Truth and the social services
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https://doi.org/10.15270/36-1-1553Keywords:
Truth, apartheid, colonial systems, societyAbstract
Under apartheid, South Africa' s social service sector became grossly distorted by the prevailing laws and policies. Injustices which had been in place under earlier colonial systems were entrenched and compounded. As part of this process, core values of the social services were betrayed , and the sector failed to carry out key aspects of its functions in society.
On the 12 February 1998 tluee submissions from the social service sector were banded to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. These came from the National Coalition of Social Services (NACOSS), the Child Welfare Movement, and the Greater Johannesburg Welfare, Social Service and Development Forum (GJWSSDF). The GJWSSDF submission, which is the focus of tllis article, was the result of a consultation process undertaken in the Greater Johannesburg area, with the support of the National Wel fare , Social Service and Development Forum.
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