Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
January 28, 1998
STATEMENT BY MS HLENGIWE MKHIZE, CHAIRPERSON, REPARATIONS AND REHABILITATION COMMITTEE OF THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
Members of the Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee of the TRC met the Minister of Justice, Dr Dullah Omar, in Pretoria this afternoon.
The meeting was conducted in a very good spirit. We agreed to set up an urgent, top-level meeting including the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Finance and members of the Committee.
Among issues to be dealt with at such a meeting will be the finalisation of regulations governing the granting of urgent interim relief and an application form for reparations. The regulations and application form will then be promulgated so that interim reparations can be provided to victims as quickly as possible.
Both the Committee and the Minister agreed that their common goal was to deliver reparations as a matter of urgency.
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