Desmond Tutu and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission | 60 Minutes Archive

Desmond Tutu’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission heard testimony from apartheid’s worst criminals in exchange for a chance at amnesty. In 1997, Bob Simon reported on the commission. Tutu was laid to rest today in South Africa.

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[bewitched]

Victims deserve justice not reconciliation.

[blacknemsis]

Truth is they should have been convicted of war crimes. This dude TU tu did a disservice to the people of South Africa it makes me look like he's is nothing but a pawn of the British crown.

[barbg]

The repulsive smirk on his face has no remorse. Justice comes on judgement day. God is greater. To the survivor of all, peace be with you.

[TheRedScareIsAlive]

"Imagine some people are in jail for stealing chocolate..."

But these terrible people deserve amnesty? 🙄

[saphricpcgaming]

Regardless of your politics, I think we can all agree that Truth and Reconciliation was a great level in Halo.

[MrMountainchris]

These people don't deserve amnesty. They should all rot in prison. I don't know how South Africans can be so forgiving....

[ec]

What a remarkable man you will be missed♥️ You changed the lives of so many people.

[joycemartin]

They should be forgiving but placed OUT OF AFRICA and anything they gained of wealth given back to the African People

[michaeld.williamsiii]

This is so deeply sadistic, and disturbing, this man and others who are responsible should be in jail.💔🇿🇦😔 #Unimaginable

[namu]

Tutu took a check and betrayed his people. Without restitution, forgiveness and reconciliation is meritless.

[biglebowski]

How are these folks able to laugh during this interviews including Tutu? Imagine if this was holocaust being discussed, it would be an outrage.

[a-dp]

tragic to see people so pure they can't fathom that these people will not feel remorse, no matter how nice they are

[TejasM]

I am afraid, I didn't know about the mechanisms of Truth and Reconciliation. While magnanimous at one level, I don't think such a procedure would ensure reconciliation and enduring peace. For that, you first needs justice. While capital punishment would have been state sanctioned violence, taking freedom away in the form of a prison sentence would have at least come close to being commensurate with the seriousness of the crimes. Further more, going through the painful process of recording and investing crimes should have been done. Simply granting amnesty does not ensure closure. It is pretending like wounds don't exist. Enshrining human rights and reconstituting organs of the state should have been ensured. The very perpetrator being interviewed is suggesting his former allies are in the police forces. The little that I know about modern South Africa, I don't think that has been achieved.

[Rotondwatondy]

This amnesty really helped the remains of my father uncle we found in cape town in 2003

[johnhood]

I’m a Christian, and what comes to mind is this little pray 🙏 God for give them they know not what the do. But true to the light, they know everything that they did. And they knew it was wrong. I’m in that boat also. The dirt that I did I knew it wasn’t right. And I had to pay 💰 the price. They knew it wasn’t right when they was doing it.

[valiizajames]

Disgusting!! Privilege doesn't know what generosity looks like, when that is all they know, established through torture and greed! They'll deflect "look at what the other person is doing" because don't want to be responsible...that means you have to do the work of being accountable and reconcile...Unless your ❤ understands the real meaning of grace...they will see it as a waste of time. This is exactly what's happening in the good ole' 🇺🇲

[obamathebigearsclown]

South Africa sure has made GREAT PROGRESS with the BLACKS running things, ha ha ha

[doubletrouble]

If TRC worked why don't black people own their land and economy!

[renataczerwik]

This happen when people wanted to be God’s.

[brutishfossil]

So, his life's work was getting war criminals off the hook, and you try to tote him as a good guy?
Media is so sick.