Archief AL3116 - Janet Cherry Collection

Identificatie

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ZA SAHA AL3116

Titel

Janet Cherry Collection

Datum(s)

  • 1986 - 2003 (Accumulation)

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Archief

Omvang en medium

1.7 linear metres (17 archival boxes)

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Biografie

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

Geschiedenis van het archief

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Bereik en inhoud

Materials collected from TRC Archival Audit.

The TRC Archival Audit

Between 2003 and 2006, SAHA and Historical Papers, University of Witwatersrand embarked on a project to locate, retrieve and make available records relating to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC). The project entailed conducting an archival audit of all existing TRC records in order to identify and locate documentation in danger of being lost.

In the process of conducting the archival audit, SAHA and HP located many collections from individuals and organizations that participated in the TRC process, including this collection. Selections from these materials as well as TRC related material found in the freedom of Information Collection and other pre-existing SAHA and HP collections, were digitized and can be accessed online at http://truth.wwl.wits.ac.za/

A guide to archival resources relating to South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission can also be found at http://truth.wwl.wits.ac.za/trc_directory.pdf

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This collection is open for research

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20090703

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