PRESSERS AT MAHLAMBANLOVU [LIBERTAS] IN PRETORIA

Record ID: 892813

  • Title: PRESSERS AT MAHLAMBANLOVU [LIBERTAS] IN PRETORIA
  • Date: 19th July 1995
  • Summary: PRESSERS AT MAHLAMBANLOVU [LIBERTAS] IN PRETORIA:ì MANDELA WITH CHIEF EMERA AMYAOKUì [SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH] re:ì Briefing Mandela on issues at forthcomingì Conference MANDELA WITH DULLAH OMAR [MINISTER OF JUSTICE] re:ì Signing of Promotion of National Unity &ì Reconciliation Bill; functions of Truthì Commission, Amnesty Committee; No postponement ofì local government elections 12.08.17 WALKING IN 12.09.09 EMERA AMYAOKU [SECRETARY-GENERAL OFì COMMONWEALTH] - FOUND DISCUSSIONS VALUABLE ASì PREPARE FOR NEXT COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNEMENTì CONFERENCE 12.10.07 2SHOT MANDELA & EMERA 12.10.20 MANDELA: The purpose of the meeting wasì really to brief me on the issues that are going toì arise at the forthcoming Commonwealth Conference 12.10.52 CUTAWAY PRESS 12.11.04 WALKING OUT 12.26.32 MANDELA WALKING BACK IN WITH DULLAH OMARì [MINISTER OF JUSTICE] 12.26.58 DULLAH OMAR ...purpose of our meetingì this morning is for the President sign theì Promotion of National Unity & Reconciliation Billì - ONCE SIGNED IT BECOMES AN ACT 12.27.17 MANDELA SIGNING BILL 12.27.35 MANDELA ....have signed....Bill which isì now the Law of the land. This is a moment ofì enormous significance... 12.27.53 ...through the Truth & Reconciliationì Commission we can now deal with our past,ì establish the truth that has so long been deniedì us & lay the basis for genuine reconciliation. 12.28.13 The history of SA has been a history ofì great & terrible suffering.... 12.28.35...and these crimes have not only beenì committed in SA - our immediate neighbours haveì also suffered devestation at the hands of theì Apartheid forces... 12.29.17 ...because by only knowing the truth canì we hope to heal the terrible open wounds that areì the legacy of Apartheid. Only the truth ccan putì the past to rest. 12.29.37 TRUTH COMMISSION WILL BE SET UP TOì PERFORM TASK - WILL DO IT THROUGH 3 COMMITTEES,ì AMNESTY COMMITTEE - WILL HEAR APPLICATIONS ONì BASIS OF FULL DISCLOSURE 12.30.13 2ND COMMITTEE GROSS HUMAN RIGHTSì VIOLATIONS - WILL HEAR STORIES OF APARTHEIDì VICTIMS & TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IT WON'Tì HAPPEN AGAIN - POWERS OF SEARCH & SEIZURE 12.30.54 3RD COMMITTEE ON REPAIRATIONS - WILL LOOKì AT WAYS TO RESTORE DIGNITY & SELF-RESPECT OFì VICTIMS 12.33.51 WIDE ESTABLISH PRESS TABLE 12.34.01 DULLAH OMAR The Commission is notì designed to conduct a witch-hunt...it will notì facilitate any kind of witch-hunt...if theì exposure of the truth identifies people who'veì committed gross human rights violations, noì attempt will be made on our part to cover them up. 12.34.38 CUTAWAY PRESS 12.34.52 ...the Act does not preclude prosecutions WHERE EVIDENCE THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL = DUTY-BOUNDì TO PROSECUTE 12.35.11 ...the Act enables perpetrators to applyì for amnesty, but the granting of amnesty is notì automatocally. It is firstly based on fullì disclosure... 12.36.24 PRESENT TRIALS EG EUGENE DE KOCK MAY BEì SUSPENDED PENDING APPLICATIONS 12.37.08 ABOUT 2000 APPLICATIONS FOR AMNESTY 12.37.45 CUTAWAY PRESS 12.39.00 MANDELA: There are certain areas where itì appears that elections can be held on the 1stì November...majority of areas...are ready forì elections...no intention of postponing theì elections.. 12.40.55 CUTAWAYS PRESS 12.42.12 END PRESSER 12.51.30 EXT GV'S OF "LIBERTAS"
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  • City: PRETORIA
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 95JUL19V01
  • Story Text:PRESSERS AT MAHLAMBANLOVU [LIBERTAS] IN PRETORIA:ì
    MANDELA WITH CHIEF EMERA AMYAOKUì
    [SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH] re:ì
    Briefing Mandela on issues at forthcomingì
    Conference
    MANDELA WITH DULLAH OMAR [MINISTER OF JUSTICE] re:ì
    Signing of Promotion of National Unity &ì
    Reconciliation Bill; functions of Truthì
    Commission, Amnesty Committee; No postponement ofì
    local government elections

