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Khampepe refuses to step down as TRC Inquiry chairperson.

 
Ramaphosa has asked Justice Sisi Khampepe to step down as TRC inquiry chair

6 March 2026: ENCA

https://www.enca.com/top-stories/ramaphosa-has-asked-justice-sisi-khampepe-step-down-trc-inquiry-chair

Ramaphosa says won’t oppose Khampepe’s removal from TRC Inquiry

SABC: 6 March 2026 Canny Maphanga 6 March 2026

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/ramaphosa-says-wont-oppose-khampepes-removal-from-trc-inquiry/

Khampepe Commission must subpoena former Presidents fro cross-examination

POLITY: 5 March 2026 Issued by zGOOD Secretary-General and Unite for Change Leadership Council Member

https://www.polity.org.za/article/khampepe-commission-must-subpoena-former-presidents-fro-cross-examination-2026-03-06

Selebi’s folly: Never an intention to charge Thabo Mbeki for TRC crimes, inquiry hears

DAILY MAVERICK: 5 March 2026 Marianne Thamm

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-03-05-selebis-folly-never-an-intention-to-charharge-thabo-mbeki-for-trc-crimes-inquiry/

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

DAILY MAVERICK: Mariane Thamm 4 March 2026 

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-03-04-the-machiavellian-shadow-former-top-prostop-prosecutor-testifies-how-thabo-mbeki/

Truth and Reconciliation Commission inquiry reveals chilling details of Joe Gqabi’s assassination

IOL: Siyabonga Sithole 04 March 2026

https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-03-03-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-inquiry-reveals-chilling-details-of-joe-gqabis-assassination/

Ngcuka denies any political interference in TRC cases

Bulelani Ngcuka cross-examination at TRC cases inquiry postponed

 

Ngcuka fails to avoid cross-examination at TRC Cases Inquiry

SABC: Busi Chimombe 2 March 2026

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/ngcuka-fails-to-avoid-cross-examination-at-trc-cases-inquiry/

Ngcuka denies political interference regarding TRC cases during NDPP tenure

Political interference in TRC cases: ‘Not on my watch’ says Bulelani Ngcuka

DAILY MAVERICK: By Marianne Thamm  2 Mar 

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-03-02-political-interference-in-trc-cases-not-on-my-watch-says-bulelani-ngcuka/?dm_source=blocks-list-item&dm_medium=card-link&dm_campaign=inform

Ngcuka denies any political interference in TRC cases

Kallie Kriel testifies before Khampepe Commission: “Political interference prevents ANC leaders from being prosecuted for pre-1994 acts of terror”

ByAfriForum

https://www.artikels.afriforum.co.za/en/kallie-kriel-testifies-before-khampepe-commission-political-interference-prevents-anc-leaders-from-being-prosecuted-for-pre-1994-acts-of-terror/

Wounds of war — Son of farmer murdered by MK shares pain of TRC

Forty-seven years after his father, a vegetable farmer, was shot in the back and head by MK operatives after offering them a lift near the Botswana border, Jacob Gabriël Cilliers van der Merwe tells the Khampepe Commission that his father’s body has yet to be found and that no one was prosecuted for his murder despite police reports pointing to his killers.

KHAMPEPE COMMISSION HEARS CALL FOR ACTION ON APARTHEID-ERA PROSECUTIONS

ENCA Thursday 19 February 2026

https://www.enca.com/news/khampepe-commission-hears-call-action-apartheid-era-prosecutions

TRC Commission: Are Mbeki and Zuma trying to cover their tracks?

The Citizen 19 February 2026 By Eric Mthobeli Naki – Political Editor

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/truth-reckoning-returns-for-mbeki-and-zuma/

Mbeki, Zuma Resistance Undermining the Struggle for Truth and Justice

TRC’S UNFINISHED BUSINESS Dr. Clyde N.S. Ramalaine | Published 18 February 2026

https://theafrican.co.za/tvbox/2026-02-18-mbeki-zuma-resistance-undermining-the-struggle-for-truth-and-justice/

‘I’ve got a hole in my soul’ – Son of Fort Calata testifies at TRC inquiry

The Citizen 17 February 2026 by Faizel Patel

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/fort-calata-son-testifies-trc-inquiry/

‘Last hope’ for justice and closure for TRC cases families – pressure mounts on ex-presidents

KHAMPEPE COMMISSION MAZWI XABA|PRATORIA NEWS Published 17 February 2026

https://iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/2026-02-17-last-hope-for-justice-and-closure-for-trc-cases-families-pressure-mounts-on-ex-presidents/

MAZWI XABA|Published 
Families feel betrayed by lack of justice for apartheid era crimes, says Calata
 

https://www.enca.com/news/families-feel-betrayed-lack-justice-apartheid-era-crimes-says-calata

TRC Inquiry: Son of Fort Calata testifies how father was ‘betrayed’ by apartheid regime, ANC, Mbeki and Zuma

The Citizen by Faizel Patel 16 February 2026

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/trc-inquiry-son-fort-calata-testifies-how-father-betrayed-apartheid-regime-anc-mbeki-zuma/

Zuma and Mbeki challenge Justice Khampepe’s role in Truth and Reconciliation Commission

IOL Loyiso Sidimba| 14 February 2026
 

Calls for TRC commission to subpoena Mbeki, Zuma

SABC Busi Chimombe  13 February 2026 

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/calls-for-mbeki-zuma-to-be-subpoenaed-to-trc-commission/

Apartheid victims’ families slam ‘obstructionist’ delays in Khampepe Commission

Siphesihle Buthelezi|Published 
 
 

Apartheid victims families feel betrayed: Simelane

Apartheid victims’ families slam ‘obstructionist’ delays in Khampepe Commission

Siphesihle Buthelezi The Mercury 13 February 2026

https://themercury.co.za/news/2026-02-12-apartheid-victims-families-slam-obstructionist-delays-in-khampepe-commission/

Zuma files urgent court bid to set aside Khampepe TRC inquiry ruling

12 February 2026 Inside Politics By Simon Nare

https://insidepolitic.co.za/zuma-files-urgent-court-bid-to-set-aside-khampepe-trc-inquiry-ruling/

TRC Commission: Does Zuma have something to hide? – Brett Herron 04 December 2025

https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/trc-commission-does-zuma-have-something-to-hide—

TRC inquiry set to begin after Zuma and Mbeki fail to recuse Khampepe

Faizel Patel The Citizen 5 February 2026

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/trc-inquiry-ready-start-after-failed-bids-zuma-mbeki-recuse-khampepe/

01 December 2025: TRC COI Amendments – Extension

https://www.ahmedtimol.co.za/trc-coi-amendments/

10 November 2025: Khampepe Commission  TRC cases probe postponed to November 26

https://www.ahmedtimol.co.za/khampepe-commission-i-trc-cases-probe-postponed-to-november-26/

05 November 2025: TRC Cases Inquiry: Public hearings to start on Monday despite lack of government cooperation

KHAMPEPE COMMISSION KICK OFF Pretoria News 05 November 2025 MAZWI XABA

https://iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/2025-11-05-trc-cases-inquiry-public-hearings-to-start-on-monday-despite-lack-of-government-cooperation/

30 October 2025: MEDIA STATEMENT: TRC Cases Inquiry audit of correspondences reveal that some people may not have received notices

https://www.ahmedtimol.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Statement-on-Correspondence-Audit-.pdf

27 October 2025: MEDIA STATEMENT: TRC Cases Inquiry decries lack of cooperation from key government departments and agencies

https://www.ahmedtimol.co.za/trc-cases-inquiry-decries-lack-of-cooperation/