Persistent vandalism in Nxuba is increasingly fraying the nerves of residents, with the public swimming pool, cemetery, youth centre and buildings dedicated to apartheid struggle icons lying in ruins.
Political interference in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) meant that many cases involving the deaths of anti-apartheid activists didn’t “see the light of day” for many years. This included the murder of Dr Neil Aggett at the hands of police officials in 1982.
Correspondent Mark Mikhail gathers the lessons of South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission and offers its restorative justice philosophy to address American systemic biases.
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