Will the victims of apartheid violence see justice in South Africa?
In 2003, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission asked the state to prosecute 300 cases relating to political violence. But this did not happen.
鈥淲hat makes this case more than difficult, what makes this case bitterly sad and bitterly frustrating, is that this didn鈥檛 have to happen鈥� 鈥� Odette Geldenhuys, South African lawyer.
In the mid 1990s, the South African government set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
It was aimed at looking into human rights violations and to promote dialogue between victims and perpetrators of political violence.
At the end of its work in 2003, the commission recommended that 300 cases needed to be prosecuted, but this did not happen.
Now, 25 families of those who lost their loved ones during apartheid, have taken president Cyril Ramaphosa to court, urging him to look into these cases.
They allege that there were no prosecutions because there was political interference.
Presenter: Mpho Lakaje
Guests: Buyisiwe Njoko, Yasmin Sooka, Odette Geldenhuys
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