I agree that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was the effectiveness and best path of achieving truth and reconciliation in the South African context. The TRC was established under the Government of National Unity (GNU) and was finalised by an act of a parliament known as the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, no 34 of 1995.
It was an idea of president Nelson Mandela, under the chairmanship of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Alex Boraine as vice-chairperson. The TRC hearings was an openness process as it was held in public and live broadcast on television and radio. It was to Investigate all the causes, nature and extent of gross human rights violation that occurred between 01 March 1960 and 10 May 1994
It is due to the TRC, that South Africa had managed to heal itself from the darkness of the past. The TRC also played a significant role on assisting South Africans to deal with the past so they can be able to face the coming future. It was its (TRC) measure that South Africa is now the united nation, the rainbow nation as called now and the country without violence.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was an ambitious project established with the mandate to try to promote reconciliation in South Africa, which primarily focused on gross human rights violations in South Africa during apartheid era. Essentially, it tried to do that firstly by uncovering the truth about abuses and establishing exactly who was responsible to the extent of the abuses.
The TRC also managed to restore the humanity of the