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HUMAN, HSAge Description ... who had been knocked out in a boxing match; you could see that he was dazed. // We’ve already touched on the fact that you had violated the human rights of the deceased. Today, 20 years after the event, what would your personal feelings be? // Your honour it is my conviction in the depths ... ... about certain security matters say nuclear war or things like that but in terms of what the government in the past has done and its complicity in human rights abuses, we know that now. I think that is a gain. It will be much more difficult in the future for governments to lie. So I conceded ... ... Pretoria in the 1980s. The Silverton bank seize of January 1980 and the massive car bomb in Church street in May 1983. The Truth Commission’s Human Rights Violations Committee focused on these two bloody events in Pretoria this past week. In this week’s Special Report we also take you to ... ... bag over the head or decide to work for the security police with benefits like proper pay and a luxury life on Vlakplaas. So it’s obvious, it’s human that you would choose the easy way ... ... report next Sunday. But the week after that we’ll be back with an overview of the first amnesty hearings in North West Province and further human rights violations hearings in Port Elizabeth. We’ll see you then. Good ... ... some of the stories he told about the distorted kind of humour which they had and how easy it was for them to resort to brutalities. Now these are human beings, these are people like you and me; how did it come about that people should behave in the way in which these people behaved? How did ... open letter to his father. It should remind us that in dealing with truth and reconciliation we should not forget that we are actually talking about human ... Human rights lawyer and United Democratic Front activist, Griffiths Mxenge was killed by three askaris: Almond Nofemela, David Tshikalanga and the late Brian Ngqulunga. Dirk Coetzee and David Tshikalanga were convicted for the killing. Both have been granted amnesty. ... without the truth? // Without the truth there would be no reconciliation. Now what happened, the Act goes as far back as saying that even the human rights violation that took place outside the country. When are we going to start hearing about the Quatro camps and many other camps outside ... ‘Khulumani’ meaning ‘let us speak out’ is an organisation run entirely by and for the victims and families of victims of human rights violations. Maggie Friedman’s partner, David Webster was shot dead in front of their Troyeville house in 1989. // I became involved in the setting up of ... Next week will be the Truth Commission’s busiest week so far. There will be amnesty hearings in Kroonstad, and human rights violations hearings in Queenstown, Pietermaritzburg and Soweto. June 16 1976 will be the theme of a special hearing in Soweto’s Regina Mundi Church on Monday and Tuesday. ... ... colleagues should take his advice seriously to cooperate with the Truth Commission. More than one of them have been implicated directly in gross human rights violations and there are only 20 days left before the deadline for applications for amnesty. After 14 December they would be vulnerable ... ... has had special hearings on youth and war the last few weeks. The last of these will be held in Botshabelo near Bloemfontein tomorrow. The Human Rights Committee of South Africa estimates that at least 4500 youngsters under 21 years old had died in political unrest between 1960 and 1989 ... All of us have the capacity to be evil, because these powers are latent in every human being but we also, I believe, have the capacity to be good. There are two human rights violations that I have chosen to focus on. There could be many more, but I have decided to focus on those two only. The first is being accused for Khotso House, the explosion there and the second is the torture that my son and I endured in 1990. Mister Adriaan Vlok had ... ... the Act also talks about. For me it’s extremely symbolic of the re-integration the Act also talks about the Act talks about the restoration of human rights. But it’s actually the awakening of the person who found himself dead, so many of these people. One gets the impression that after the ... ... Only these police officers brave the bone chilling cold; they’ve been on duty through the night keeping watch over the town hall where the last Human Rights Violations hearing is to be held. // ‘Botshabelo Location 7:00 am’ // My name is Thamsanqa Mfazwe. I am staying here at Botshabelo C ... I remember pain of a scale that I didn’t think a human being could ever experience. ... that may cause people to feel that they will be uncomfortable sitting out there, even if they themselves, particularly had nothing to do with gross human rights violations. But I think the other reason is that again South African society has been so apathetic. A lot of people just did not know ... ... out the Truth Commission is the forum to vent this kind of frustration. On to the men in blue. It is probably safe to say that the majority of human rights violations committed the last three decades were the work of members of the former South African Police Force. Several former police ... |