Reconsidering reconciliation

This stream of research questions the fundamental basis that the South African miracle of the rainbow nation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It interrogates the process of the TRC, its recommendations and outcomes in the quest for justice and social transformation. It explores the Khoza Mgojo archive that is housed at the Centre and uses it to ask new questions about the old issues of truth, reconciliation, and justice.

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The programme is a series of platforms for conversation that is aimed at questioning the ways in which the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has been understood. The programme is aimed at grappling with the difficult questions on race relations that the TRC did not address. These platforms of conversation have reflected on various themes including:

 

A theology of reconciliation

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Gendering the TRC,

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Economic reparations for apartheid violence.

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You can listen to an interview that our Coordinator, Mr. Siyabulela Tonono did on Reconciliation Day 2023 on Ukhozi FM about the Reconsidering Reconciliation programme.