Date:1997
Description:'Tom Manthata, a member of the Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee, in conversation with a visitor to the Commission in Johannesburg.' Photograph by George Hallett. The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act was passed in South Africa in 1995, calling for a commission to be set up to uncover the truth about the atrocities committed during apartheid. Controversially, perpetrators of atrocities and abuses could apply for amnesty from the commission if their acts were politically motivated and if they gave a full disclosure of those acts. Reconciliation rather than retribution was the aim. George Hallett photographed the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which was the subject of an exhibition, 'Bearing Witness', at the Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry, in 2004.
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Photographs by George Hallett of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, exhibited as 'Bearing ...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu at his desk on the telephone. Photograph by George Hallett.
Tom Manthata, a member of the Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee, in conversation with a visitor ...
Protestors at the amnesty hearing of Chris Hani's killers. Photograph by George Hallett.
Demonstration during the amnesty hearing of Chris Hani's killers. Photograph by George Hallett.
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Creators: George Hallett - Creator
Donor ref:Birmingham City Archives: MS 2449/B/2/3/5 (19/974)
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