The Battle Against Forgetting: Human Rights and the Unfinished Business of the TRC
PROGRAMME: 9 APRIL - 5 MAY 2016
All events will take place at Constitution Hill.
To mark 20 years since the first public hearings of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on 15 April 1996, the South African History Archive (SAHA), in collaboration with the Human Rights Media Centre, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, Khulumani Support Group (Western Cape), the Ahmed Timol Family Trust, and Constitution Hill, will be hosting a series of public exhibitions, film screenings, panel discussions and workshops aimed at raising awareness around ongoing justice and accountability issues in relation to the unfinished business of the TRC.
Download flyer of series of events
You need to be a registered website user to be able to download from the SAHA website.
Note: The events are FREE to attend but please do RSVP - see links below.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
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REPEAT WORKSHOP: Teaching the TRC - Saturday 7 May (first workshop was held on 16 April)
The workshop draws on SAHA publications: The battle against forgetting: human rights and the unfinished business of the TRC,Between life and death: stories from John Vorster Square, and the SAHA / SABC Truth Commission Special Report web portal.
More on the workshop
RSVP online
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MEDIA WORKSHOP: Reporting on the unfinished business of the TRC - Wednesday 13 April (originally scheduled for 12 April)
This workshop for the media is aimed at raising awareness around ongoing justice and accountability issues in relation to the unfinished business of the TRC.
RSVP online
Visit the SAHA/SABC TRC portal
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PUBLIC LAUNCH OF EXHIBITIONS - Thursday 14 April
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the first public hearings of the TRC, SAHA & the Human Rights Media Centre (HRMC) will launch 2 exhibitions:
- The SAHA exhibition "The battle against forgetting"
- The HMRC exhibition "Breaking the silence: A Luta Continua"
Exhibitions to be opened by Yasmin Sooka, former TRC Commissioner
Download full details (PDF)
RSVP online
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FILM SCREENING: A Snake Gives Birth to a Snake - Thursday 21 April
This documentary confronts the incredibly complex issues that surround conflict resolution, memory, and healing in communities emerging from genocide and other forms of conflict in South Africa, Northern Ireland, Rwanda, and the Balkans.
Download full details (PDF)
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FILM SCREENING: Indians Can’t Fly - Tuesday 3 May
This award-winning documentary tells the story of Ahmed Timol, a 29-year-old Roodepoort teacher and anti-apartheid activist who fell from the 10th floor of the security police building in Johannesburg in 1971.
Download full details (PDF)
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FILM SCREENING: We Never Give Up II - Thursday 5 May
Two documentary films produced by the HMRC, We Never Give Up and We Never Give Up II, follow the stories of Khulumani Support Group members in the Western Cape, who suffered multiple atrocities during apartheid.
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