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HUMAN, HSAge Description ... still remember what happened. The actual explosion is still … it’s just something with me. I remember pain of a scale that I didn’t think a human being could ever experience. I remember going into darkness, being thrown backwards by the force of the bomb. The exact angle saved my life ... ... I didn’t really find the practice of law so fulfilling and I tended then to work more with religious organizations and with NGOs involved in human rights work. ... What we were involved in was as I say ‘active sabotage,’ protest sabotage, specifically not to affect people, not to affect human beings, but at the same time to show that there was opposition, that there were people who were opposing. 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 ... ... 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 ... 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. ... report malpractice. // My immediate plans for when the TRC ends are to go and lecture in the USA for a few months; there are a number of schools of human rights at the universities there and they’re all very interested in hearing about the process, particularly within the health sector and what ... 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 ... 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. ‘After the break… // Leon Wessels crosses the Rubicon // Looking back at human rights violations // The Intelezi Shield.’ ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... ... 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 ... ... 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 ... ... total population think it will bring about reconciliation and only less than 20 percent, one fifth, thinks that the people who had suffered gross human rights violations would be prepared to forgive or forget. The majority of people, this is the entire population, feel that people will become ... ... Truth Commission devoted much of its energy in 1996 to the testimony of victims. In 1997 the granting of amnesty to the perpetrators of those gross human rights violations will be the main emphasis. In the original legislation perpetrators could get amnesty only for acts committed before 14 ... 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. ... ... 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. ... There have been many women before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Till now they have been in the background speaking mainly about human rights violations against loved ones. This week, a special session in Cape Town was dedicated to hearing the stories of women who have been directly ... |
