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Original Post Date: 2008-07-17 Time: 06:00:01 Posted By: Jan
Over half a billion rand has been paid out to victims of apartheid atrocities since the TRC hearings began in 1996.
The commission was set up to help South Africans come to terms with the past and to foster unity and reconciliation after apartheid.
The President’s Fund, which was established to pay reparations to victims of apartheid, has, to date, paid out a total of R525-million through the fund.
Of the 16 837 victims and survivors of apartheid who applied for reparations ,15 865 have benefited after meeting the requirements for reparations.
| Government made 209 reparation payouts in the last 12 months alone |
Government made 209 reparation payouts in the last 12 months alone.
The monies included urgent interim reparations between R2 000 and R5 000 which were paid to each victim as determined by the TRC based on dependants and another once-off grant of R30 000, approved by parliament.
Dr Khotso de Wee, chief operating officer of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, which administers applications for reparations, said funds came mainly from government and donors who contributed R800-million and R12-million respectively.
He said in terms of the TRC Act the commission was only to investigate the nature, causes and extent of gross human rights violations during March 1960 and May 1994.
Regulations which will enable the fund to cater for other reparation purposes are currently being developed. “The regulations that are being developed will specify who qualifies for reparation in terms of (their) relation to the original TRC-identified victims, like grandchildren, nieces and nephews,” he said.
De Wee said a decision was taken that the Department of Education may assist victims and their children but not, at this stage, members of the extended families, “lest a precedent be set that is not in line with the regulations as ultimately approved by Cabinet”.
Despite the TRC making recommendations that companies that benefited during apartheid can make donations to the fund, not a single South African company which operated in the apartheid era contributed to the fund.
Funds only came from three international governments which contributed just under R2 million between 1997 and 2004.
The TRC recommended that other beneficiaries of apartheid could donate to the trust, but De Wee said the TRC was unaware of such “specific” donations.