Ntsiki Sandi, former member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, visits the Institute and Archive
Prague, March 1, 2010 – Ntsiki Sandi, South African advocate and former member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, made a day-long visit to the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and Security Services Archive on Monday, March 1. Whereas he spent the morning familiarizing himself with the activities of the two institutions and learning in detail about their work, in the afternoon it was he who gave a talk on his experiences concerning coming to terms with the past in the Republic of South Africa. Institute and Archive employees were thus able to learn both about the background behind the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as well as Mr. Sandi’s work therein.
Mr. Sandi’s lecture included a description of several cases that appeared before the South African Commission. In the ensuing discussion, a number of questions were voiced concerning coming to terms with the totalitarian regime and the consequences that the racist regime left in its wake through the present time.
Advocate Sandi, who also participated as a speaker in the “Crimes of the Communist Regimes” conference, was a member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Amnesty Committee for the duration of its existence (1995-2001). In the 1980s, he was an anti-apartheid activist, as a result of which he was detained in prison on political grounds. Today he is an advocate in Grahamstown, Republic of South Africa.
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