TRC

abbreviation

1. Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a body established in 1996 to investigate political crimes committed under the apartheid system

Example Sentences

Biko's case was heard at the TRC, which is where the policemen involved admitted to having made false statements 20 years earlier, but they were not prosecuted.

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He said families who felt let down by the lack of prosecutions that had been recommended by the TRC had continued to pressure the government for justice.

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Their murder of the four men sparked outrage across the country and six former police officers eventually confessed their involvement to the TRC.

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Explaining the reopening of the inquest into Mxenge's death last year, the justice ministry said this was because new evidence had emerged, suggesting that "certain critical information" had not been presented to the TRC.

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Nofemela, together with the squad's commander Dirk Coetzee and David Tshikalange, were in 1997 found guilty of Mxenge's murder but were granted amnesty by the TRC before the criminal case could be concluded.

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