MFO, Mcebisi

... episode comprises a panel discussion between a number of TRC journalists and senior TRC spokespersons Dumisa Ntsebeza, Fazel Randera and Reverend Mcebisi Xundu. The discussion refers to the process and progress of establishing truth and reconciling the nation and raises questions around the ...

OK Gail Reagon. // Reparation, exactly that. Increasingly there is an impression from people that for them a major part of reparation would be full disclosure, right. And if you listen to some of the comments that the National Party for instance has made around the Truth Commission process. I’m ...

Some crucial moments have passed. In the beginning of last year when you got to know the legislation you realized that it was unfairly weighed towards the perpetrators. No one did anything. You didn’t request to ask that the legislation be changed. After the first six weeks of hearings people ...

Alright, we have about a minute. // We have the policy which we’ve just come out with which we are going to present to the president, which actually deals with issues of material reparation, which deals with issues of restitution, on areas where there’s urgent need. And once that document has ...

Right, final question, Gail. // The bottom line is that people need material reparation out of this process. OK, every time you go into dusty dorpies you see that people don’t have work, they don’t have homes, they’re not getting decent education. There’s major tension in your Commission ...

Will there be a breakdown at the end of this year when the Truth Commission ends its activities? Will the R & R, the reparation and rehabilitation process, be able to go one beyond that? Or if you haven’t helped somebody by Christmas 1997, there’s no help? // No, we have said that our ...