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... of supporting facilities that protect the rights of the child. The environment 46 The Commission recommends that: THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BUSINESS SECTOR ENSURE THAT PLANS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AND AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AS A KEY INGREDIENT. ...

... recommends that: PRISONERS BE ALLOWED ACCESS TO MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS OF THEIR CHOICE (AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE). 5 See also section on The Health Sector, below. International standards 29 The Commission recommends that: THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PUBLICLY REAFFIRM ITS COMMITMENT ...

beneficiaries be entitled to the following: a Information about and or referral to appropriate services (government, non-government and/or private sector), depending on type of need. b Financial assistance in order to access and/or pay for services deemed necessary to meet specifically ...

... OF THE UNREST. WHERE THE COURTS OR OTHER STRUCTURES RULE IN FAVOUR OF STRIKING WORKERS, THOSE CONCERNED BE ADEQUATELY COMPENSATED. THE BUSINESS SECTOR SHOULD GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRUST FUND FOR THESE PURPOSES. RECOGNISING THAT SO-CALLED “SINGLE-SEX” HOSTELS FOR ...

... hearing took place in a context that was very antagonistic to the work of the Commission with threats coming, presumably, from the right-wing sector. There was a determined effort to silence the voices of the victims and to stop the Commission from exposing the atrocities that had taken ...

Other (white) business 81 The relationship between apartheid and business in other sectors was complex and at times contradictory. Many businesses benefited from the tariff protection, subsidies, cheap loans and preferential contracts provided by the state. Those industries competing against the ...

instruction of its client to pay one person but not another. 36 Against the above analysis, this chapter (which deals exclusively with the private sector) explores some of the moral issues raised in submissions on the role of business under apartheid. ...

... positions continued throughout the life of the Commission. 8 Personnel (or human resource) policies and procedures integrated public and private sector practices with the requirements of the Commission’s founding legislation, and were constantly amended and updated in line with new ...

Volume FOUR Chapter FIVE Institutional Hearing:The Health Sector ■ ETHICS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS International ethical codes 1 Health professionals have an ethical obligation to place the well-being of their patients at the forefront of their professional commitments. From ancient times ...

■ FINDINGS ARISING OUT OF MEDIA SECTOR HEARINGS The Commission finds that 112 State restrictions on the freedom of the media played an important role in facilitating gross violations of human rights during the period covered by its mandate. These restrictions grew in intensity until more ...

... Commissions recently established provide a good start. The vigorous promotion of a culture of human rights, of equality and mutual respect in every sector, is of paramount importance. Particular attention needs to be given to language codes that promote, quite subtly, images of hatred, distance ...

... October 1990 to give disabled members a platform to deal with their problems – for example finding employment within government and the private sector. 58 Mr Ian Bruce highlighted the possible role of groups in civil society. He shared the vision of a fellow ex-combatant, Marius van Niekerk ...

of repression occurred mainly outside prisons, at police stations or at interrogation centres”. 8 The chapter on Institutional Hearing: the Health Sector provides a description of the role and divided loyalties of district surgeons. ...

... 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. 16 See chapter on Recommendations. ...

Group; Legal Resources Centre; Black Sash; NGO National Coalition; National Land Committee; National Literacy Co-operative: Peoples' Dialogue; Urban Sector Network Corbett, M M CURAMUS: Botha, J H Deegan, J D�Oliveira, J A v S De Ridder, T De Vries, A P Department of Justice Die ...

In the business sector: 141 The following example of a truth and reconciliation initiative in the business community is based on a report in Business Day newspaper by Mzwandile Jacks, on 28 May 1998: Hearings Disclose Dorbyl’s “Racist Past” In May 1998, industrial holding company Dorbyl ...

... demands for widespread reparations beyond the limited group of victims on which the Commission was required to focus. At the business sector hearing in Johannesburg on 11 November 1997, Professor of Economics, Sampie Terreblanche, listed the following seven reasons why “political ...

59 At the business sector hearing in Johannesburg, the following was said: Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut (Afrikaans Chamber of Commerce) (AHI): What cannot be denied … is that apartheid disadvantaged black business. Many whites owned land and they accumulated capital by realising profits on the ...

... citizens, councillors, the security forces, and informers. e The student press. A detailed submission on the harassment of those involved in this sector. The Commission would like to have given more recognition to the student press’s contribution to freedom of the press at the hearing. f ...

■ THE HEALTH SECTOR 79 Millions of South Africans were denied access to appropriate, affordable health care during the period under review. Health care workers, through acts of commission and omission, ignorance, fear and failure to exercise clinical independence, subjected many individuals ...