Intro -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One Dealing With the Legacy of the Past- Transitional Justice in South Africa -- 1. The Apartheid Conflict -- 2. The Negotiated Transition and the Work of the TRC -- 3. Accountability for Past Human Rights Violations in the South African Context: Conditional Amnesties and Prosecutions -- 4. Criminal Trials During the 1990s -- Chapter Two Prosecution of Political Crimes After the TRC -- 1. Special Units for Post-TRC Prosecutions -- 1.1 The Human Rights Investigative Unit -- 1.2 The Priority Crimes Litigation Unit -- 2. The Wouter Basson Case -- 2.1 The trial and quashed charges -- 2.2 The appeal litigation -- 2.3 The Constitutional Court litigation -- 2.4 A new trial? -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3. The Bisho-Massacre -- 3.1 The massacre -- 3.2 The indictment -- 3.3 The judgment -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4. The Trial of Michael Luff -- 5. The Case of Tyani and Gumengu -- 6. Eugene Terre'Blanche -- 7. The PEBCO-Three Case -- 7.1 The indictment and further development -- 7.2 The review application -- 7.3 Conclusion -- 8. The Blani Case -- 9. The Attempted Murder of Frank Chikane -- 9.1 The arrest suspension -- 9.2 The indictment and plea bargain -- 9.3 Terms of the plea bargain -- 9.4 Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion -- Chapter Three The Politics of Prosecutions -- 1. Overview -- 1.1 Interest groups -- 1.1.1 Human rights organisations -- 1.1.2 Security forces side -- a. Kontak Buro -- b. Foundation for Equality before the Law -- 1.2 Public debate -- 1.2.1 The conservative spectrum and the call for even-handedness -- 1.2.2 Human rights and victim sector -- 1.2.3 Debate erupting on the occasion of specific prosecutions -- 1.3 Government and ANC statements -- 2. Bargaining Over the TRC's Legacy -- 2.1 Consultations with the security police -- 2.2 Consultations with the generals.

2.2.1 The process of meetings -- 2.2.2 Motivation of the government -- 2.2.3 Interest of the generals -- 2.2.4 Results -- 3. A Prosecution Policy for TRC-Related Cases -- 3.1 Previous history -- 3.2 Contents -- 3.3 Rationales -- 3.4 Practical implementation -- 3.5 Reactions to the guidelines -- 3.6 Court challenge of the guidelines -- 3.7 Evaluation -- 3.7.1 The guidelines criteria -- 3.7.2 A copy of the amnesty process? -- 3.7.3 A political instrument and product of the consultations? -- 3.7.4 Conclusion -- 4. Conclusion on Government's Political Considerations -- Chapter Four Normative Standards and Practical Prospects for Further Prosecutions -- 1. Constitutional and International Law Requirements -- 1.1 Constitutional law obligations -- 1.1.1 The AZAPO rationale -- 1.1.2 The present approach and the constitutional framework -- 1.2 International law obligations -- 1.2.1 Treaty law -- 1.2.2 Customary international law -- 1.2.3 Conclusion -- 2. The Prosecution of Torture and Statutes of Limitation -- 3. Strategies and Priorities -- 3.1 Prioritisation -- 3.2 The call for even-handedness -- 3.3 Limited evidence -- 4. General Prospects for Further Trials -- 5. Non-Prosecutions -- 5.1 The cases of missing Simelane and Morudu -- 5.1.1 The Nokuthula Simelane case -- 5.1.2 The Moss Morudu case -- 5.1.3 The relevance of prosecution in missing persons cases -- 5.2 The Cradock-Four case -- 5.3 The St. James Church massacre -- 5.4 Cases involving former security police leaders -- 5.5 The State Security Council and the apartheid government -- 5.6 The Steyn-Report concerning criminal SADF activities -- Chapter Five Conclusion -- 1. Summary of Results -- 2. The Conduct of Prosecutions in the Context of the TRC Process -- 3. Closing Remarks -- Bibliography -- Press Reports -- Interviews -- E-Mail Correspondence -- Statements, Papers and other Documents -- Index.

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis and evaluation of criminal prosecutions required after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's amnesty process, putting the issue into a normative and practical perspective of transitional justice in South Africa.

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