CHAIRPERSON
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MR RUDOLPH
"The raising of the Transvaal "Vierkleur" at the, and the bomb attack at Melrose House in Pretoria where the Peace of Vereeniging was concluded in 1902.  On this terrain the Vierkleur was raised as well.  As a result of this and other attacks, the applicant on the 17th of September 1990, was arrested and charged with the theft of weapons, sabotage and other offences.
		With the agreement between the then government and the ANC, the applicant was also set free on the 18th of March 1991.  After his release, the applicant had a post as Secretary-General at the AWB. In that capacity he became involved in the events at Ventersdorp for which he is now requesting amnesty.
		The political objectives was that in order to achieve political stability, the reinstatement of the former Boer Republics as sovereign independent countries within Southern Africa, to be acknowledged as such.  The African's further viewpoint was that the independence of the Boer Republics could be achieved in two ways, namely by negotiating and by fighting for it.  The previous applicant pledged himself to the negotiation process and this was still his point of departure.
		With this point of departure, the applicant and others, during August 1991, they decided to attend the public political meeting of the former State President, Mr FW de Klerk at Ventersdorp and to put questions to him regarding the independence of the Boer Republics' political prisoners who were still in prison and who are still there, squatters on Boer land which was a matter of actual importance and interest at Ventersdorp at that stage.
		It has to be noted that at the time of the Ventersdorp event he was a resident of Ventersdorp."