Lamola says he didn’t support setting up TRC Cases Commission
The push for a probe was made to President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2021 by former TRC Commissioners.
Former Justice Minister Ronald Lamola maintains he did not back the creation of a Commission of Inquiry to investigate delays in prosecuting apartheid-era TRC Cases while he held office. The call for such a probe was made to then-President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2021 by former TRC Commissioners. Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza followed suit in February 2024, but it wasn't until court action initiated by families in January 2025 that the present commission, headed by Justice Sisi Khampepe, was established by the President.
Lamola stated that he had to make a decision in his position. "If you are in my shoes, you have to make your choices at that time. Do you abandon this course of supporting the NPA and the Hawks in prosecuting the perpetrators of apartheid crimes and shift resources to an inquiry that will deal with the post-democratic obstruction and prohibition alleged against the prosecution?
A reasonable person in my position would focus on prosecuting the apartheid criminals, and that is what I did."
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