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Transcripts for Section 4 of Episode 86
| Time | Summary | | | 42:40 | My work at COSATU and at the Industrial Aid Society exposed me to the adverse employment c conditions to which many black workers were subjected. This experience was to cultivate my interest in labour law and charted the way forward for my profession as a labour lawyer. I would say it was really because of being exposed to those adversities to which the workers were subjected to where I became a labour lawyer. | Full Transcript | | 42:58 | She attained a Masters degree in law from the prestigious Harvard Law School in the United States. When she returned to South Africa she opened her own law practice. Her extensive legal experience made her an excellent choice for the difficult and groundbreaking work on the Truth Commission’s Amnesty Committee. | Full Transcript | | 43:16 | Indeed. I must really confess that I didn’t know what actually lay ahead of my appointment. I thought it was formidable challenge that one would be faced with and indeed that proved to be the case. But it also proved to be one of those historical moments that one should necessarily be involved with. I think the amnesty process is a fundamental process to the truth discovery. Without the process of amnesty we would not have been able to come with all these revelations. I think many of the victims who have appeared before the Amnesty Committee have displayed a very noble notion of willingness to forgive because they have at least been acknowledged as victims and they have been acknowledged by the perpetrators. And that was I think a fundamental void which but for the TRC would not have been filled and which would have not enabled this country to chart its way forward. | Full Transcript | | 44:43 | Sisi Khampepe is married and has two sons. Her amnesty work takes her all over the country and away from her family. | Full Transcript | | 44:50 | I never anticipated the enormity of work that one would be involved with. I did expect formidable challenges but not the amount of work that one would be subjected to. But I’m fortunate in that my kids in as much as they probably feel a little disadvantaged they appreciate why that void cannot be filled by me. I’m also fortunate in having the kind of a husband who as I have stated has been extremely supportive at both an intellectual and an emotional level. I think my husband has been my support system, not only now during the TRC process but has always been there for me as a person, has always taken a keen interest in the development of my career. And I am more than lucky to have a person who understands the importance of being part and parcel of this historic moment of our country. | Full Transcript |
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