Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1992-1993 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
27 pages
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was established in terms of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act , No 34 of 1995, and was chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It was a court-like restorative justice body was assembled mainly for the victims of violence during Apartheid, but also hearing the testimonies of perpetrators of violence who were seeking amnesty.
The Commission presented the 5 Volumes of its final report in 1998.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Originating from the Research Department of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Executive Summary of the Steyn Report.
Following a raid by the Goldstone Commission on the offices of the Directorate of Covert Collection (DCC), President De Klerk announced on the 18 November 1992, that an investigation into the activities of the DCC would be conducted and that General Pierre Steyn, a former Chief of Defence Force Staff, had been appointed to take charge of this investigation into Third Force activities.