She said Khulumani was planning to write a letter to President Zuma later this week to ask for a review of the process of special presidential pardon to accommodate participation of the victims and their families.

"We believe that the process is flawed and would not solve any problems. Many of the victims and their families do not read newspapers where the list was advertised. Some are illiterate and live in deep rural areas,” she said.

She said Khulumani had asked the government to also release the names of the victims of violence to make it easier for their relatives to file objections.

However, Jobson said she knew that the government was already active in this regard.

“I have heard recently from the apartheid-era minister of police, Adrian Vlok, that he has received a letter from the Department of Justice asking for his permission to release information about his amnesty application to the public,” she said.

Simphiwe Shabalala, a field worker who interviewed some of the victims of the Richmond violence, said many of the victims and their relatives were not even aware of the process of special presidential pardon.

“Most of them said they were keen to put forward formal objections but they didn’t know how to go about it.

“The system of lodging objections is too cumbersome and not ideally suited to people on the ground,” said Shabalala.

President Zuma’s spokesperson, Zizi Kodwa, referred all queries to the Department of Justice.

Tladi Tladi, spokesperson for the justice minister, was not available for comment yesterday.

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