Khampepe Commission
AfriForum has been invited by the Khampepe Judicial Inquiry into unresolved TRC cases to present evidence claiming some ANC leaders evaded prosecution for apartheid-era crimes. The group must submit affidavits by 24 October 2025. The Good Party cautioned the move could politicise the pursuit of justice.
The Judicial Service Inquiry into allegations of interference with the TRC cases has revealed that it has invited rightwing lobby group AfriForum to furnish it with evidence of cases involving ANC leaders that have not been investigated by the previous TRC Commission.
This comes as the rightwing Afrikaner group made a formal submission to the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry on Friday, 10 October, requesting that the commission also prosecute ANC leaders.
AfriForum wants the Commission, which is set to commence its work next month, to widen its investigation into why some of the crimes identified by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) were not prosecuted at the time.
However, according to the Commission, some of the cases pointed out by AfriForum could fall outside the stipulated terms of reference.
The group also wants the Commission headed by retired judge, Judge Sisi Khampepe to also investigate the political interference that resulted in senior ANC leaders not being prosecuted for their alleged terror attacks during the apartheid era.
AfriForum says it has records of families, who are also the victims of the ANC’s landmine and bomb attacks on civilians, including the Van Eck family and others, who also deserve answers. AfriForum says why no ANC leader has been prosecuted for some of these crimes.
"The families of the victims of the ANC's landmine and bomb attacks on civilians, such as the Van Eck family and others, also deserve answers,” AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel said.
On Tuesday, speaking on behalf of the Khampepe Commission, Lionel Adendorf confirmed receipt of AfriForum’s submission, saying the Commission has since replied to the lobby group, and invited its leaders to submit relevant details.
“The TRC Cases Inquiry has subsequently responded to the submission, inviting both Mr Kriel and AfriForum to submit any affidavits or statements which bear evidence to the terms of reference of the Commission or pinpoint the Commission to any person who has knowledge of the matters that fall under the terms of reference. Both were requested to make submissions by no later than 24 October 2025,” said Adendorf.
This week, reacting to AfriForum’s submission, the Good Party through its secretary general, Brett Herron indicated that if AfriForum has evidence, it must take that to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
“If AfriForum has information about acts of terror carried out in the name of the ANC or anyone else during the apartheid era it must share this information with the NPA instead of trying to use it to whitewash apartheid security force killers.
“Threatening to release information about the ANC, but only if the government doesn’t stop investigating crimes perpetrated by erstwhile members of the apartheid security force, amounts to political extortion and undermines the Constitutional principles of equal justice and accountability,” said Herron.
