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people's warExplanation Showing 501 to 520 of 916 First Page•Previous Page 22 •23 •24 •25 •26 •27 •28 •29 •30 Next Page•Last PageDiscrimination against women 53 Former journalist and founder member of the Union of Black Journalists, Juby Met, and journalist Nomavenda Mathiane added their voices to what other black journalists had said about how people of colour were discriminated against in the newsroom. 54 Mathiane ... ■ APPENDIX 1 ADDITIONAL CONCERNS No report can do justice to the many submissions received by the Commission and the testimony given at the hearing. This report, therefore, contains several serious omissions, including, inter alia, reference to the following issues. a Reporting on ... ... was welcomed and endorsed by the organisation. Desmond Grootboom, former UDF chairperson of the Bonteheuwel area committee, said: We were very aware and conscious of the BMW. We obviously approved…. The BMW was very much part of the struggle family… there was an understanding that they ... ■ TOWARDS THE RESTORATION OF HUMAN DIGNITY: PERPETRATORS 33 Reconciliation meant that perpetrators of gross human rights violations must be given the opportunity to become human again. Ms Cynthia Ngewu, whose son was killed by the police in the ‘Gugulethu Seven’ incident, confirmed this ... ... destroyed by the racist system, but also African societies, while it also prevented the South African people from becoming a society. We can put forward a strong argument, that the depravation, the repression and the injustices inherited in the racist system not only impoverished the African ... ... the communities, particularly the greater black communities, and I want to quote: "They get amnesty. They get the golden handshake, (meaning rewards). They get retirement pensions worth millions. And we get nothing. And on television they smirk or they smile to boot." As you address ... In the health sector: a mini-Commission at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand 136 At the health sector hearing in Cape Town, Professor Trevor Jenkins of the Medical Faculty of the University of the Witwatersrand spoke of his institution’s commitment to a ... ... joined the company in 1994, said the process of conducting hearings showed aspects of the group’s past of which present senior management was unaware. It is reported that Mr Cooper said: “We also learnt that practices of the past were still rampant in some Dorbyl operations”. As a result ... ... AND ASSISTED THE GOVERNMENT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATES OF EMERGENCY; RECOMMENDED THE ADOPTION OF PRINCIPLES OF COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY WARFARE WHICH LED TO THE INCREASED DEPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL UNITS OF THE SADF IN SUPPORT OF THE SAP IN SOUTH AFRICA, RESULTING IN A SHIFT OF FOCUS IN ... ... hearing of the ‘Pebco Three’, Mr Kimpani Peter Mogoai, a former askari was questioned: Advocate Lamey: Mr Mogoai, at this hearing you are aware that the – let me just say this – at this hearing you are aware that the family members of Mr Hashe, Godolozi and Galela are present. Is ... Brian Mitchell and the Trust Feed Community 70 Trust Feed is a rural community situated north-west of Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal. It is a freehold area with a hierarchical structure of landowners and tenants. The area has a long history of peaceful co-existence that changed in the ... ■ PRINCIPLES OF REPARATION AND REHABILITATION POLICY Development-centred 46 This policy is development-centred. Central to the approach is a focus on resources, knowledge and choice. Development is not about provision of resources to passive individuals, but rather about actively empowering ... ■ INDIVIDUAL REPARATION GRANTS 67 In acknowledgement of victim’s rights to reparation, it is recommended that final reparation involve an amount of money, called an individual reparation grant, to be made available to each victim (if he/she is alive) or equally divided amongst relatives ... ■ PRIMARY FINDING 77 On the basis of the evidence available to it, the primary finding of the Commission is that: THE PREDOMINANT PORTION OF GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS WAS COMMITTED BY THE FORMER STATE THROUGH ITS SECURITY AND LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. MOREOVER, THE SOUTH AFRICAN STATE ... ■ APOLOGIES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 49 The Commission heard acknowledgements from a range of individuals and representatives of various institutions about their direct and/or indirect involvement with gross human rights violations. Many offered unqualified apologies for their acts of commission ... Apologies to neighbouring states 113 The Commission received a number of statements from citizens of neighbouring countries, including Namibia, alleging that they had suffered gross violations of their human rights as a result of actions of representatives of the previous South African ... ... V Sompetha, MH Sonaba, N Steenkamp, WHL Stent, AJ Steyn, HJE Stoffels, S Stofile (nee Dingaan), B Strydom, F Strydom, H Stuurman, AM Swarts, K Sydow, F Tayi, PP Temilton, E Terreblanche, JC Thabethe, TG Thompson, WM Time, M Tsoabisi, TRJ Tsotsi, ... Self-defence units and township violence 26. The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (the Commission) discussed the phenomenon of SDUs and the various acts of violence their members committed in many parts of the country2 9. It will not, therefore, be elaborated on here. 27. ... Decision - making 64. Only in the most exceptional cases did the Committee deliver its decision immediately on conclusion of the proceedings. These few ex tempore ( immediate ) decisions were handed down in clear-cut cases where all parties agreed that amnesty ought to be granted and that any ... ... prevalence of practices and violent incidents related to a belief in witchcraft in certain areas. It is the Committee’s view that this issue warrants further attention by the appropriate government authorities.2 8 26 Interim Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Wi t chcraft Violence ... |
