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Special Report Transcript Episode 68, Section 4, Time 29:02The truth about South Africa’s past is locked up in the memories of its people, but also in hundreds of thousands of files kept by the state and security forces. Victims and perpetrators have been and are telling their stories to the Truth Commission, but a special challenge to the Truth Commission is to find the other parts of the truth hidden inside these files or those that were not destroyed. Notes: Max du Preez References select each tab to search for references TRC Final ReportVolume ONE Chapter EIGHT The Destruction of Records ■ INTRODUCTION1 The story of apartheid is, amongst other things, the story of the systematic elimination of thousands of voices that should have been part of the nation’s memory. The elimination of memory took place through censorship, ... |