In 1997 Cherry ended her full-time employment with the TRC and worked part-time on a contract basis, mainly to assist with completing the TRC Final Report. She has subsequently written numerous articles and delivered papers on matters relating to the TRC.

Janet Cherry generated these TRC-related records when she was in the employ of the Research Department of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) from 1996 to 1998 in the Port Elizabeth Office. Her research focused on human rights violations in the western part of the Eastern Cape Province.

Cherry conducted research with regard to hearings on human rights violations, preparing background documentation for Commissioners and investigations as well as dealing with national research themes of the liberation movements, prisons and torture.

In 1997 Cherry ended her full-time employment with the TRC and worked part-time on a contract basis, mainly to assist with completing the TRC Final Report. She has subsequently written numerous articles and delivered papers on matters relating to the TRC.

Upon completion of her full-time employment with the TRC in December 1997, Cherry copied all her own TRC-related documents to disc and handed these to the TRC together with all original documents and reports which were the property of the TRC.

These records form part of the official TRC archive in the custody of the National Archives and Record Services of South Africa (NARS). Access to the Cherry records in the custody of the National Archives is governed by the Promotion of Access to Information Act No 2 of 2000 (PAIA).

The request for such access is conducted through the Department of Justice. The URL of officials dealing with PAIA requests is located at:wkekana@justice.gov.za, nlouw@justice.gov.za