South Africa's Steps to Remember the Past
Table of Contents
STRUCTURE 3
AIMS OF THE TRC 3-4
DEBATES 4-5
SUCCESSES 5
LIMITATIONS 5-6
CONCLUSION 6
VISUAL EVIDENCE……………………………………………………....7-8
BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………9
HOW HAS SOUTH AFRICA CHOSEN TO REMEMBER THE PAST
Structure
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. In May 1995 the TRC was put into place by the Government of National Unity, in an attempt to bring healing to South Africa 's apartheid past. Archbishop Desmond Tutu was the Chairperson of the TRC and Alex Boraine was the Vice Chairperson. The TRC mandate led to a high level of determination, since the Commission wanted to establish a reliable picture of the gross human rights violations that were committed. The Commission listened to personal narratives from victims of apartheid, considered applications for amnesty by the apartheid perpetrators, provided reparations for deserving survivors of apartheid, and was thus charged with solving and healing South Africa 's collective memory of the past.
The TRC was generally considered as one of the requirements for a smooth transition towards a new South Africa. The TRC was based on the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No 34 of 1995. "... a commission is a necessary exercise to enable South Africans to come to terms with their past on a morally accepted basis and to advance the cause of reconciliation." Mr Dullah Omar, former Minister of Justice.
The TRC mandate was based on 3 committees: Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee, Human Rights Violations Committee and the Amnesty Committee.
Aims of the TRC project
After the end of apartheid in 1994, the South African government was confronted with the need to deal with the atrocities that were committed under the apartheid regime. They were convinced that the past could not just be forgotten, but that the truth behind the apartheid regime had to be exposed. Intensive negotiations between the National Party
STRUCTURE 3
AIMS OF THE TRC 3-4
DEBATES 4-5
SUCCESSES 5
LIMITATIONS 5-6
CONCLUSION 6
VISUAL EVIDENCE……………………………………………………....7-8
BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………9
HOW HAS SOUTH AFRICA CHOSEN TO REMEMBER THE PAST
Structure
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. In May 1995 the TRC was put into place by the Government of National Unity, in an attempt to bring healing to South Africa 's apartheid past. Archbishop Desmond Tutu was the Chairperson of the TRC and Alex Boraine was the Vice Chairperson. The TRC mandate led to a high level of determination, since the Commission wanted to establish a reliable picture of the gross human rights violations that were committed. The Commission listened to personal narratives from victims of apartheid, considered applications for amnesty by the apartheid perpetrators, provided reparations for deserving survivors of apartheid, and was thus charged with solving and healing South Africa 's collective memory of the past.
The TRC was generally considered as one of the requirements for a smooth transition towards a new South Africa. The TRC was based on the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No 34 of 1995. "... a commission is a necessary exercise to enable South Africans to come to terms with their past on a morally accepted basis and to advance the cause of reconciliation." Mr Dullah Omar, former Minister of Justice.
The TRC mandate was based on 3 committees: Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee, Human Rights Violations Committee and the Amnesty Committee.
Aims of the TRC project
After the end of apartheid in 1994, the South African government was confronted with the need to deal with the atrocities that were committed under the apartheid regime. They were convinced that the past could not just be forgotten, but that the truth behind the apartheid regime had to be exposed. Intensive negotiations between the National Party
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