REPARATION & REHABILITATION COMMITTEE TRANSCRIPTS, POLICIES & ARTICLES

 

JUSTICE INVITES TRC BENEFICIARIES TO CLAIM THEIR FINANCIAL REPARATIONS

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development invites individuals, who were declared eligible for reparation during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission(TRC), to claim their once-off payment of R30 000.

Follow this link to view the List of outstanding TRC beneficiaries , as published in the Daily Sun (08 Nov 2011) and Independent Newspapers (09 Nov 2011)...more

Policy Documents

• A Summary of Reparation and Rehabilitation Policy, including proposals to be considered by the President
• Policy framework for Urgent Interim Reparation measures

Workshop Transcripts

• Oudtshoorn, 19 Feb 1997, 115 pages (180 Kb)
• Reiger Park, 19 April 1997, 77 pages (121 Kb)
• Pietersburg, 10 May 1997, 84 pages (151 Kb)
• Sebokeng, 21 June 1997, 70 pages (119 Kb)
• Braamfontein, 28 June 1997, 90 pages (172 Kb)
• Ermelo, 8 July 1997, 102 pages (172 Kb)
• Pretoria, 19 July 1997, 147 pages (219 Kb)
• Bloemfontein, 28 July 1997, 75 pages (120 Kb)
• Johannesburg, 18 Feb 1998, 110 pages (166 Kb)
• Johannesburg, 19 Feb 1998, 142 pages (225 Kb)
• Johannesburg, 20 Feb 1998, 133 pages (209 Kb)

PDF version of the TRC Policy and Workshop Transcripts [1.65mb]

Newspaper articles from the Mail&Guardian

• TRC announces first reparations proposals - 11 November 1996
• R3bn for apartheid reparations - 23 October 1997
• First 700 official human rights victims declared - 7 May 1998
• Truth commission pays first reparations - 21 October 1998
• After the truth, it's time to pay up - 3 November 1998
• Apartheid victims demand reparations - 24 September 1999
• Truth commission pays out a pittance - 14 December 1999
• Apartheid victims reject handouts - 3 January 2000
• ovt hedges on TRC reparations - 10 May 2000