Truth Recovery and Accountability in the South African Transition: Challenges and Opportunities
Truth Recovery and Accountability in the South African Transition: Challenges and Opportunities

Summary/Abstract: The process of truth and reconciliation in Republic of South Africa encountered obstacles in its development, which are described in some detail in the article. Though TRC is presented as a successful compromise, the author claims that over 90% of those who brought their cases did not obtain any further information but only official notification that they were victims. The political stake in further disclosure is lacking and what is called truth recovery process has been a hybrid of approaches. It is suggested that exigencies of everyday struggle for survival tend to prevent victims from pressing for justice so the sense of injustice remains.

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