Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
October 4, 1996
STATEMENT BY DR ALEX BORAINE, VICE-CHAIRPERSON OF THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
Two submissions from military leaders - one from the former SA Defence Force and the other from the new SA National Defence Force - will be made to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Cape Town on October 21.
Major General Jan Klopper, the liaison person between the SANDF and the Commission, contacted me yesterday to inform me that General Georg Meiring, Chief of the SANDF, has confirmed the date for the submissions.
The first submission will be made by General Meiring on behalf of the SANDF.
The second will be led by Major General Deon Mortimer and will focus on the former SADF. General Klopper pointed out that the SANDF is facilitating the preparation of the both submissions because the SADF no longer exists.
After considering various options put to them by the Commission, the SANDF has indicated that they would like the submissions handled on the same basis as those of political parties when they appeared last month. Accordingly, they will present their submissions and the Commission will only ask questions of clarification at the first hearing. The Commission will then study their submissions and recall them for more probing questions later if necessary.
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