Issued by: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
28 April 1999
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission would like to put into perspective, the "prosecution list" as reported in the media today.
While not denying the fact that we have been meeting with the office of the National Director of Prosecutions, Bulelani Ngcuka, it should be stated that we met for the following reasons:
The meetings we have had, were to discuss strategies in order to fulfill the recommendations of the TRC in its final report.
The meetings have been in the nature of working discussions to explore mechanisms to deal with the process.
Whilst it is true that a list has been handed over, it would be correct to say that this list contains names that are already in the TRC final report.
Whilst the number of perpetrators is being bandied about, it would be inappropriate to discuss names and numbers at this point.
Both parties have agreed that names on the list as well as other information pertaining to the list will be confidential, and we ask the media to respect that confidentiality.
We would like to state categorically that no names have been disclosed at this stage to the media, and neither has there been any discussion of Gen Magnus Malan as is reported in the media.
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