Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
May 30, 1997
STATEMENT FROM ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU, CHAIRPERSON OF THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
As a result of ongoing investigations being carried out by the Commission, I have given instructions that a special public hearing on the role of the State Security Council in the period 1985 to 1987 should be held in the near future.
The need for such a hearing became apparent at discussions held in my office in Cape Town today, during which I was given a report about the most recent work carried out by the Commission's Investigative Unit.
I am releasing this statement today because I want to make an early public announcement of a hearing before news leaks out in some other manner.
I am particularly anxious that the announcement of the proposed hearing should take place before my departure for the United States for further medical treatment in two weeks time.
The date of a hearing has not yet been established. We plan to issue subpoenas next week to those we will call to the hearing, and to hold a news conference once the subpoenas have been served.
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