Media Summary: The Truth Commission has the task of investigating gross human rights violations in our past. Some of these violations happened ... In the past few months we've tried to give you a personal glimpse into the lives of some of the Truth Commission's 17 ... In Boksburg the Truth Commission's Amnesty Committee this week heard amnesty applications from members of an ANC self ...
Trc Episode 84 Part 05 - Detailed Analysis & Overview
The Truth Commission has the task of investigating gross human rights violations in our past. Some of these violations happened ... In the past few months we've tried to give you a personal glimpse into the lives of some of the Truth Commission's 17 ... In Boksburg the Truth Commission's Amnesty Committee this week heard amnesty applications from members of an ANC self ... The Commission has made significant progress towards finding the truth as far as the past actions of the liberation movements, ... We have seen much truth and many deeply touching scenes of reconciliation between victims, survivors and perpetrators the last ... In 1993 more than 1500 people were killed in the orgies of violence that engulfed the East Rand townships near Johannesburg.
Some of the leaders of the Communist Party in South Africa have played an exceptional role in the liberation of the country. If we should judge the apartheid state on how they treated their prisoners then we should certainly also judge the liberation ... Amnesty applications have been received from unexpected quarters. Some of the prominent ANC members who applied for ... On the night of June 27, 1985 Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkonto, Fort Calata and Sicelo Mhlauli left a UDF meeting in Port ... Jonathan Shapiro is one of South Africa's most respected cartoonists ever. Under the name 'Zapiro,' his work can be seen every ... This civil war that has become a reality of life in KwaZulu-Natal in the last decade has left many thousands dead. In areas like the ...
In the Truth Commission process there are victims and there are perpetrators of human right violations. Patrick Hlongwane was ... Repression in the Eastern Cape had always been more severe than elsewhere. The Commission was confronted with more ... Monstrous times, monstrous deeds. State violence brought violence in reaction. The ANC's explanation that they fought a just war ... Most of you who have followed this programme since April 1996 will have seen the Truth Commissioner with the greying beard ...
