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Crossing Boundaries: Bridging the Racial Divide – South Africa Taught by Rev. Edwin and Organized by Melikaya Ntshingwa COURSE DESCRIPTION This is a contextual theology course based on the South African experience of apartheid, liberation and transformation, or in the terms of our course: theological discourses from South Africa on “bridging the racial divide”. The course has developed over years – its origins go back to the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre of which the course founder, Dr Judy Mayotte was a Board member. We will look first at the South African experience of Apartheid and try to understand how it was that Christians came to develop such a patently evil form of governance as was Apartheid. We will explore several themes that relate to Apartheid, such as origins, identity, experience, struggle and separation. Then you will have a chance to examine your own theology, where it comes from and how you arrived at your current theological position. In this regard the course also contains sources that deal with Catholic approaches to identity and race. Together we shall then explore issues relating to your own genesis, identity, experience, struggle and separation – all issues common to humankind! All of this we will do by seeking to answer various questions. Each question leads to discussion in class and provides the basis for the work you will be required to do. In the course we examine the nature of separateness (apartheid being an ideology based on a theology of separateness). We will explore the origins of separateness and see how it effects even ourselves at a most basic and elementary level. -
The Promise of Forgiveness Inner Healing Is a Path to Social Revolution
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE The Promise of Forgiveness Inner Healing is a Path to Social Revolution Sarah Elizabeth Clark would she ever want to? Why does this move and inspire us? What can we learn from this amazing story and from welve years ago, near Cape Town, South Africa, four others like it? T South African men, Easy Nofemela, Ntobeko Peni, The process of forgiveness is not merely sentimental, it and two others, murdered Amy Biehl, a white American is extremely transformative. It is transformative because it Fulbright scholar. When South Africa’s Truth and creates a new relationship between the perpetrator and Reconciliation Commission granted the men amnesty for the victim. Through the act of forgiveness, an individual is their crime in 1998, Amy Biehl’s parents supported the able to overcome his or her victimhood, feel empathy for decision. their ‘enemy,’ and ultimately re- Linda Biehl, Amy’s mother, humanize the person who did wrote in an article called “Forgiveness is not just an occasional them wrong. As we will also “Making Change” in the Fall act; it is a permanent attitude.” see, the act of forgiveness on 2004 issue of Greater Good -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. community, national and inter- magazine, “Easy and Ntobeko national levels can even pro- needed to confess and tell the mote a new political world truth in order to receive amnesty, and there was a genuine order based on cooperation and dialogue, rather than quality to their testimony. I had to get outside of myself threat and violence. and realize that these people lived in an environment that I’m not sure I could have survived in. -
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report: Volume 2
VOLUME TWO Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report The report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was presented to President Nelson Mandela on 29 October 1998. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Ms Hlengiwe Mkhize Chairperson Dr Alex Boraine Mr Dumisa Ntsebeza Vice-Chairperson Ms Mary Burton Dr Wendy Orr Revd Bongani Finca Adv Denzil Potgieter Ms Sisi Khampepe Dr Fazel Randera Mr Richard Lyster Ms Yasmin Sooka Mr Wynand Malan* Ms Glenda Wildschut Dr Khoza Mgojo * Subject to minority position. See volume 5. Chief Executive Officer: Dr Biki Minyuku I CONTENTS Chapter 1 Chapter 6 National Overview .......................................... 1 Special Investigation The Death of President Samora Machel ................................................ 488 Chapter 2 The State outside Special Investigation South Africa (1960-1990).......................... 42 Helderberg Crash ........................................... 497 Special Investigation Chemical and Biological Warfare........ 504 Chapter 3 The State inside South Africa (1960-1990).......................... 165 Special Investigation Appendix: State Security Forces: Directory Secret State Funding................................... 518 of Organisations and Structures........................ 313 Special Investigation Exhumations....................................................... 537 Chapter 4 The Liberation Movements from 1960 to 1990 ..................................................... 325 Special Investigation Appendix: Organisational structures and The Mandela United -
