South African Coalition for Transitional Justice

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📢 SACTJ Quarterly Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1

Our latest newsletter examines the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry It also highlights key work underway within SACTJ committees.

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More than 28 years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission handed over the final report to President Nelson Mandela, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has not fully implemented the TRC recommendations on reparations.

#sactj #audecadeofreparation

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The AU has declared 2026–2036 the Decade of Reparations, a continental commitment to justice for Africans and people of African descent.

The declaration places a binding obligation on member states, including South Africa, to deliver concrete, enforceable reparative measures.

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📬 SACTJ Quarterly Newsletter | Volume 1, Issue 2 is out.

Our latest newsletter reflects on a year of progress, resistance, and renewed determination in the struggle for justice and reparations.

📖 Read the full newsletter here: https://t.co/yJQLRvmwcr #TJ #Reparations

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SACTJ Statement on International Human Rights Day ,10 December

10 December marks International Human Rights Day, commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948.

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Transitional Justice in South Africa remain deeply constrained by government inaction. While victims and survivors continue to demand recognition, reparations and criminal accountability, the reality is that the wheels of justice turn very slowly or don’t turn at all.

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SACTJ welcomes the Gauteng division of the High Court's guilty conviction of two former apartheid police officers, Sergeant Abraham Hercules Engelbrecht (61) and Sergeant, Pieter Stander (60), for the premediated murder of student activist Caiphus Nyoka.

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Transitional justice is how countries deal with large-scale human rights violations. It creates clear processes to expose the truth, hold perpetrators accountable, and repair harm.

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On 29 October 1998, the 3500-page final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was officially handed to President Mandela.

27 years later, SACTJ is still campaigning for the full and proper implementation for recommendations contained in the TRC final report.

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The final day of SACTJ's strategic planning retreat successfully translated broad strategic discussions into concrete, actionable plans for the next two years. This comprehensive planning process has equipped the coalition with a clear roadmap.

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Yesterday marked the start of SACTJ's three-day biennial strategic planning retreat held at The Grail Centre in Kleinmond, with ten organisational and two individual members in attendance.

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Did You Know?

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Did You Know?

2026 to 2036 has been declared the African Union Decade of Reparations.

#YearOfReparations. #DecadeofReparations

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The SACTJ Quarterly Newsletter is here!

This issue charts our ongoing fight for justice and reparations.

Read the full issue: https://t.co/uKgeUASkQD

#TransitionalJustice #SACTJ #Reparations #HumanRights

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Did you know?

International Human Rights Law recognises reparations as a right of victims of gross human rights violations not a charity or goodwill gesture.

#humanrights #sactj

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Today, SACTJ hosted a learning exchange with the Yazidi youth leaders at Community House, discussing transitional justice in the South African and Yazidi community contexts.

Thank you to the Yazidi youth leaders for this visit, and IOM for supporting this important exchange.

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SACTJ is hosting a learning exchange with Yazidi youth leaders from Iraq on 18 September in Cape Town

We will learn about their work on truth-seeking, reparations, and civic participation and share our transitional justice work.

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The #SACTJ hosted its 2025 hybrid Annual General Meeting in Cape Town, bringing together organisational and individual members to reflect on the coalition’s achievements in the past year and set a course for 2026.

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Did you know?

Reparations takes many forms: individual monetary grants, education bursaries, healthcare, housing,
symbolic reparations, community rehabilitation programmes and institutional reform.

#sactj #reparations