GRANT, D J

■ INDIVIDUAL REPARATION GRANTS 67 In acknowledgement of victim’s rights to reparation, it is recommended that final reparation involve an amount of money, called an individual reparation grant, to be made available to each victim (if he/she is alive) or equally divided amongst ...

... the Commission recommended that limited financial resources be made available to facilitate such access where necessary. Individual reparation grants 11. This is an individual financial grant scheme. The Commission recommended that each victim of a gross human rights violation receive a ...

... denied amnesty by the Committee. This decision was widely criticised by civil society and victims, as the pardons were perceived to be a ploy to grant amnesty using the ‘presidential pardon’ process. There has been a demand fro m civil society that the President explain why he ...

... and Madlanga. The only question raised in these appeals that affected the work of the Commission concerned the jurisdiction of the Committee to grant amnesty for offences committed by South African citizens outside the Republic. This matter was reported in Volume One5 7 of the ...

â–  RECOMMENDATIONS Reparation and rehabilitation policy 78 I believe the individual reparation grant structured as cash payment to be unwise. It does not distinguish on the basis of either the harm suffered or the needs of individuals. While the expressed or implied purpose is that ...

... most important of these was whether reparation should be financial and, if so, how much money should be given. 41 The alternative to a financial grant would be a ‘service package’. Offering a service package has a number of pitfalls: a The costs of administering the process ...

... 3 In addition, in the context of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, reparation is essential to counterbalance amnesty. The granting of amnesty denies victims the right to institute civil claims against perpetrators. The government should thus accept responsibility for ...

... should similarly be facilitated. Costs associated with exhumations, reburials and alternative ceremonies will be met from the individual reparation grant. Headstones and tombstones 82 In a number of cases, deponents asked for tombstones and headstones to be erected on the graves of the ...

... where they stole two R4 rifles. They fired shots at the soldiers in an attempt to kill them. Amnesty decision 88. The Committee refused to grant amnesty to the two men for the following reasons: 89. First, the NSP was not a publicly known bona fide political organisation or liberation ...

... services and facilities. It is recommended that limited financial resources be made available to facilitate this access. Individual Reparation Grants 26 This is an individual financial grant scheme. It is recommended that each victim of a gross human rights violation receive a financial ...

... Noxolo Lovedelia GQOLOZA, Mlindeli GQUBELA, Velile Henry GQUBULE, Fundile Lawrence GQWETANI, Gemjikile GQWETHA, Sabelo GRADWELL, Andrew Desmond GRANT, Esther Esi GRANT, John Walter GREAVE, Khanyile Catherine GREEF, Stefanie GREGORY, Chaucer Mphiwa GREY, Fundisile GRIFFITHS, Thatela Benedict ...

... and 37 others (case no 3729/98). The Commission brought an application to establish legal certainty on a decision by the Amnesty Committee to grant amnesty to thirty-seven members of the African National Congress (ANC). Before the lodging of the application, the NP applied to the High Court ...

... Victims were sent a letter from the President and a letter from the Preside n t ’s Fund. This included the amount of the financial grant they were to receive and the name of an official in the Department of Welfare who would assist them in accessing the services recommended by ...

... on farms, all committed between 1990 and 1993. A total of twelve people were killed and thirteen injured in these attacks. The Amnesty Committee granted all but four of the applications. Attack on Mr RJ Fourie on the farm ‘Stormberg’ 203. PAC/APLA members Hendrik Leeuw, Daniel ...

... for the Reparation and Rehabilitation programme. Indeed, government’s only response thus far has been to challenge the individual reparation grant component of the Commission’s recommendations. 2 0 . This delay has led to ongoing public debate and widespread criticism. Much of ...

... accepted that the applicants had made full disclosure of all the relevant facts as required by section 20(1) of the Act. Amnesty was therefore granted to the four applicants. 179. The Amy Biehl incident provided the Commission with an extraordinary example of reconciliation. Members of the ...

... for the Technikon to make a prosthetic nose for Mr Mothuphi. His transport to Durban was donated by Transnet and he used his interim reparation grant to pay for his stay while he was having treatment . 53. After having the prosthetic nose fitted, Mr Mothuphi was asked if his life had changed: ...

... of funds 45. The RRC was very careful to make sure that all parties concerned agreed on the name of the account into which the interim grant would be paid. This assurance was certified by means of an affidavit. However, it was occasionally b rought to the attention of the RRC that a ...

Recruiting Commission set up by the Chamber of Mines was able to diminish the severe labour shortage in the post-World War II economic boom, while migrant work assured the King of his subjects’ annual repatriation to fulfil tributary labour ‘loyalties’. Tribalism on the Rand ...

... She has, however, had some acknowledgment of what happened to her and her family, as is the case with most of those who received a financial grant of interim reparation. 19. Mrs Gishi’s case raises the recurring question as to whether interim reparation is sufficient . 55 Interview ...