Nineteen ninety-nine was the year we discovered that a rape in South Africa doesn't occur every 17 seconds, every 23 seconds, every 25 seconds or even every 83 seconds, casting doubt on the claim that more than a million women…
This paper will attempt to sketch the developments in by-law enforcement in the four major cities in South Africa, and in doing so, shall firstly examine the rationale behind by-law enforcement with specific reference to enabling legislation for such enforcement…
This report documents this ongoing tension between independence and accountability as it affects the magistracy. It does so through three case studies that can be framed as encounters with the independence-accountability issue: the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the lay…
The aim of this report is to examine the 'Healing of Memories' (HOM) process as one intervention in the larger discourse around truth and reconciliation in South Africa since 1994 until today. HOM workshops present one of the few institutionalised…
This article focuses on survivors' perspectives of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). It probes their feelings, thoughts and views both before and after interacting with the Commission. Their feelings and opinions about issues such as justice, punishment and amnesty…
This paper explores the interplay between the factors of psychological support, government strategies and socio-economic development in the reparations process and the contradictory and inherent difficulties of trying to make amends for past wrongs in post-apartheid South Africa. The competing…