Trc episode 37, part 09

Closing remarks

Joe Mamasela was not at the amnesty hearing and he's not scheduled to appear before the Commission. We asked Amnesty Committee spokesman Cocky ...

This episode focuses on the HRV Committee hearings held in Bloemfontein from 2 to 4 July. Segments include incidents of repression, death in exile and terror ...

People before the Truth Commission have repeatedly asked questions about Joe Mamsela, the man who has admitted to being part of the killing of more than 30 ...

This afternoon a special interfaith service was held in Bloemfontein because that is where the Truth Commission will be sitting this coming week. Of course our ...

This episode focuses on the amnesty applications of five former security policemen: Jack Cronje, Roelf Venter, Jacques Hechter, Wouter Mentz and Paul van ...

Some amnesty applicants suffer from severe post-traumatic stress disorder,. This results in memory lapses.

Security Police based at Vlakplaas and the shady army unit, the CCB, were not the only ones involved in torture and murder against activists. There were other ...

An Amnesty Committee hearing is a legal process, but it is not a court of law. The hordes of attorneys and advocates who have now become emroiled in the ...

Chris Ribeiro's parents were shot and killed at their home on December 1, 1986. His mother Florence died in his arms. Doctor Fabian Ribeiro was a much loved ...

nces police not only killed political activists, but with them their wives. We ask "why?"

They've been called fortresses of fear. The story of hostels in South Africa is a story of bloodshed and division.

By the end of the eighties bannings, press restrictions and states of emergency had certainly taken their toll. In 1989 mass anger turned into spontaneous revolt.

Closing remarks.

An amnesty applicant relives the shooting of Joe Tsele.

Some amnesty applicants suffer from severe post-traumatic stress disorder,. This results in memory lapses.

Scheepers Morudu was a Mamelodi High School activist in the late 1980s. That was enough reason for Paul van Vuuren and his colleagues to torture him.

Let me introduce you to Jann Turner, daughter of the prominent 1970s activist Dr Rick Turner, who was assassinated in 1978. Jann was with him when he died.

In 1983 Brigadier Jack Cronje led an attack of Vlakplaas men into Swaziland. They executed the ANC military commander in Natal, Zweli Nyanda and an ANC ...

The Truth and Reconciliation process is not really about the past. The people of Oudtshoorn asked the Truth Commission for a special hearing so they could ...