From Rhetoric to Responsibility: Making Reparations to the Survivors of Past Political Violence in South Africa edited by myself and Tlhoki Mofokeng is now available in the
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This book is a collection of chapters that deal with the issue of making reparations to those victimised during South Africa's apartheid past and who appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Despite the obligation clearly stated in the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act (hereafter TRC Act) to make some form of reparations to those found to be victims by the TRC, the issue of making reparations to those wronged in the past has received negligible attention. This book is more than a call to grant reparations. It provides summarised information on the TRC and its reparations policy. Furthermore, it provides an overview of the legal ramifications and moral arguments for reparations, whilst providing additional information on reparations processes abroad.
The book has 8 chapters:
CHAPTER 1Contextualising Reconciliation and Reparations in South AfricaBrandon Hamber & Tlhoki Mofokeng
CHAPTER 2The TRC's Recommendations on Rehabilitation and ReparationMpho Leseka
CHAPTER 3Common Guilt or Common Responsibility? Moral Arguments for Reparations in South AfricaFr Michael Lapsley, S.S.M. & Karin Chubb
CHAPTER 4The Unfinished Business of the TRCYasmin Sooka
CHAPTER 5Constitutional, International and Comparative Law Perspectives on Reparation
Shadrack Gutto
CHAPTER 6An Assessment of the Impact of Urgent Interim ReparationsAnna Crawford-Pinnerup
CHAPTER 7Financing a Reparations Scheme for Victims of Political Violence
Brandon Hamber & Kamilla Rasmussen
CHAPTER 8Dealing with the Difficulties of Granting Reparations in South Africa
Brandon Hamber
