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\par }\pard \nowidctlpar\tqr\tx7929\adjustright {\b\i\f1\fs43\cgrid0 Institute for Contextual Theology
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\par }\pard \nowidctlpar\tqr\tx952\adjustright {\b\i\f1\fs16\cgrid0 Institute for
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\par }\pard \nowidctlpar\tqr\tx6621\adjustright {\i\fs18\cgrid0 P.O. Box, 32047 Braamfontein. South Africa 2017
\par }{\b\i\f1\fs16\cgrid0 1 St F100.P K L T C Building. No 7 Troye  }{\f1\fs19\cgrid0 Street Corner }{\i\f1\fs19\cgrid0 Marshall, Johannesburg.
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\par }\pard \qc\nowidctlpar\tqr\tx8118\adjustright {\f2\fs24\cgrid0 SUBMISSION TO THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION~
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\par }\pard \qc\nowidctlpar\tx456\tqr\tx6952\adjustright {\f2\fs24\cgrid0 By\tab The Institute for Contextual Theology (ICT)
\par }\pard \nowidctlpar\tx456\tqr\tx6952\adjustright {\f2\fs24\cgrid0 
\par }\pard \nowidctlpar\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 The Institute for Contextual Theology was started by a group of very concerned theologians, both ministerial and lay, who felt called to act in the name
 of their faith so as to influence events positively in South Africa. The Institute was started in 1981
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\par }\pard \qj\nowidctlpar\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 In 1985 a very significant development took place within ICT, namely, the publication of The Kairos Document which identified three main categories of theology. These were }{\b\fs24\cgrid0 
state theology, church theology and prophetic theology}{\fs24\cgrid0  (a copy is available on request).
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\par }\pard \qj\nowidctlpar\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 On "reconciliation" ICT.s standpoint is to be found in 3.1 of the Kairos Document (M). It states clearly:
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\par }\pard \qj\nowidctlpar\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 There can be no doubt that our Christian faith commits us to work for }{\fs24\ul\cgrid0 true}{\fs24\cgrid0  reconciliation and }{\fs24\ul\cgrid0 genuine }{\fs24\cgrid0 
peace. But as so many people, including Christians, have pointed out there can be no true reconciliation and no genuine peace }{\fs24\ul\cgrid0 without iustice. . .
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\par }\pard \qj\nowidctlpar\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 The argument goes further to state that "the
 problem we are dealing with is not merely a problem of personal guilt, it is a problem of structural injustice". The TRC according to the present Act has been dealing with personal guilt. This is to be commended. It is therapeutic. Unfortunately, there a
re three flaws in this:
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\par }\pard \fi-428\li457\nowidctlpar\tx29\tx447\tx507\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 1.\tab 
The therapy seems to be more accessible to those burdened with guilt, and there seems to be very little redress for the victim/survivor.  This cannot be blamed on the TRC but on the Act itself.
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\par }\pard \qj\fi-457\li457\nowidctlpar\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 2.\tab The architects of a heinous sys
tem that allowed such practices to go on and proliferate are going on their normal business, denying involvement and responsibility. No serious restitution seems to come to their thinking. Apartheid was declared a heresy by the churches. How can perpetrat
ors then continue to receive huge pensions for plunging the country into near chaos?
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The victims/survivors have not been addressed collectively as sinned\_
against citizens by the members of the previous government to the effect that they realise that their policies plunged the country and its people into untold harm. This is extremely regrettable. True repentance has been lacking from
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\par }\pard \li720\nowidctlpar\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 the people who actually passed inhuman laws which went so far as to corrupt even the justice system.
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\par }\pard \qj\nowidctlpar\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 ICT is aware that the TRC Act was passed as it is in the interests of peace and harmony. The question is how long can this peace last if it appears forced
 by the laws of the country rather than the Law of God? It will only delay an eruption that will only delay a n eeruption that will occur as more and more people feel cheated (though quite unintentionally) by the present act.
\par }\pard \nowidctlpar\tqr\tx5622\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 
\par }\pard \qj\nowidctlpar\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 As a prophetic movement. ICT has to continue to point out that it is necessary some time to actually do the right thing and attempt to bring justice to bear if true reconciliation is to take place.
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\par }\pard \nowidctlpar\tx7890\tqr\tx9375\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 This is a very short response to the TRC. It is ICT's hope that perhaps as time goes o
n, something 'may be devised to actually bring to the attention of the previous rulers that there is a need to demonstrate that God is indeed a God a God of jursice as much as God is a reconciling God after repentance.
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\par }\pard \qj\nowidctlpar\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 ICT made a significant contribution 
to the change in the country to the point that ICT is widely known and there have been quite a number of Kairos Movements throughout the world as influenced by ICT's Kairos Document.
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\par }\pard \qj\nowidctlpar\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 When this present process has been completed ICT would like to be involved with the process of reparation and healing for our country.
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\par Submitted by:
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\par }\pard \nowidctlpar\tqr\tx3404\adjustright {\fs24\cgrid0 Wesley M. Mabuza (Rev)
\par GENERAL SECRETARY}{\fs24 
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