Special Report Transcript Episode 85, Section 2, Time 32:36

Max, can I say something here? // Yes please. // You see I think this is part of my problem with the TRC and this is that it becomes a slippery slope. It’s now being used to demand black restitution. Restitution to blacks; redistribution of wealth. Bishop Tutu says that if I steal your pen and I ask for forgiveness, it’s no good if I don’t return your pen. Now, what previous Truth Commissions have established is that the conflict must be over before you actually tackle a Truth Commission, like in Chile, before you introduce a Truth Commission. Now, my feeling is that all the revelations of atrocities are being used to try and coerce whites and imbue them with a guilty conscience so that they pay some kind of reparation tax. Redistribution must take place, black empowerment must take place, but I think the Truth Commission is being used for devious purposes here.

Notes: Herman Giliomee; Max du Preez

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