TRC Final Report

Volume 5

Chapter 5

Subsection 13

Housing

Housing provision

113 It is recommended that specific attention be given to establishing housing projects in communities where gross violations of human rights led to mass destruction of property and/or displacement. The appropriate ministry should put the necessary mechanisms in place.

Institutional reform

114 One of the functions of the Commission is to make recommendations on institutional legislative and administrative measures designed to prevent the recurrence of human rights abuses in the future.¹⁶

115 The Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee recommends that the measures and programmes outlined in the chapter on Recommendations become part of the operational plans and ethos of a wide range of sectors in society including the judiciary, media, security forces, business, education and correctional services.

■ IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS AND RESPONSIBILITY

116 The nature and structure of the body which implements Final Reparation will need to be debated and will obviously depend on the decisions taken by Parliament about the form that final reparation will take. Based on present policy proposals, the Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee believes that the following issues must be considered:

a Implementation must take place at national, provincial and local levels.

b The national implementing body should be located in the office of the State President or Deputy President. The body should not be allocated to one particular ministry, as its functions will require access to the resources, infrastructure and services of a number of ministries (such as housing, health, welfare, and education).

c The national body should be headed by a National Director of Reparation and Rehabilitation, who will be advised by a panel or board of trustees, composed of appropriately qualified members from relevant ministries and human rights organisations.

117 The national body will have the following functions:

a Implementing and administering any financial reparation policy.

b Maintaining regular contact with relevant ministries, to ensure appropriate service provision. c Establishing provincial reparation desks. d Facilitating the formation of partnerships with NGOs, the private sector, faith communities and other appropriate groupings, in order to meet victims’ needs. e Promoting fund raising and communication strategies. f Monitoring, evaluating and documenting the national implementation of reparation and rehabilitation. g Reporting to the Inter-Ministerial Committee. 118 Provincial reparation desks should be established within existing provincial government structures. 119 Provincial reparation desks will have the following functions: a Ensuring that reparation recipients are linked to appropriate service providers. b Monitoring dispersal of financial reparation and providing suitable financial counselling to recipients. c Taking particular responsibility for community reparation and symbolic reparation at a local level. d Monitoring, evaluating and documenting implementation of reparation at a provincial level. e Reporting to the National Director of Reparation and Rehabilitation.