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TRC Series 3/4 – Thwarted visions of a bold prosecution policy

By Tunicia Jegels International Human Rights Advocate Yasmeen Sooka says it was an expectation that the 300 cases handed over to the NPA would be prosecuted. Much about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s success and failures are debatable, but what seems undeniable is that the TRC’s former commissioners and many others were hoping for a bolder prosecution policy after the release of the final reports. A coalition of NGO’s, lawyers and […]

25/04/2019

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TRC Series 2/4 – Justice Denied

By Tunicia Jegels We continue to hear stories from Mama Belina and Sindiswa Nunu, renowned human rights advocate Yasmeen Sooka also joins the conversation to reflect on the most recent developments regarding apartheid – crime prosecutions, and what has amounted to a betrayal of the landmark process at the TRC. Those affected by the events of 1986 were eventually given a generous donation by a US NGO and government to […]