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HUMAN, HSAge Description ... by former Defence Minister Magnus Malan; in Nelspruit for amnesty hearings; and in the Northwest towns of Zeerust, Rustenburg and Mabopane for human rights violations hearings. And next Sunday we will again bring you the full story. Good night. ... ‘Tony Yengeni Former MK Commander Torture victim.’ // What kind of man that uses a method like this one of the wet bag to people, to other human beings repeatedly and listening to those moans and cries and groans and taken each of those people very near to their deaths, what kind of man are ... Yasmin Sooka is a prominent and powerful member of the Truth Commission. She’s Deputy Chairperson of the Human Rights Violations Committee. She has a reputation for being passionate and forthright. The policy of apartheid has made South Africa much poorer than the country and its people could otherwise have been. Lost and unutilized human potential, wasted resources, people and capital that left the country, growth that did not occur and jobs that were not created; all these, and many more ... During the 13 months of human rights violations hearings of the Truth Commission a large number of women gave testimony. Most of them came as the wives or mothers of victims, but it has become clear that women suffered in a different way. While torture and abuse happened to most political ... ... that victims have gone through would be completely unacceptable. So, the TRC process is very much victim orientated in that respect. And so the Human Rights Violations Committee identifies victims, so does the Amnesty Committee. But having identified victims, it is for the Reparation and ... ... UCT and he was once tested. He was unequivocally poisoned with thallium. // Tell me about thallium. Why is it such an efficient poison to use on a human being? // Well, it’s known as the homicide’s dream drug; it’s colourless, it’s odourless, it’s tasteless. The symptoms don’t ... ... to come. According to the Truth Commission the register will give South Africans the chance to express their regret at failing to prevent human rights violations and to demonstrate their commitment to reconciliation. If you’re interested go to your nearest Truth Commission office ... ... // There was torture on a daily basis; there was killing on a daily basis. We just turned into political serial killers. We had no respect for human life and our commanders had absolutely no respect for our lives. // I didn’t know anything. They never said to me you’re going to kill ... We were all part of a system sometimes for very good reason, but we all did play some role in upholding the framework of apartheid and therefore the framework that sustained gross violations of human rights. The Human Rights Violations Committee visits Paarl in the Boland this coming week and the Amnesty Committee will hear the application of the killer of Trust Feed, Captain Brian Mitchell, in Pietermaritzburg. That means, don’t miss our programme next Sunday. Good night. of any decision taken by cabinet, the State Security Council or any committee, authorising or instructing the commission of such gross violations of human rights. Nor did I individually, directly or indirectly ever suggest, order or authorise any such action. I feel in duty bound to also place on ... Back to this week, the last hearings in Ladybrand. We thought it a good idea at the end of this part of the Truth Commission to give you an idea of a day in the life of the Human Rights Violations Committee. to separate races and enforce white rule. The dompas was born. It ruled the lives of millions of black adults until 1986. It was the greatest single human rights violation in our past. ... ... such an attack was the Highgate massacre in East London which claimed the lives of five people and shattered the lives of many others. At the last human rights violations hearing in the Eastern Cape this week survivors and victims’ families spoke frankly about their pain and ... ... of the total onslaught kind was at its harshest. The frustration of stifled resistance and powerlessness stirred up a sinister side of the human psyche that few imagined possible. Proud young lions turned into mad hyenas. Tonight we examine the shame of the struggle for freedom and ... lying or telling half truths or hiding something. The Special Report’s interest in this story lies not with Winnie and who she is or was, but with human rights violations committed in our past. Two boys connected with Madikizela-Mandela were killed in one wild year, 1988. Stompie Seipei was a ... the one form of torture described as the worst the world over is that of solitary confinement, where a prisoner is alone 23 hours a day, deprived of human contact, an attack on the mind and the soul. This is the story of Zahrah Narkedien, a former Umkhonto we Sizwe cadre who was confined in a ... A lot of the evidence I have listened to at the Truth Commission hearings were really heartbreaking. But when the testimony is about the human rights violations of children, it is more than disturbing. The Truth Commission recently held special children’s hearings in East London and Bloemfontein. ... This is a place that is known throughout the world for the triumph of the human spirit. It’s out of this place where freedom fighters were going to be crushed. The prison people tell them that in five years time people would have forgotten your names and out of this came Mandela and the ideas ... |
