Commissioning the Past: Understanding South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

This Work Includes The Uncensored Voices Of Survivors Of Human Rights Abuses Who Testified Before South Africa's Truth And Reconciliation Commission And In Whose Name The Hearings Were Undertaken. The Views Of Three Groups With Different Perspectives Are Reported: Academic Scholars, Commissioners And Researchers And People Who Related Stories Of Victimization Perpetrated On Themselves Or A Family Member. The Emerging Dialogue Between Outsiders And Insiders, And Between National, Local, And Individual Experiences Is A Distinguishing Feature Of The Book. The Power Of Truth : South Africa's Truth And Reconciliation Commission In Context / Deborah Posel, Graeme Simpson -- Researching The Truth : A View From Inside The Truth And Reconciliation Commission / Janet Cherry, John Daniel, Madeleine Fullard -- False Promises And Wasted Opportunities : Inside South Africa's Truth And Reconciliation Commission / Piers Pigou -- Monumental Historical Memory : Managing Truth In The Everyday Work Of The South African Truth And Reconciliation Commission / Lars Buur -- The Murder Of Sicelo Dlomo / Piers Pigou -- The Story Of Thandi Shezi / Pamela Sethunya Dube -- Nothing But The Truth : The Ordeal Of Duma Khumalo / Mtutuzeli Matshoba -- The Trc Report : What Kind Of History, What Kind Of Truth / Deborah Posel -- The Truth And Reconciliation Commission And The Pursuit Of Social Truth : The Case Of Kathorus / Philip Bonner, Noor Nieftagodien -- National Narrative Versus Local Truths : The Truth And Reconciliation Commission's Engagement With Duduza / Hugo Van Der Merwe -- Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories : A Brief Evaluation Of South Africa's Truth And Reconciliation Commission / Graeme Simpson. [edited By Deborah Posel And Graeme Simpson]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Softcover. English. Witwatersrand University Press. 2002. ISBN: 9781868143580. 256 pp. Good. Book No: 2506375