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Former President Thabo Mbeki says the National Prosecuting Authority must decide which cases involving perpetrators of gross human rights violations should be prosecuted. Testifying before the TRC Cases Inquiry, Mbeki says there should be no general amnesty for those who failed to apply for amnesty, stressing that prosecutions must proceed under ordinary criminal law, in line with existing legislation.

Former President Thabo Mbeki says he granted pardons to prisoners convicted of politically motivated offences in 2002. Testifying before the TRC Cases Inquiry, Mbeki says the Helen Suzman Foundation challenged the process, arguing that it lacked transparency and that the reasons for granting the pardons were not made available to Parliament.

Former President Thabo Mbeki has dismissed claims of secret meetings with apartheid-era generals to secure their amnesty, calling them fabrications. Testifying before the TRC Cases Inquiry, Mbeki says the generals raised concerns about foot soldiers taking responsibility for crimes without political leaders accounting for the decisions behind them. He says the ANC leadership subsequently approached the Amnesty Committee to lead by example and encourage National Party leaders and security officials to account for their roles in apartheid-era crimes.

Police in Gauteng have arrested 92 suspected illegal miners during Operation Prosper/Karabo in West Village, Krugersdorp. The operation began this morning, with SANDF members cordoning off the area before police and Home Affairs officials conducted targeted enforcement operations. Two firearms, ammunition, explosives, gas cylinders and illegal mining equipment, including phendukas, were seized. The multidisciplinary operation targets illegal mining, gangsterism and related criminal activities across Gauteng. Gauteng police spokesperson is Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party's First Deputy President, Duduzane Zuma, says his father and party leader, former President Jacob Zuma, will return to the campaign trail before the November local government elections. Duduzane Zuma was addressing hundreds of party supporters and members of the community at a mini rally in uMgababa in the south coast of Durban. He says the past two weeks have been difficult for the family amid reports about his father's health. However, he has expressed confidence that Jacob Zuma will resume his duties soon. He says they are confident that the party will do well at the local government polls and that Zuma will become South Africa's president again in 2029. Khalesakhe Mbhense reports.......