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Abstract

South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy has been the subject of intense scholarly interest. It started during the pre-1994 negotiations for a transitional settlement, intensified in the post-1994 era with the introduction of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and continued after the TRC completed its tenure. The result has been a myriad of publications that have enriched the field of transitional justice. Given the extensive scholarly coverage that South Africa's transition and the TRC in particular have received, one would assume that the subject has been exhausted. It is hard to imagine that any new books on the topic would provide additional insight into what many others have extensively addressed. Yet the reality is that transitional justice processes, particularly reconciliation and justice (or perceptions thereof), often unfold over an extended period of time. The ongoing nature of these processes in South Africa, widely referred to as the ‘unfinished...