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HUMAN, HSAge Description Showing 281 to 300 of 856 First Page•Previous Page 11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 •18 •19 Next Page•Last Page44 At the Empangeni human rights violations hearing in November 1996, Ms J Msweli testified about the killing of her son, Simon Msweli: They took them to SAPPI to a certain corner… I think they were assaulted until they died because we couldn’t even identify him. His eyes had been gouged ... define and reach consensus on its mandate in this respect. Some argued that all killed and injured combatants should be included as victims of gross human rights violations. Others wanted to maintain a distinction between those defending the apartheid state and those seeking to bring it down. It ... ... Herdbuoys also produced a series of radio advertisements during 1996, comprising a generic Commission advertisement, an advertisement for the Human Rights Violations Committee, an advertisement for the Amnesty Committee and an advertisement encouraging people to make amnesty applications. ... ... creation, use and distribution of volumes of documentation. These ranged from vital confidential documents such as amnesty applications and gross human rights violation statement forms, to Commission newsletters, posters and pamphlets. Such documentation also included research and special ... ... Operating both within and outside of the negotiations process, members of these groups undertook actions which constituted gross violations of human rights. 124 In regard to these groups, the Commission makes the following findings: THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE AFRIKANER VOLKSFRONT AND ... ... they participated in state structures (black councillors) or helped to enforce the apartheid system (black police, ‘kitskonstabels’ 6). At the human rights violation hearing in Upington, Ms Sethwale said: On the 13th November 1985, it was a Wednesday morning. My son was driven out of the ... ... protection from government and society. As the Commission’s statistics have shown, the greatest proportion of victims of gross violations of human rights were youth, many of them under eighteen. 160 With regard to children and youth, the Commission finds that: THE STATE, IN THE FORM OF ... ... wants and needs the Afrikaner, theEnglish, the coloured, the Indian, the black. We are sisters and brothers in onefamily - God’s family, the human family. Having looked the beast of the past inthe eye, having asked and received forgiveness and having made amends, letus shut the door on the ... ... role business played or failed to play in the apartheid years. Questions were raised as to whether business had been involved in the violation of human rights, how business related to the state and whether or not business benefited from apartheid. In the process, the very premise of business as ... directly involved in violations, they should accept moral responsibility for what happened because they had helped support the system in which gross human rights violations occurred. 59 They said that “many Afrikaans journalists were deaf and blind to the political aspirations and sufferings ... – the National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL) and the Black Lawyers Association (BLA). The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) and Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) also made significant submissions. From government, the Minister and Department of Justice put forward their views in submissions, ... ... and local circumstances. 86 Popular accounts sooner or later raise the suggestion that violence is due either to deep, ingrained aspects of human nature (“it is in our nature to be violent” or “he is inherently evil”) or to various forms of psychological malady (“these actions ... ... number of statements taken. However, certain provinces had experienced greater political instability than others, resulting in more violations of human rights and a consequently larger number of deponents. 8 The number of statements taken per 1 000 provincial residents25 illustrates this. Had ... ... in which the SAMDC failed to take proper action on professional misconduct. Both the SAMDC and the MASA gave little support to those who upheld human rights, thus discouraging health professionals from challenging the system. None of these organisations provided guidelines to assist district ... ... little success in changing its attitude. Representation at the hearings was, therefore, inevitably skewed. a Durban (7-10 May 1996). The first human rights violations hearing in this region took place at the Jewish Club in Durban. The hearing was organised so as to give as wide a view as ... ... honoured to express our gratitude to all those over 20 000 persons who came forward to tell us their stories - either at the public hearings of our Human Rights Violations Committee or in the statements recorded by our statement takers. They were generous in their readiness to make themselves ... ... expressed strong opposition to acts of revenge, it is necessary, nevertheless, to acknowledge that the desire for revenge is an understandable human response. Suppressed anger undermines reconciliation. Nonetheless, the tendency to equate justice with retribution must be challenged and the ... pressures and reports since 1977. 126 In other words, the SPSA was a largely reactive body that did not play a proactive role in ensuring that the human rights of mentally ill people were upheld. 127 In addition to the professional organisations mentioned, a number of societies working in the ... read a statement as to why his client would not testify. l Vryheid (16-17 April 1997). The Vryheid hearing attempted to reflect a cross section of human rights violations. Evidence pointed to collaboration between the KZP and the IFP in collective action against the ANC and the UDF in over 85 ... ... AND, IN PARTICULAR, BRIGADIER WILLEM SCHOON, THE HEAD OF THE SECURITY BRANCH, WHO AUTHORISED THE OPERATION THAT LED TO THE COMMISSION OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. THE COMMISSION FINDS FURTHER THAT MR CHRISTIAAN SIEBERT RORICH, MR ABRAHAM GROBBELAAR, MR JOE MAMASELA AND MR EPHRAIM ... |
