Special Report Transcript Episode 82, Section 5, Time 55:25

Many white people have embraced the Truth Commission as a way of coming to terms with the past, but so many more white people in general and Afrikaners in particular have been openly hostile and critical towards the Truth Commission. One only has to read the Rapport on Sundays to realize how deep this resentment lies amongst Afrikaners. Now, many South Africans can probably not understand this resentment, resentment towards a body that not only stretches out a hand to victims but also to perpetrators of whom many are Afrikaners. This resentment is an obvious hurdle to reconciliation and conciliation. Many people say that this hostility is a way of hiding guilt and shame and if this is true, how do we deal with white guilt?

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