TRC Final Report

Volume 6

Section 5

Chapter 7

Subsection 1

Volume SIX Section FIVE ChapterS EVEN

Recommendations

RECONFIRMATION OF REPARATION AND REHABILITATION RECOMMENDATIONS IN FINAL REPORT

1. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (the Commission) reconfirms the Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee’s recommendations drawn up in terms of sections 25 and 26 of its founding Act^{8 4} and set out in its Final Report.^{8 5}

RECONFIRMATION OF RECOMMENDATION FOR A SECRETARIAT TO OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION

2. The Commission confirms and supports the recommendation in its Final Report that a Secretariat be established in the Presidency to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission. It is recommended that theSe c retariat:

a be responsible for reporting on and publishing an annual report on the status of victims for a period of six years following the publication of this Codicil to the Commission’s Final Report;

b establish a particular presence and visibility in rural areas;

c establish a Presidential Award for innovative and inclusive projects aimed at ‘keeping the memory of the past alive’ in schools, research centres and institutions of higher learning ;

d focus on reparations and democracy-related capacity-building through the specialised training of development workers.

REPARATION TRUST FUND

3. The Commission recommends and urges that a Reparation Trust be set up and trustees appointed.

4. The Reparation Fund should be managed by government, organised local and international business and civil society.

5. The purpose of the trust will be to raise funds, to audit the budget for victim support and to be responsible for financial controls and accounting.

ONCE-OFF WEALTH TAX

6. The Commission recommends and urges that government impose a once-off wealth tax on South African business and industry.