Traces of Truth
TRACES OF TRUTH SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION (TRC) CONTENTS 1. PREHISTORY OF THE TRC 3 1.1 ARTICLES 3 1.2 BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS 5 1.3 THESES 6 2. HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS 7 2.1 ARTICLES 7 2.2 BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS 10 2.3 THESES 12 3. AMNESTY 13 3.1 ARTICLES 13 3.2 BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS 14 3.3 THESES 16 4. REPARATIONS AND REHABILITATION 17 4.1 ARTICLES 17 4.2 BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS 18 4.3 THESES 19 5. AFTERMATH 20 5.1 ARTICLES 20 5.2 BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS 33 5.3 THESES 40 6. ONLINE RESOURCES 44 7. AUDIOVISUAL COLLECTIONS 45 Select TRC bibliography compiled by Historical Papers (University of Witwatersrand) and South African History Archive (November 2006) 2 1. PREHISTORY OF THE TRC Includes: • Prehistory • Establishment of the TRC • Early perceptions and challenges 1.1 ARTICLES Abraham, L. Vision, truth and rationality, New Contrast 23, no. 1 (1995). Adelman, S. Accountability and administrative law in South Africa's transition to democracy, Journal of Law and Society 21, no. 3 (1994):317-328. Africa Watch. South Africa: Accounting for the past. The lessons for South Africa from Latin America, Human Rights Watch (23 October 1992). Barcroft, P.A. The presidential pardon - a flawed solution, Human Rights Law Journal 14 (1993). Berat, L. Prosecuting human rights violations from a predecessor regime. Guidelines for a transformed South Africa, Boston College Third World Law Journal 13, no. 2 (1993):199-231. Berat, L. & Shain, Y. -
'Long Night's Journey Into Day: South Africa's Search for Truth and Reconciliation'
H-SAfrica Klausen on , 'Long Night's Journey Into Day: South Africa's Search for Truth and Reconciliation' Review published on Tuesday, January 1, 2002 Long Night's Journey Into Day: South Africa's Search for Truth and Reconciliation. Iris Films. Reviewed by Susanne Klausen Published on H-SAfrica (January, 2002) [editor's note: H-SAfrica is pleased to present this review essay from Susanne Klausen, whose critique comes from the perspectives both of a historian of South Africa and a documentary film producer (she is co-producer, with Don Gill, of the documentary 'The Plywood Girls,' (1999).--P.L.] <p> <cite>Long Night's Journey Into Day</cite> is a film documentary about the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC or Commission). The TRC was established in 1995 by the country's first democratically elected Parliament. According to former Justice Minister Dullah Omar, who introduced the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act (1995) that created the Commission, the TRC was envisaged as part of the bridge-building process designed to help lead the nation away from a deeply divided past to "a future founded on the recognition of human rights, democracy and peaceful co-existence."[1] Its overarching mandate was to promote national unity and reconciliation. In order to fulfill it, the TRC set out to uncover "as complete a picture as possible" of the gross human rights violations committed between 1960 and 1994 (from the Sharpeville Massacre to the election of the first democratic government), in the belief that telling the truth about the violations from the various perspectives of those involved would lead to greater understanding and reconciliation between South Africans. -
Findings and Recommendations
Vo l u m e SIX • S e c t i o n FIVE • C h ap t e r ONE Findings and Recommendations THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH THE COMMISSION MADE FINDINGS IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW Vo l u m e SIX S e c t i o n FIVE C h ap t e r O N E Legal Framework THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH THE COMMISSION MADE FINDINGS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CURRENT I N T E R N ATIONAL LAW ■ I N V E S T I G ATING GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLAT I O N S 1. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (the Commission) was charged with the task of investigating and documenting gross violations of human rights committed during the period March 1960 to May 1994. In the course of doing so, it was re q u i red to compile as complete a picture as possible of the conflicts of the past. DEFINING GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLAT I O N S 2. The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No. 34 of 1995, (the Act) defined a gross human rights violation as: the violation of human rights through (a) the killing, abduction, torture or severe i l l - t reatment of any person; or (b) any attempt, conspiracy, incitement, instigation, command or procurement to commit an act re f e r red to in paragraph (a), which emanated from conflicts of the past and which was committed during the period 1 March 1960 to the cut-off date [10 May 1994] within or outside the Republic, and the commission of which was advised, planned, directed, commanded or o r d e red, by any person acting with a political motive;1 3. -
