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Transcripts for Section 6 of Episode 46
| Time | Summary | | | 19:44 | The second half of the Truth Commission process will concentrate on the amnesty applications of perpetrators of gross human rights violations. Until last week some 5500 people had applied for amnesty but a number of key figures and a large number of so-called foot soldiers have not yet submitted their applications. They only have six days left. After that they will be liable for criminal prosecution and civil claims. The Chairperson of the Truth Commission, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has a message for these people. | Full Transcript | | 20:19 | Dear fellow South Africans, this is a cry from the heart. May the tenth is just round the corner, on Saturday. That is the deadline for applications for amnesty. I appeal to all of you, right across the political spectrum, please take this golden opportunity to apply for amnesty on the most generous terms possible. This applies to you, leaders of political parties. This applies to you, people who were in the security forces. It applies to you who were involved in cross-border raids, because you are exposed to the possibility of civil proceedings for damages against you by those who were victims of your operations. I appeal to you who were in the self defence units in the townships, in the hostels. I appeal to you who were in the CCB, Military Intelligence. This amnesty is one that would expunge any criminal or civil liability you are likely to have. Please come forward because this is an opportunity to put the past behind you, to help in the process of your own healing and the healing ...more | Full Transcript | | 23:26 | The good news this weekend was that the whole National Executive Committee of the ANC has decided to ask for amnesty. But the Amnesty Committee is far behind schedule and government has been asked to appoint more judges so the mountain of applications could be dealt with. The possibility that all amnesty applications would not be heard this year gave rise to speculation that all perpetrators would in the end get amnesty, a so-called blanket amnesty. Bishop Tutu again. | Full Transcript | | 23:54 | We have asked the Minister of Justice and he has agreed to our request that the Amnesty Committee should be enlarged. This is in order to ensure that all the applications are dealt with by our Committee. We hope that it will be able to have finished its work at best at end of this year. It just might be necessary for them to continue into the first part of next year before we present our report in March. As far as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is concerned blanket amnesty is out. It would make nonsense of all the work that we have done hitherto, to say because we are unable to deal with the applications let us now grant blanket amnesty. It will be very difficult to justify to the victims. It is already difficult now, but full disclosure at least is something. People who didn’t know that their loved ones were murdered secretly and buried secretly now know. We would not have known this had there been blanket amnesty. | Full Transcript |
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