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2.1.4 Why, do you think, Archbishop Tutu and Alex Boraine were chosen to lead the TRC?

2.1.4 Why, do you think, Archbishop Tutu and Alex Boraine were chosen to lead the TRC?

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2.1.4

Why, do you think, Archbishop Tutu and Alex Boraine were chosen to lead the TRC?

2.1.5

Why did Nelson Mandela get to appoint the leaders of the TRC?
SOURCE 2A This source gives a brief description establishment and mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act 34 of 1995 provided for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) made up of 17 commissioners. The commission was tasked with investigating human rights abuses committed from 1960 to 1994, including the circumstances, factors, and context of such violations; allowing victims the opportunity to tell their story; granting amnesty; constructing an impartial historical record of the past; and drafting a reparations policy. Finally, the TRC would compile a final report, providing comprehensive accounts of the activities and findings of the commission together with recommendations of measures to prevent future violations of human rights. In order to achieve these objectives, the Act established three committees: the Human Rights Violations Committee, the Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee, and the Amnesty Committee. The commissioners were selected through an open countrywide nomination process and publicly interviewed by an independent selection panel comprising representatives of all the political parties, civil society, and the religious bodies in the country. Nelson Mandela, then president of South Africa, appointed Archbishop Desmond Tutu as the chair of the commission and Alex Boraine as the deputy chair.
Transcribed Image Text:SOURCE 2A This source gives a brief description establishment and mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act 34 of 1995 provided for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) made up of 17 commissioners. The commission was tasked with investigating human rights abuses committed from 1960 to 1994, including the circumstances, factors, and context of such violations; allowing victims the opportunity to tell their story; granting amnesty; constructing an impartial historical record of the past; and drafting a reparations policy. Finally, the TRC would compile a final report, providing comprehensive accounts of the activities and findings of the commission together with recommendations of measures to prevent future violations of human rights. In order to achieve these objectives, the Act established three committees: the Human Rights Violations Committee, the Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee, and the Amnesty Committee. The commissioners were selected through an open countrywide nomination process and publicly interviewed by an independent selection panel comprising representatives of all the political parties, civil society, and the religious bodies in the country. Nelson Mandela, then president of South Africa, appointed Archbishop Desmond Tutu as the chair of the commission and Alex Boraine as the deputy chair.
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The Truth and reconciliation Commission was a semi-judicial commission appointed by the government in South Africa , in 1996.   It was established to enquire into the wrong doings of the apartheid regime and to find solutions towards the same. This was after the fall of USSR and removal of the apartheid regime in South Africa. 

Desmond Tutu was a well known Christian priest and a big supporter of anti-apartheid measures. He was also a famous social worker.  Alexander Boraine was also an anti-apartheid social activist who later became an influential politician. 

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