Ruling paves the way for R167m reparations case against government

THE Good Party has welcomed the Gauteng High Court ruling which dismissed an application by the South African government to delay the R167 million constitutional damages case brought by families of victims and survivors of apartheid era crimes.

- SIYABONGA SITHOLE

On Friday, the High Court in Pretoria ruled in favour of a group of survivors and families of victims of apartheid-era crimes, who, together with the Foundation for Human Rights (FHR), had brought a case against President Cyril Ramaphosa and the government's application to indefinitely postpone or stay the R167 m constitutional damages claim case.

The case was launched by the group in January this year, with the victory coming more than 20 years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recommended that hundreds of apartheid era atrocities required further investigations and prosecutions.