Tag Archives: Truth and reconciliation commission

Bodies exhumed in killings tied to Mandela ex-wife

JOHANNESBURG — Forensic scientists on Tuesday exhumed two bodies believed to belong to young activists last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as police said they have opened a new murder investigation. The case reopens a … read more »

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We must recognise that racism exists – Lindiwe Mazibuko

DA parliamentary leader says only reconciliation and redress will free us from fear and angst Recognising that racism exists is first step to realising reconciliation Note to editors: This is an extract of the speech that will be delivered today … read more »

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Could ritual sacrifices save I Coast?

Bassam – Could crowns, sceptres and ritual sacrifices save Ivory Coast? Some of its traditional chiefs are seeking to help in the reconciliation of the long-divided country, but not everybody agrees. Sporting an enormous crown and a multicoloured robe, Awoula … read more »

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Political parties in Togo open talks

Lome – Togo’s ruling and opposition parties resumed dialogue on institutional and constitutional reforms in Lome on Thursday, though with a major opposition group missing. The talks had broken down shortly before a hotly contested presidential election in March 2010. … read more »

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Tutu urges impartial I Coast peace panel

Abidjan – Any suggestion that ‘victor’s justice’ is being applied in Ivory Coast would undermine attempts to overcome its post-election bloodshed, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Tuesday. Tutu spoke on the eve of the launch of a reconciliation … read more »

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South Africa: Zionists call for Tutu’s head

More than 300 people have signed an online petition calling for Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu to be axed as patron of the Holocaust centres in Cape Town and Johannesburg because of his “numerous anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements”. … read more »

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