Transferring frozen conflict to future generations : in search of a contextual pastoral approach
Date
2020
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African Sun Media
Abstract
In general, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a salient process
with a firm mandate to set a process in place to face and deal with the apartheid past
of South Africa. However, the lack of implementing the TRCs recommendations3
as well as the reluctance of government, civil society and the religious4 groupings
to lobby, network and facilitate this commitment is evident. As time elapsed since
the onset of transition in South Africa to the current situation new insight has come
to the fore regarding how the transition was managed and the impact of the TRC
on current and future generations. Subsequently, there has been an escalation of
resistance to transformation and justice on many levels of our society. What is
also evident is that the intensity of the resistance, more often violent than not, has
increased. In addition, the language has shifted from a focus on reconciliation to
having a strong emphasis on justice, reparation and restitution. Meanwhile, in South
Africa, the majority of people are disillusioned, as the promises made to them during
the transitional process as well as subsequent election campaigns by the government
has not materialised. Political freedom is largely in place but economic justice is
still an ever-increasing challenge. The resultant disillusionment and desperation is
causing more and more people from different sectors of society to turn to violence in
their search for justice, as they literally have nothing to lose.
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CITATION: Thesnaar, C. H. 2020. Transferring frozen conflict to future generations : in search of a contextual pastoral approach, in Nel, M. J., Forster, D. A. & Thesnaar, C. H. (eds.) 2020. Reconciliation, forgiveness and violence in Africa : biblical, pastoral and ethical perspectives. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480532/07.
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Keywords
Reconciliation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Citation
Thesnaar, C. H. 2020. Transferring frozen conflict to future generations : in search of a contextual pastoral approach, in Nel, M. J., Forster, D. A. & Thesnaar, C. H. (eds.) 2020. Reconciliation, forgiveness and violence in Africa : biblical, pastoral and ethical perspectives. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480532/07.