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![]() TRC: The facts
Over 21,000 victims of apartheid have given testimony
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was established to investigate crimes committed during the apartheid era in South Africa.
The commission oversees three committees dealing with the following areas:
The 1995 Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, which set up the commission, states that the commission's aims are to investigate and provide "as complete a picture as possible of the nature, causes and extent of gross violations of human rights". Amnesty may be granted "to those who make full disclosure of all the relevant facts relating to acts associated with a political objective committed in the course of the conflicts of the past". It is open to perpetrators from both sides of the apartheid divide. Applications have come from police, black militants, right-wing activists and others.
Facts about the commission
The commission completed its work on 31 July 1998, except for ongoing amnesty investigations, which will continue until next June. The publication of a 3,500 page report of findings in October 1998 marks the culimination of the commission's work. |
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