The Truth Commission and the Predicament of Justice in South Africa

Name: The Truth Commission and the Predicament of Justice in South Africa
Brand: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
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By Salahuddin Ayub

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In the waning years of apartheid, township residents in South Africa's Eastern Cape fashioned their own democratic experiments through street committees and popular courts. This manuscript contends that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's highly choreographed performances effaced those local visions. Drawing on testimony from East London hearings and the case study of the PEBCO Three, the work contrasts the official chronology-Mandela's release, negotiations, and the rainbow nation-with the lived chronology of those who made the townships ungovernable. It argues that the TRC's legalistic human-rights discourse marginalized subaltern narratives that cherished communal order over constitutional abstractions. This clash of sensibilities, between bureaucratic spectacle and grassroots memory, produced a misunderstanding that continues to haunt South Africa's search for justice. By interrogating archival transcripts and revisiting key events, the manuscript offers a humanistic critique of transitional justice and recovers the voices of those who saw themselves as creators of history.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 264
Release Date:: 2025-08-04
Publication Date:: 2025-08-04
Publisher:: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 6208453623
ISBN13:: 9786208453626
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 411 g
Height:: 150 cm
Width:: 220 cm
Thickness:: 16 cm

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