KHAMPEPE COMMISSION: What would Mandela do? Lessons for Mbeki and SA in confronting the past

Reported by Daily Maverick · 2 hours ago · Marianne Thamm

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Former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma have launched several legal actions aimed at delaying testifying before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into delayed post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) prosecutions for apartheid-era perpetrators. What would Mandela have done?

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