PublicationsResearchTransitional Justice, Truth Commissions"Uncivil Society" – Challenges for Reconciliation and Justice in South Africa After the Truth and Reconciliation CommissionThis following paper is a presentation that will attempt to focus on the challenges that face South Africa in the endeavor to build sustainable reconciliation after the operations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In so doing, the presentation does not seek to offer a critique of the TRC, for it is patently obvious that the TRC was merely… Read More Graeme SimpsonApril 1, 2002
PublicationsResearchTransitional Justice, Truth CommissionsNational Narrative Versus Local Truths: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Engagement with DuduzaOne 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. Read More Hugo van der MerweJanuary 16, 2002
PublicationsResearchTransitional Justice, Truth CommissionsThe Legal Profession and the TRC: A Study of a Tense RelationshipThe subsequent report examines questions relating to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The research relies on documentary analysis in combination with 12 interviews involving important members of the different segments of the South African legal profession. Key materials included the submissions to the draft legislation, the submissions to the special legal hearing and the different judgements in regard to the… Read More Heidy RomboutsJanuary 1, 2002
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsInterventions After the TRC – Reconciliation, Advocacy & HealingCSVR decided to host a one-day workshop where further dialogue about the topics revolving around research on community intervention projects concerned with reconciliation, healing and advocacy work beyond the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in South Africa. The workshop was an attempt to build on the case studies and the conversations and debates that ensued among initiatives, among researchers and… Read More Undine Whande KayserOctober 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsReport of The National Strategy Workshop on ReparationsTo coincide with the third anniversary of the Truth Commission's final report, the Transition and Reconciliation Programme of CSVR hosted a national strategy workshop on reparations, which among others aimed at establishing the status, nature and time-frames set by government for implementation of the final reparations. Investigate how the rights of victims should be balanced with the amnesties enjoyed by… Read More Simon KimaniOctober 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsGangs, Pagad and the State: Vigilantism and Revenge Violence in the Western CapeThis booklet was funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The Violence and Transition Series is a product of an extensive research project conducted by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) into the nature and extent of violence during South Africa's transition from apartheid rule to democracy. The booklet goes on to provide a short history,… Read More Bill Dixon and Lisa-Marie JohnsMay 1, 2001