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Kopano Ratele, Nosisi Mpolweni- Ndabethwa lilitye: Assumption, Zantsi & Antjie Krog translation and culture in the testimony Kopano Ratele was Professor in the of one person before the South African Department of Psychology and Women and Gender Studies, University of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Western Cape, Bellville. He is currently at the University of South Africa. E-mail: [email protected] Nosisi Mpolweni-Zantsi is teaching in the Department of isiXhosa, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa. E-mail: [email protected] Antjie Krog reported as a journalist on the South African TRC and is currently Assumption, translation and culture in the Professor Extraordinaire, Faculty of Arts, testimony of one person before the South University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa. African Truth and Reconciliation Commission E-mail: [email protected] The second week of the first round of hearings of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission took place in Cape Town. On 2 April 1996 four mothers testified that Security Forces killed their sons during an incident that became known as the Gugulethu Seven. One of them was Mrs Notrose Nobomvu Konile. Of the four mothers she testified last and presented a testimony that seemed largely incoherent with very little detail about her son. Using the original Xhosa testimony the authors try to understand Mrs Konile. This essay focuses exclusively on her description of what the authors refer to as the “rock-incident”. The essay uses the original narrative with its embedded cultural contexts as well as a new translation to trace some of the different stages and places where incomprehension had been created. -
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report
VOLUME THREE Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report The report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was presented to President Nelson Mandela on 29 October 1998. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Ms Hlengiwe Mkhize Chairperson Dr Alex Boraine Mr Dumisa Ntsebeza Vice-Chairperson Ms Mary Burton Dr Wendy Orr Revd Bongani Finca Adv Denzil Potgieter Ms Sisi Khampepe Dr Fazel Randera Mr Richard Lyster Ms Yasmin Sooka Mr Wynand Malan* Ms Glenda Wildschut Dr Khoza Mgojo * Subject to minority position. See volume 5. Chief Executive Officer: Dr Biki Minyuku I CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction to Regional Profiles ........ 1 Appendix: National Chronology......................... 12 Chapter 2 REGIONAL PROFILE: Eastern Cape ..................................................... 34 Appendix: Statistics on Violations in the Eastern Cape........................................................... 150 Chapter 3 REGIONAL PROFILE: Natal and KwaZulu ........................................ 155 Appendix: Statistics on Violations in Natal, KwaZulu and the Orange Free State... 324 Chapter 4 REGIONAL PROFILE: Orange Free State.......................................... 329 Chapter 5 REGIONAL PROFILE: Western Cape.................................................... 390 Appendix: Statistics on Violations in the Western Cape ......................................................... 523 Chapter 6 REGIONAL PROFILE: Transvaal .............................................................. 528 Appendix: Statistics on Violations in the Transvaal ...................................................... -
Kev's Egroup Study Notes – Prayer and Sermon Discussion Agenda
Kev’s eGroup study notes – Prayer and Sermon Discussion Agenda: Welcome What is on your heart? What concerns do you have? Sermon discussion Closing Prayer Page 1 Kev’s eGroup study notes – Prayer and Sermon Discussion Late July 2019 Page 2 Kev’s eGroup study notes – Prayer and Sermon Discussion Holly’s annual Reflect Conf. for women – 9/5/2019 at 7PM. https://elevationchurch.org/reflect/ Page 3 Kev’s eGroup study notes – Prayer and Sermon Discussion Memory vs. of the week: Acts 8: 25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages. Page 4 Kev’s eGroup study notes – Prayer and Sermon Discussion Acts 1: 6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 9 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. 10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” Page 5 Kev’s eGroup study notes – Prayer and Sermon Discussion • And here are the two truths that God has taught me: • Being liked (being popular) is not a prerequisite for being loving - being accepted has nothing to do sharing the love of Christ in your life. -
Bonhoeffer and Costly Reconciliation in South Africa – Through the Lens of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission3 P.G.J