    12.08.17 WALKING IN
    12.09.09 EMERA AMYAOKU [SECRETARY-GENERAL OFì
    COMMONWEALTH] - FOUND DISCUSSIONS VALUABLE ASì
    PREPARE FOR NEXT COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNEMENTì
    CONFERENCE
    12.10.07 2SHOT MANDELA & EMERA
    12.10.20 MANDELA: The purpose of the meeting wasì
    really to brief me on the issues that are going toì
    arise at the forthcoming Commonwealth Conference
    12.10.52 CUTAWAY PRESS
    12.11.04 WALKING OUT

    12.26.32 MANDELA WALKING BACK IN WITH DULLAH OMARì
    [MINISTER OF JUSTICE]
    12.26.58 DULLAH OMAR ...purpose of our meetingì
    this morning is for the President sign theì
    Promotion of National Unity & Reconciliation Billì
    - ONCE SIGNED IT BECOMES AN ACT
    12.27.17 MANDELA SIGNING BILL
    12.27.35 MANDELA ....have signed....Bill which isì
    now the Law of the land. This is a moment ofì
    enormous significance...
    12.27.53 ...through the Truth & Reconciliationì
    Commission we can now deal with our past,ì
    establish the truth that has so long been deniedì
    us & lay the basis for genuine reconciliation.
    12.28.13 The history of SA has been a history ofì
    great & terrible suffering....
    12.28.35...and these crimes have not only beenì
    committed in SA - our immediate neighbours haveì
    also suffered devestation at the hands of theì
    Apartheid forces...
    12.29.17 ...because by only knowing the truth canì
    we hope to heal the terrible open wounds that areì
    the legacy of Apartheid. Only the truth ccan putì
    the past to rest.
    12.29.37 TRUTH COMMISSION WILL BE SET UP TOì
    PERFORM TASK - WILL DO IT THROUGH 3 COMMITTEES,ì
    AMNESTY COMMITTEE - WILL HEAR APPLICATIONS ONì
    BASIS OF FULL DISCLOSURE
    12.30.13 2ND COMMITTEE GROSS HUMAN RIGHTSì
    VIOLATIONS - WILL HEAR STORIES OF APARTHEIDì
    VICTIMS & TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IT WON'Tì
    HAPPEN AGAIN - POWERS OF SEARCH & SEIZURE
    12.30.54 3RD COMMITTEE ON REPAIRATIONS - WILL LOOKì
    AT WAYS TO RESTORE DIGNITY & SELF-RESPECT OFì
    VICTIMS
    12.33.51 WIDE ESTABLISH PRESS TABLE
    12.34.01 DULLAH OMAR The Commission is notì
    designed to conduct a witch-hunt...it will notì
    facilitate any kind of witch-hunt...if theì
    exposure of the truth identifies people who'veì
    committed gross human rights violations, noì
    attempt will be made on our part to cover them up.
    12.34.38 CUTAWAY PRESS
    12.34.52 ...the Act does not preclude prosecutions
    WHERE EVIDENCE THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL = DUTY-BOUNDì
    TO PROSECUTE
    12.35.11 ...the Act enables perpetrators to applyì
    for amnesty, but the granting of amnesty is notì
    automatocally. It is firstly based on fullì
    disclosure...
    12.36.24 PRESENT TRIALS EG EUGENE DE KOCK MAY BEì
    SUSPENDED PENDING APPLICATIONS
    12.37.08 ABOUT 2000 APPLICATIONS FOR AMNESTY
    12.37.45 CUTAWAY PRESS
    12.39.00 MANDELA: There are certain areas where itì
    appears that elections can be held on the 1stì
    November...majority of areas...are ready forì
    elections...no intention of postponing theì
    elections..
    12.40.55 CUTAWAYS PRESS
    12.42.12 END PRESSER
    12.51.30 EXT GV'S OF "LIBERTAS"
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