TRC & SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL RESOURCES

 

General links

• Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
  URL: http://www.ijr.org.za
• TRC Research Website
  "TRC Research Website" is based at the department of African Languages and Cultures at Ghent University, Belgium. It consists of a number of publications, the bibliography of Annelies Verdoolaege (PhD student - researching the TRC and more specifically looking at the Commission form a linguistics point of view) and some background information with regard to the researchers who are working on the TRC at Ghent University, Belgium. The URL: http://africana.ugent.be/trc.htm
  
• 'Mad Scientists' - South Africa's chemical and biological warfare project  
  Extensive links to information and articles about the Wouter Basson case, regularly updated. Also general TRC links. 
• Long Night's Journey into Day
  The film about the TRC, by American filmmakers Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffman, won the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. The site includes excepts from the film including testimony from the hearings.
• Beyond Racism
  Contains information about the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Forms of Intolerance, and free downloadable reports (in English and Portuguese) about racism in Brazil, South Africa and the United States, and strategies to promote movement beyond racism.
• An apology to our black South African community
  Initially created as a forum for people to apologise and forgive each other, this site now seems to be used mainly as a forum for people to voice racist opinions.  
• ReCONCILIATION NeT
  A Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) website dedicated to the study and practice of dealing with the past in countries in transition.
• Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation 
  The CSVR is a South African non-governmental organisation "dedicated to making a meaningful contribution to peaceful and fundamental transformation in South Africa". 
• Freedom of Expression Institute 
  Formed from a merger of two organisations involved in campaigning for freedom of expression during the apartheid years, namely the Campaign for Open Media (COM) and the Anti-Censorship Action Group (ACAG). Carries section on the TRC including their submission 
• GCIS
  Government Communication and Information System, formerly known as the SA Communication Service
• SAPOHR
  South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights 
• Human Rights Watch 
  An organisation dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.
• Africa Intelligence  
  Comprehensive resource on news from all around Africa. Also available in French.
• Global Citizen's Circle 
  "...to assemble a diverse group of concerned individuals for conversations on social, political, literary, and educational topics...". Includes "Creating True Reconciliation"

South African Political Parties

• African National Congress
• Democratic Party
• National Party
• Freedom Front 
• Inkatha Freedom Party 
• Herstige Nasionale Party 

South African Media Sites

• ANC's Daily Briefing
  Great site, which compiles items from South African press agencies. "They are not a reflection of the views of the ANC."
• Independent Online
  Created by Independent News & Media, the biggest newspaper publisher in South Africa.
• Mail & Guardian
  Regularly updated online version of newspaper. Includes free e-mail headlines service.
• Business Day
  SA business news
• SABC News
  A new site from the radio and TV News Department of South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Regularly updated and covering South African and international news.
• WOZA
  Online newspaper incorporating headlines & global.co.za

Legal 

• South African Legislation
  Brief explanation of SA legislative process and links to legal resources
• South African Parliament
  Resources of the latest and most important information about Parliament as it unfolds
• South African Legal Links
  Well organised collection of links
• Wits Law School
  Carries Constitutional Court decisions
  

Buy resources online

• The SABC's TRC CD Collection,"South Africa's Human Spirit", an oral memoir of the TRC
  The site contains the verbatim transcripts of the CD collection, an SABC/TRC collaboration funded by Norad (Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation). The site aims to facilitate research on the TRC/SABC Radio storytelling/oral history.
• South African Freedom Songs (music CD)
  "Freedom Songs were at the heart of South Africa's liberation struggle... CD1 - The documentary tells the story behind some of these songs. CD2 - The Song Compilation includes some of the better known songs which galvanised rallies, marches, funerals and battles of the struggle." From http://www.oneworld.co.za, an online South African CD shop.
• Jutastat
  South African Electronic Publisher (includes TRC Report)