The document discusses South Africa's transition to democracy in the 1990s and how they dealt with the country's apartheid past. It introduces the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) which allowed victims of human rights abuses during apartheid to share their stories publicly. The TRC received over 22,000 statements and held hearings where victims testified about torture, killings, disappearances and severe ill treatment by the apartheid government. It also provided amnesty to perpetrators who fully disclosed their crimes, in order to acknowledge the truth and promote reconciliation.

1. HISTORY (MICRO-LESSON
PRESENTATION)
Topic 5: The coming of democracy in South Africa and
coming to terms with the past: How did South Africa emerge
as a democracy from the crises of the 1990s, and how did
South Africans come to terms with the Apartheid past?

2. TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
COMMISSION
Prior knowledge:
1. What do you know about the TRC?
2. what is amnesty amnesty?

3. TRC
AND
AMNESTY

5. Archbishop
Desmond
Tutu

6. It received more than 22,000 statements from victims and held public hearings at which
victims gave testimony about gross violations of human rights, defined in the Act as
torture, killings, disappearances and abductions, and severe ill treatment suffered at the
hands of the apartheid state.

7. TRC-
Questions

8. Any
Questions?
An additional YouTube video link explaining
TRC:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY-
ee1hhghQ
The online home activity google form link is:
• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQ
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