Persistent vandalism in Nxuba is increasingly fraying the nerves of residents, with the public swimming pool, cemetery, youth centre and buildings dedicated to apartheid struggle icons lying in ruins.
Political interference in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) meant that many cases involving the deaths of anti-apartheid activists didn’t “see the light of day” for many years. This included the murder of Dr Neil Aggett at the hands of police officials in 1982.
Correspondent Mark Mikhail gathers the lessons of South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission and offers its restorative justice philosophy to address American systemic biases.
Time to give meaning to the TRC iol.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iol.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An Umkhonto weSizwe member, Jameson Ngoloyi Mngomezulu, was detained by members of the apartheid security forces. He died after being severely tortured.
Cradock Four families want justice iol.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iol.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Justice minister Ronald Lamola said in a statement dated Jan 5 that it was “in the interests of justice to finally bring closure to the families of the deceased who have been waiting decades for the truth about who killed their loved ones”.
South Africa's justice ministry said Friday it will re-open an inquiry into the murder of four anti-apartheid activists which became one of the era's most notorious crimes but remains unsolved nearly four decades on.