A secret 2004 report detailing the findings of the Amnesty Task Team appointed by former president Thabo Mbeki to address the unfinished business of Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions contemplated amending the Constitution to allow ‘backdoor’ amnesties. The Amnesty Task…
Marianne Thamm
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Suffering from heart failure, his lower eyelids discoloured and swollen, apartheid’s killing machine, Eugene de Kock (77), this week appeared at the inquest into the murder of the Cradock Four. In the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court in…
Marianne Thamm
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Three men, all veterans of the African National Congress and key players in the history of democratic South Africa, as well as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), met at a crossroads in 2003. Today, two represent the best of…
Marianne Thamm
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A forged memorandum that misled the ANC and that forms part of evidence to the Khampepe inquiry into delayed Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions, reveals a dark chapter in South Africa’s legal history, showcasing the lengths to which some went…
Marianne Thamm
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