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Last update: 10 April 2003

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NOTICE (R451) UNDER SECTION 47A OF THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION ACT, 1995 (ACT NO. 34 OF 1995) 25 May 2007 - Publication Notice Motherwell Case (Eng / Afr)
 

Please Note:
2004/03/03
Some of the telephone numbers relating to the TRC is no longer operational, due to the fact that the Commission is no longer active.

For general TRC information enquiries, please contact the one of the following persons:

Mr T Mokushane
Deputy Director: TRC Unit (Stakeholders, Information & Research)
Tel: +27 +12 315 1719, Fax: +27 +12 357 8570
E-mail: tmokushane@justice.gov.za

For issues relating to access to information not available on the site, please contact the one of the following persons:

Mr W Kekana or Ms N Louw
Access to Information Unit
Tel: +27 +12 3151672/1715
Fax: +27 +12 357 8004
E-mail: wkekana@justice.gov.za or nlouw@justice.gov.za
For issues relating to the reparation of victims, please contact the following person:
Mr F Hoosen
Tel: +27 +12 315 1293
Fax: +27 +12 357 8835
Email: fhoosen@justice.gov.za
For issues relating to problems on the website or information regarding the website itself, please contact the webmaster at: webmaster

The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up by the Government of National Unity to help deal with what happened under apartheid. The conflict during this period resulted in violence and human rights abuses from all sides. No section of society escaped these abuses. 

The TRC is based on the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No 34 of 1995.

"... a commission is a necessary exercise to enable South Africans to come to terms with their past on a morally accepted basis and to advance the cause of reconciliation."
Mr Dullah Omar, former Minister of Justice

The TRC effects its mandate through 3 committees: the Amnesty Committee, Reparation and Rehabilitation (R&R) Committee and Human Rights Violations (HRV) Committee. The Commission is currently in suspension while the work of the Amnesty Committee is completed. The remaining work of the R&R and HRV Committees has been designated to the former chairs of those Committees, and now forms part of the Amnesty Committee.

Read more about the TRC and it's Committees...

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