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Late Thursday afternoon an undercurrent of this whole drama came to the surface: Madikizela-Mandela’s political ambition to become the deputy president of the ANC and of South Africa. // Is there an opinion by a section of our country about the nomination of yourself to the deputy presidency of ...

... in front of me. From my side I wish to say I’m sorry for any hurt that I have caused the ANC leadership. I sincerely hope that the apology to Mr. Mandela and others that I carry in my heart will be as simply and publicly made by him and others as I have now again myself done. I know that ...

On the 11 of September this year President Nelson Mandela unveiled a statue in East London of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko. Biko died 20 years before, while being held in detention in Port Elizabeth. Four of the policemen implicated in Biko’s murder have applied for amnesty for the ...

... they were not interested in the money. We realised it was a terrorist attack. The manager approached them and they demanded the release of Nelson Mandela. The kombi they arrived in was full of ammunition. They asked that it be returned. He then said, we know we are going to die but you are ...

I was asking recently one of your guides and he said this is a symbol, it’s not a prison anymore, it’s a symbol of reconciliation. And I said well how is it a symbol of reconciliation? And he said it’s because at this point people who used to be warders here are now working with former ...

... Frank Chikane and with Dr Francis Aims, who diagnosed Siphiwo Mtimkulu with thallium poisoning. In the final segment the Special Report responds to Winnie Madikizela?s accusations of spreading misinformation. ...

On Thursday President Nelson Mandela visited the site where Samora Machel died ten years ago. He declared it a national monument and announced that his government would reopen the investigation into the causes of the plane crash. Of course, as far as the previous government was concerned there was ...

... from him if we adopted a certain strategy. Let me tell you, in an example, and this is the example that the Archbishop gave. When President Nelson Mandela went to see PW Botha, PW Botha made it very clear that he is going to have nothing to do with the Commission and that was when he was being ...

The first address given is that of Mr. Nelson Mandela and then there are some notes: the house of such and so is deliberately not numbered but is easily recognizable by ‘bla bla bla.’ It’s obvious why this description is there mister Chairman to me, and that is because the house was not ...

... for more courts, more prosecution teams. But I think we have, in many cases have had a travesty of the truth and if I could just respond to Dr. Mandela, it was in fact because it was promised that there will be reconciliation that the main opposition parties, the IFP and the NP, went along ...

... a rising star, a fiery leader, both as intellectual and fighter. By the time of his death popular opinion ranked Chris Hani a second only to Nelson Mandela. His assassination on the 10 of April 1993 came as a shock to most. ...

... of having worked for a system that is forsaking us, that is not prepared to stand up for us. At least the ANC stands behind their people. Nelson Mandela looks after his people. But we have just been left like that. // Next week when you go and explain what you did, how it worked and what the ...

... hearings on the MUFC held in Johannesburg (28 to 29 January) that investigated the relationship between the Soweto Security Police and Madikizela-Mandela. The following segments provide a profile of TRC Deputy Chairperson Alex Boraine and rebroadcast a report on Xhosa?s, Sotho?s and Zulu?s of ...

... the truth - in a discussion with journalist, author and former newspaper editor Donald Woods, director of human resources at Spoornet Maki Mandela, IFP member of parliament Abraham Mzizi and UCT academic and political commentator Herman Giliomee. The second segment provides a profile of ...

... time I see it, it just keeps hurting me; it’s like not letting wounds to heal. I agree with him, if we could have positive ways of doing it like Mandela walking out of jail which is taking us a step further instead of going backwards, because, yes we have to live with our past but if we’re ...

... February 2 1990: State President FW de Klerk makes his dramatic speech in Parliament, unbanning the liberation movements and the release of Nelson Mandela and his comrades. For the majority of South Africans this meant the beginning of freedom and democracy. To right wing whites it was their ...

... Malan and a report back on faith community hearings held in East London (17 to 19 November 1997). In preparation for the upcoming hearings on the Mandela United Football Club, the following segment questions the means of fighting for a just cause and voices the opinions of ANC spokesmen and ...

business to take part in public hearings. There were also special event hearings like those on the State Security Council and the wrongdoings of the Mandela United Football Club. The third leg is the hearings of the Amnesty Committees. Headed by judges of the High Court these Committees have the ...

... as the right to subpoena, the public nature of hearings and the possibility of amnesty in exchange for the truth. The final segment shows Nelson Mandela?s mention of the TRC and message to victims in his opening of Parliament. ...

... October, November, December, practically the whole area became UDF, almost overnight. And the Inkatha were really in retreat. 1990 was when Nelson Mandela was released, the ANC was unbanned and that increased dramatically the tension between especially this part, top of the valley and lower ...