By Staff Reporter
A judicial commission of inquiry is being established to probe whether investigations or prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes referred by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to the National Prosecuting Authority have been obstructed.
The Presidency said on Wednesday that President Cyril Ramaphosa was determined that the matter be brought to finality following decades of allegations on the matter.
The establishment of the commission is the outcome of settlement discussions in a court application brought by families of victims of apartheid-era crimes.
Following discussions involving the Presidency, the families and other government bodies cited in the application, there was a joint agreement to establish the commission.
This follows the Presidency’s statement in February 2025 in support of a commission that would investigate delays in the prosecution of these cases.
While the parties have agreed to the establishment of the commission, they have not been able to reach a settlement
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