In when South Africa made the transition from government by apartheid imposed racial segregation to a democracy it faced the difficult question of how to address the crimes committed under apartheid The country rsquo s leaders couldn t ignore the past but merely imposing harsh punishments on the guilty risked deepening the country s wounds As Desmond Tutu the first black Anglican Archbishop of South Africa explained in his book nbsp No Future Without Forgiveness We could very well have had justice retributive justice and had a South Africa lying in ashes Through establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Committee the [... more]