All permanent full-time employees are required to attend this course within the first 12 months of their employment. NEDC Contacts. Michael Trusclair. Technical Coordinator. NEDC. Enrollment. Go to AgLearn to request enrollment in Orientation for New Employees (NRCS-NEDC-000013).
The South African TRC is a sophisticated truth recovery process. It began its first hearings in April 1996 in East London in South Africa's Eastern Cape chosen because it was the site of intense repression in the 1970s and 1980s.
Biko's family described the TRC as a vehicle for political expediency, which robbed them of their right to justice. The family opposed amnesty for his killers on these grounds and brought a legal action in South Africa's highest court, arguing that the TRC was unconstitutional. Truth and Lies: Stories from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa.. 2  Gobodo-Madikizela, Pumla. 2006.  A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness.. 3  Grunebaum, Heidi Peta.