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The TRC as biopolitical imperative (Part 1: Indemnity)

by Jaco Barnard-Naude 19 April 201629 April 2016

Now that 20 years have passed since the TRC undertook the complex task of promoting national unity and reconciliation, it is an opportune moment to reflect on its legacy. In an as yet little known book, The Impossible Machine: a genealogy of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, published in 2013, Adam Sitze targets much […]

Posted inEquality, News/Politics

Enough of aid – let’s talk reparations

by Jason Hickel 7 December 201516 December 2015

Colonialism is one of those things you’re not supposed to discuss in polite company — at least not north of the Mediterranean. Most people feel uncomfortable about it, and would rather pretend it didn’t happen. In fact, that appears to be the official position. In the mainstream narrative of international development peddled by institutions like […]

Posted inEquality, News/Politics

When will apartheid victims be compensated?

by Roy Jobson 27 June 201327 June 2013

June 26 is the anniversary of the signing of the Freedom Charter. It is also International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The Freedom Charter is an aspirational document which focuses mainly on freedoms “to” and “of”. One subclause speaks directly to freedom “from”: “The privacy of the house from police raids shall be […]

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