Daily Maverick asked academics, activists and attorneys for their views on amnesty for those implicated in State Capture.
After Chief Justice Raymond Zondo handed over the final State Capture report to President Cyril Ramaphosa last week, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela and others suggestedspoke had mixed responses to the proposal.was set up in 1995, in order to get amnesty, applicants had to meet three criteria:The acts for which they applied had to have had a political objective; and
Siphamandla Zondi, a professor of politics and international relations at the University of Johannesburg , said amnesty would be a good approach because it would “turn a number of people into State witnesses and it makes prosecutorial sense to try and lure some people who may know something about others”.
“We need to clean the system and the best way to do that is if we allow people to self-disclose, then we can fix the system,” said Madonsela. Speaking on the suggestion that an independent body processes amnesty applications, Majola said: “As it stands, there is the opportunity for people to come clean and approach the NPA [National Prosecuting Authority]. It’s not like those avenues do not exist. We don’t need a new institution because one can disclose anonymously and assist with investigations in exchange for plea bargains.”
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