What are Mbeki and Zuma trying to keep buried in TRC review?
The idea behind the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was that those guilty of crimes in support of apartheid, or in the name of the liberation struggle, would be given amnesty from prosecution – provided they provided a full and truthful account of what they did.
Yet, there have always been suspicions that plenty of behind-the-scenes deals were done between oppressor and liberator – by those in charge of those different strands of our history – that would have to remain forever buried.
It was calculated that the country’s need for truth, coupled with reconciliation, was the priority, rather than revenge.
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