National Narrative Versus Local Truths: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Engagement with Duduza
- Posted on
- In Publications, Research
- by Hugo van der Merwe
One of the central goals of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was to 'uncover the truth' about South Africa's human rights abuses. This paper explores different understandings of the nature of this truth, by examining the tensions between the views of the TRC and those of a range of community stakeholders in Duduza, a township near Johannesburg.
nationalnarrative
Dr. Hugo van der Merwe is the former Director of Research, Knowledge and Learning at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.
