S5E3: windows of history - tell us about it

The End of Apartheid - South Africa’s Human Spirit

There is no roadmap for setting up a truth commission or a path to guaranteed success. That’s the view of Priscilla Hayner who has researched several truth commissions around the world. So how does one gauge the success of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission? Journalists who have covered the beat from day one will probably say that the commission’s greatest success is the face and voice it has put to apartheid. The public space and recognition it has given to the scarred faces and broken voices of victim, perpetrator and ultimately survivor. Angie Kapelianis asked the truth commissioners what they regarded as their greatest achievement.

Transcript: http://www.sabctruth.co.za/sabctruth/windowsright.htm#tell

windows of history - reflective and self-analytical flashbacks keep open rather than close the doors of the truth commission

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