South Africa’s current economic and social woes may well be the result of too little reconciliation and not, as some claim, too much of it. They may be the result, in part at least, of increasing alienation and fragmentation within and between key role-players in the country as South Africa continues its arduous trek from truth to justice. Having faced our past through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
process and Mandela’s emphasis on reconciliation, we are yet to turn, decisively and together, towards a future where the dignity of all would be recognised. For this to become reality, South Africans would need to work together much more closely, rather than allowing historical divides or emergent conflicts to set the tone.

2012 Transformation Audit is published by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

Edited by Jan Hofmeyr

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