This paper examines the role of the security forces in the violence that claimed the lives of 923 people in the first four months of 1992 and a staggering 12,867 people since September 1984.
Violence
Jacques Pauw is a South African investigative journalist who was an executive producer of the Special Assignment current affairs programme on SABC.
In Africa, multilateral actors increasingly want to support transitional justice processes that maximise popular participation, especially of victims/survivors and communities most affected by human rights abuses. Yet many are still developing strategies and tools to enable meaningful participation. This policy
En Afrique, les acteurs multilatéraux souhaitent de plus en plus soutenir les processus de justice transitionnelle qui maximisent la participation populaire, en particulier celle des victimes/survivants et des communautés les plus touchées par les violations des droits de l'homme. Cependant,
في أفريقيا، ترغب الجهات الفاعلة متعددة الأطراف بشكل متزايد في دعم عمليات العدالة الانتقالية التي تزيد من المشاركة الشعبية إلى أقصى حد، لا سيما مشاركة الضحايا/الناجين والمجتمعات الأكثر تضرراً من انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان. ومع ذلك، لا يزال العديد منهم يطورون
Torture in South Africa has a complex and troubling history rooted in colonial and apartheid practices, where torture was used frequently by state security forces to suppress dissent and control Black and marginalised communities. Despite legal reforms during the post-apartheid
