policemen and the askari were bombed on their way to Motherwell to observe a house where a trained activist was believed to be hiding.
According to the report, Nieuwoudt told the commission on Monday they had information, from an agent based abroad, that this activist was going to perform an operation in the next few days.
Nieuwoudt said he did not double-check whether this information was true or not because he trusted his agent.
The advocate for the victims’ families, Kessie Naidu, said Nieuwoudt was saying this to avoid being jailed.
The hearing was adjourned in April this year to allow Nieuwoudt time to seek medical treatment. — Sapa