TRC Final Report

Volume 1

Chapter 13

Subsection 46

Date of Report: 1979/1990 The report was made in six parts (see separate references below) Chair: WIEHAHN, N.E. Ref: Part 1: RP 47-79 (E&A)

Part 2: RP 38-80 (E&A) Parts 3 & 4: RP 82-80 (E), RP 87-80 (A) Part 5: RP 27-81(E&A) Part 6: RP 28-81 (E&A).

1978-79 Commission of Inquiry into Alleged Irregularities in the Former Department of Information

Mandate: To evaluate and make findings and recommendations on certain evidence of alleged irregularities in the former Department of Information which had come to light through other authorities and through the press; and [for the supplementary report] to extend the inquiry into new facets and areas brought to light in the course of the Commission’s first inquiry.

Date of Report: 1978, supplementary report 1979

Chair: ERASMUS, R.P.B.

Ref: RP 63/1979 (supplementary report)

1979 Commission of Inquiry into the Riots at Soweto and Elsewhere from 16 June 1976 to 28 February 1977

Mandate: To inquire into and report on the riots at Soweto and other places in the Republic during June 1976, and their causes.

Date of Report: 1979

Chair: CILLIË, P.M.

Ref: RP 55/1980 (E), RP 106/1979 (A)

1980-81 Commission of Inquiry on the Constitution

Mandate: To inquire into and report on the introduction of a new Constitution for the Republic of South Africa

Date of Report: Interim Report: 6 May 1980 Final Report: 4 February 1981

Chair: SCHLEBUSCH, A. L.

Ref: Interim Report: RP 68/1980

Final Report: RP 23/1981

1980 Commission of Inquiry into Reporting of Security Matters regarding the South African Defence Force and the South African Police Force

Mandate: To inquire into and make recommendations on a) the delimitation of, on the one hand, the interests of the news media and the public’s right to be informed on affairs of the state and, on the other hand, the interests of the state and of its citizens as entrenched by section 118 and other provisions of the Defence Act of 1957 and the Police Act of 1958, which require that newsworthy information should sometimes not be made known; b) ways of reconciling these interests and any changes that might be needed to the Defence Act of 1957 and the Police Act of 1958.

Date of Report: 1980

Chair: STEYN, M.T.

Ref: RP 52-80

1981 Commission of Inquiry into Security Legislation

Mandate: To inquire into, report and make recommendations on the necessity, adequacy, fairness and efficacy of legislation pertaining to the internal security of the Republic of South Africa.

Date of Report: 21 November 1981 Chair: RABIE, P.J.

Ref: RP 90-81

1982 Commission of Inquiry into the Monetary System and Monetary Policy in South Africa

Mandate: To inquire into and report on the oversight on the monetary system and the monetary policy in South Africa.

Date of Report: November 1982

Chair: DE KOCK, G.P.C. Ref: RP 93/1982

1982 Commission of Inquiry into the Mass Media

Mandate: To continue with and build on the work of the Van Zijl Commission (195064), the Commission of Inquiry on Security Matters regarding the Defence Force and the Police Force (1979-80) and the Meyer Commission (1969-71), which investigated the desirability of establishing a television service.

Date of Report: 1982

Chair: STEYN, M.T.

Ref: RP 89/1981 ( 3 vol. )

1984 Commission of Inquiry into South African Council of Churches Mandate: To inquire into and report on – a) the inception, development, objects and activities of the South African Council of Churches, including the way it functions and is managed;

b) the way in which the South African Council of Churches and individuals connected with it solicit or obtain money and assets (at present or in the past), the purpose for which these funds are used and the organisations and individuals from or through whom they are solicited or received.

c) any other matter pertaining to the South African Council of Churches, its present and past office bearers or officers and other persons connected with it, on which the Commission is of the opinion that a report should be made in the public interest.

Date of Report: 1984

Chair: ELOFF, C.F. Ref: RP 74/1983