Tue 10 Oct 2000 |
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Goldstone criticises government on reparations |
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Constitutional Court judge Richard Goldstone added his name to mounting criticism of the government for failing to provide reparations to apartheid victims who testified at the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. |
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Wed 04 Oct 2000 |
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Reparations conference attack on government |
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| A two-day conference was held in Cape Town on 4 October 2000 entitled "The Unfinished Business of the TRC. Government was accused of "spitting in the face" of people who had been oppressed, impoverished and tortured by the apartheid regime by resisting paying them promised reparations. |
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Tue 26 Sep 2000 |
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Cape Town reparation conference announced |
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A two-day conference to be held in October 2000 and which aimed to address the "unfinished business" of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was announced in Cape Town. |
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Tue 12 Sep 2000 |
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Government to make reparations announcement |
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Justice Minister Penuell Maduna said in Cape Town that the justice department was in the process of preparing a set of proposals for consideration by Cabinet regarding payment. "We are doing this in consultation with the relevant department of government, and hope to make an announcement soon." |
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Tue 27 Jun 2000 |
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TRC wants business to contribute |
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Written by Independent Online
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission said the R270-million set aside by government for interim reparation of victims of human rights abuses is not enough. This is the reason a trust fund to which the business sector would be urged to contribute had been set up. |
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Mon 26 Jun 2000 |
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TRC and government agrees on trust fund |
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Written by Independent Online
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the government have agreed to establish a trust to fund the compensation process. The government had earlier rejected the proposal, arguing that there was insufficient funding to pay monetary reparations. |
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Fri 28 Apr 2000 |
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Reparation conference held |
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Written by Independent Online
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Sixty delegates who had researched reparations came from Switzerland, Germany, Malawi, Zimbabwe and South Africa to attend the conference that is to precede a larger reparations conference later this year. |
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Wed 15 Mar 2000 |
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Victims march against TRC process |
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Written by Independent Online
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Victims of human rights abuses during the apartheid era marched on 15 March 2000 to show their dissatisfaction with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's reparations process. |
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