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South Africa became a democracy in 1994. The political negotiations which led to democracy were accompanied by high levels of violence as elements of the “old order” sought to destabilise the political transition. A sinister, unidentified “Third Force” promoted violence between opposing political movements and…

It wasn’t easy ten years ago when 19 people from diverse backgrounds in Northern Ireland came together to talk about setting up the Healing Through Remembering (HTR) Project.  Intense feelings and bitter memories of the conflict made it sometimes hard to be in the same…

By Sue BlaineSTEPPING from the dazzling light of a highveld day into the dimness of the rooms in the ramparts at Johannesburg’s Old Fort — home, until the end of the year, to the South African History Archive’s exhibition on apartheid-era detention without trial at…