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Book SynopsisWith a Foreword by Nelson MandelaWhile depicting the horrors of apartheid, this volume also proposes a constructive process designed to enable a free South Africa to avoid lapsing into a cycle of new oppression. The authors demonstrate a challenge that they believe can and must be met by the efforts of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission. Nelson Mandela says in his Foreword to this book: 'The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a milestone on the freedom road, and this book illuminates the journey. It presents a necessary perspective on our unfolding future. North America: St Martin's Press; South Africa: David Philip/New Africa Books
Trade ReviewBlazingly honest, unafraid to be controversial, written with verve and elegance - this splendid book tackles the unexamined historical and political background without which we cannot say that we understand the role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. -- Nadine Gordimer
Table of ContentsWhy face the past? achieving justice through truth; acknowledging the illegitimacy of apartheid; stark opposites - apartheid and the resistance to it; achieving genuine reconciliation; the need to decriminalise the resistance; acknowledging the need for corrective action; confronting the roots of violence; acknowledging the humanity of the resistance; the morality of armed resistance; establishing equality before the law; placing property on a legitimate footing; facing up to collective responsibility; apartheid and its neighbours; apartheid and the international community; finding one South Africa.