Chapter 2 Bonhoeffer and costly reconciliation in South Africa – through the lens of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission3 P.G.J. (Piet) Meiring Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Theology University of Pretoria South Africa Introduction: ‘And the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Prize goes to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission!’ It was a day to remember, the 25th of April 1999. In the French Cathedral, in Berlin, former Archbishop Desmond Tutu, chairman of the South African Truth and How to cite: Meiring, P.G.J., 2017, ‘Bonhoeffer and costly reconciliation in South Africa – through the lens of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission’, in ‘Ecodomy – Life in its fullness’, Verbum et Ecclesia, suppl. 1, 38(3), a1559. https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v38i3.1559 3. See Meiring (2015). 18 Chapter 2 Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Dr Alex Boraine, deputy chair, were given a resounding applause when the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Prize was handed to them. In the award document, it was stated that ’the Commission has courageously and energetically supported the process of finding out the truth and made forgiveness possible’ (Evangelical Church in Germany [EKD] 1999:1). The former General-Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Philip Potter, praised the achievements of Desmond Tutu and his colleagues during the difficult period of changeover from the apartheid system to democracy in South Africa. Desmond Tutu, in turn, thanked the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) for their support in the fight against apartheid, calling upon the ‘rainbow nation’ of South Africa to find peace with itself and with other peoples (EKD 1999:1). -
The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Legitimizing the Post-Apartheid State Richard A
Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-80219-2 - The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Legitimizing the Post-Apartheid State Richard A. Wilson Index More information INDEX Authors of secondary sources are listed in the index only when their work is cited in the text. Readers are therefore encouraged to consult the notes for information on both primary and secondary sources. Abbink, Jan, 214 in Latin America, 29, 226 Abercrombie, N., 151–2 objectives of, 23 Abrahams, Ray, 208, 210 national pragmatists vs. international Adam, Heribert, 12 retributionists, 171 adductive affinities, 129, 130–40, 220 see also Truth and Reconciliation African National Congress (ANC), 12, 44, Commission; ubuntu 65, 71, 80–1, 93, 165, 178–9, 200, 209 amnesty applications, 41, 62, 67, 85–6, and amnesty, 8, 73, 103 91–2, 103–4, 135, 140, 150, 168 and justice, 182, 196, 206, 209 Amnesty Committee (AC), 88, 110, 167 and nation building, 14, 17, 94, 222 and racism, 62, 87, 93 and the anti-amnesty coalition, 172 and reconciliation, 104–6 and the IFP, 73, 214 independence of, 41 and the NP, 6, 99 political motivation, 87–9 and the Third Force, 66 amnesty hearings, 154 and the TRC, 69, 93 an inversion of law, 19–20 continuing armed resistance, 70–1 ANC Youth League (ANCYL), 113, 158, governments, 122 182, 216 human rights talk, 5, 6, 223–4, 228–9 attempts to control, 178, 179 National Executive, 70, 80–1, 93 localized organization of, 177 paramilitaries, 179, 181 Anderson, Benedict, 115 reaction to TRC report, 80–1, 93 anti-apartheid, non–racial constitutionalism -
The Truth and Reconciliations Commission in South Africa: How Many Sides to One Coin?
The Truth and Reconciliations Commission in South Africa: How many sides to one coin? Carla Filipa Freitas de Paiva 2012 Doutoramento em Pós-Colonialismos e Cidadania Global Centro de Estudos Sociais/ Faculdade de Economia Universidade de Coimbra O Cabo dos Trabalhos: Revista Electrónica dos Programas de Doutoramento do CES/ FEUC/ FLUC/ III, Nº 8, 2012 http://cabodostrabalhos/ces.uc.pt/n8/ensaios.php The Truth and Reconciliations Commission in South Africa: How many sides to 3 one coin? Abstract: Every story has at least two sides. The story of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has been well endowed with many narratives, discourses, identities and representations. The TRC was the preferred route accounting for and at the same time, combating the lasting effects of Apartheid´s colonialism in South Africa. The main objective of this paper is to show how the TRC ought to be viewed as a transformative force in the scope of an exceptional sticky post-conflict environment and a stage for historical reparation for the thousands of victims of Apartheid, fighting for the right to memory and history. Key words: South Africa; Truth and Reconciliation Commission; post-colonialism; Apartheid; victims; truth; reconciliation. 1. Introduction We must break the spiral of reprisal and counter-reprisal […] I said to them in Kigali unless you move beyond justice in the form of a tribunal, there is no hope for Rwanda. Confession, forgiveness and reconciliation in the lives of nations are not just airy-fairy religious and spiritual things, nebulous and