S1E4: bones of memory - a glaring gap

The Truth Commission wrapped up its symbolic round of public hearings into gross human rights abuses in Durban on the 10th of May 1996. Evidence heard at the Jewish Club provided some insight into the violence that was still ravaging KwaZulu-Natal long after South Africa’s first democratic elections had brought peace to most of the country. Many ANC members and supporters blamed the Inkatha Freedom Party in absentia for abuses they had suffered. A glaring gap was that the experiences of IFP members went untold in the same week that South Africa’s democratic Constitution was adopted. And in the same week that the National Party walked out of the Government of National Unity. Kenneth Makatees and Darren Taylor bring to mind what happened in Durban.

Transcript: http://www.sabctruth.co.za/sabctruth/bonesright.htm#glaring 

The beast of our dark past - Desmond Tutu

Transcript: http://www.sabctruth.co.za/sabctruth/bonesright.htm#beast 

"Nkosi sikelel’ iafrika" and "Die stem"

bones of memory - experiences and memories lay bare the pain and bravery of apartheid's victims

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