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South Africa Announces Apartheid Pay-Outs
BBC ^
| 12-23-2003
| Barnaby Phillips
Posted on 12/23/2003 3:05:37 PM PST by blam
SA announces apartheid pay-outs
By Barnaby Phillips
BBC Southern Africa Correspondent
There have been reconciliation celebrations in South Africa this month
South Africa has started paying reparations to thousands of victims of apartheid, the government says.
They were identified by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which spent seven years examining the crimes committed under apartheid.
The government is giving a one-off payment equivalent to about $4,500 to the victims of apartheid.
The TRC examined decades of human rights abuses and identified about 20,000 victims earlier this year.
Slow process
The government says it has processed payments for 9,000 people, but more than a third of these payments have already been returned because victims supplied invalid bank accounts.
The government is paying far less in reparations than was recommended by the TRC.
It also rejected suggestions in the TRC's final report that it raise more money for reparations by imposing a special tax on big business.
This has led to bitter complaints from some of the victims that they are not being adequately compensated.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; announces; apartheid; payouts; sa; south; southafrica
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posted on
12/23/2003 3:05:38 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
The problem with reparations is that the recipients still won't drop it after being paid. The payment is supposed to REPAIR the breach, but it won't.
2
posted on
12/23/2003 3:09:11 PM PST
by
brewcrew
To: blam
When is Winnie Mandela going to start paying reparations?
3
posted on
12/23/2003 3:12:41 PM PST
by
Zipporah
To: blam
And when will Thuggo Mbeke's squalid and corrupt regime start paying reparations to the survivors of the thousands of white farmers,their wives and children who have been raped, tortured and murdered by savages, during his illegitimate and lawless dictatorship. Thuggo is riding the tiger but he and his gangster cohorts are too evil and stupid to see it.
4
posted on
12/23/2003 3:17:56 PM PST
by
Bedford Forrest
(Roger, Contact, Judy, Out. Fox One. Splash one.<I>)
To: blam
Considering the state of SA economy, it wouldn't surprise me if these settlements weren't being paid in mid-long term government bonds. At least to whose without any connections, who, surprise, surprise, get their settlements in cash. It's happened before.
5
posted on
12/23/2003 4:24:09 PM PST
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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