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prisoners and other individuals. Therefore the interim constitution was amended to
include 6 December 1993 as the cut-of date for amnesty. However, right-wing
organisations also wanted amnesty for their members who had committed offences
before the 1994 elections. The cut-off date was again amended to 11 May 1994. This
was done to make sure that the process ofreconciliation was inclusive and to gain rightwing
support.
Robert McBride and Barend Strydom who had committed crimes that caused
the whole country to feel outraged were also released in an attempt to reach a political
settlement. Robert McBride had exploded a bomb outside two bars in Durban killing
three civilians and injuring 69 people. He was granted indemnity early in 1993 on the
grounds that his act was politically motivated. White South Africans in particular did
not approve ofhis release.
Barend Strydom had shot dead an African woman and injured another. He was
also released early in 1993 on the grounds that his act was politically motivated as he
claimed commitment to the Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP), and the Afrikaanse
Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
The moving target offer is also used because the superiors will supposedly not
support the decision taken. However, there are also those negotiators who do not even
feel the need to make an excuse for revising offers. They can be stopped from changing
their offers by insisting on the original offer otherwise the negotiation stalls, or by
making a less desirable offer following the opposition's revision of their offer. This,
according to Fuller (1992), makes this tactic ineffective.
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