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Apartheid Museum unveils TRC justice exhibition

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  • [File Image]: A security officer sits at the entrance of the Apartheid Museum, one of dozens of heritage attractions and art galleries around the country forced to close their doors due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Johannesburg, South Africa April 7, 2021.

The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg will mark Heritage Day today by unveiling a new exhibition titled – Grave Injustice: The Unfinished Business of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The exhibition which involved about 25 families of apartheid-era victims, details their journey in seeking justice following the conclusion of the TRC, in 2023.

In January this year, 25 families of apartheid-era victims filed a lawsuit against the government seeking R167m  in constitutional damages for government’s failure to pursue justice for those identified through the TRC process.

Senior Programme Officer at the Foundation for Human Rights, Sesethu Holomisa says the exhibition is critical to pay homage to those who have passed away, but also serves as a beacon for hope that justice will be done for these families.

“The Apartheid Museum in partnership with the Foundation for Human Rights are launching an exhibition called The Grave Injustice, the Unfinished Business of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This speaks to the ongoing struggle for justice since the conclusion of the TRC, in the early 2000s and how many survivors of human rights violations and families of victims who were either forcibly disappeared or killed during apartheid, were promised justice,” says Holomisa.

Holomisa says the TRC handed over around 300 cases to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), and these cases were meant to be investigated.

 

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