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South Africa: Nearly R2 Billion for Apartheid Reparations Is Unspent
GroundUp, 12 December 2022
The President's Fund is growing as apartheid's victims wait Read more »
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South Africa: Survivors of Apartheid Violations Sleep Outside Constitutional Court
GroundUp, 27 October 2021
They want government to pay them reparations they believe are owed to them Read more »
South African Apartheid Reparations Unspent, Survivors Ignored
About 150 victims of apartheid have been sleeping outside the Constitutional Court as part of the Khulumani Galela Campaign. They say they qualify for apartheid reparations from the President's Fund but they have not received them, writes Daniel Steyn for GroundUp.
The President's Fund, established by the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act of 1995, is mandated to make reparations to victims of human rights abuses under apartheid. Over the past five years, the Fund has received U.S.$30.3 million in investment revenue but only disbursed U.S.$5.6 million in reparations. The fund has grown by more than U.S.$17 million since March 2018.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up in 1995 through the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, was tasked with identifying and verifying victims of apartheid who should receive reparations. A list of victims of gross human rights violations was drawn up in 2003, and according to the Department of Justice, 17,416 people received a once-off payment of U.S.$1,715.
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Dozens of people have been sleeping outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg demanding reparations for crimes committed against them during apartheid (file photo).
