TRC Roulette : The Machiavellian shadow: Former top prosecutor testifies how Thabo Mbeki thwarted post-TRC justice

2026-03-04 - 20:03

In a searing indictment of South Africa’s post-apartheid leadership, top prosecutor Anton Ackermann detailed a systematic, state-sanctioned campaign to bury Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases, placing former president Thabo Mbeki at the centre of a ‘Machiavellian’ effort to guarantee impunity for apartheid-era perpetrators.