The African National Congress is found guilty

According to a report published by The Star on this date , the report of the Motsuenyane Commission, published the previous day, confirmed the findings of the previously appointed Skweyiya Commission. The Skweyiya Commission under Advocate Louis Skweyiya, appointed in March 1992, found that there was abuse in some African National Congress (ANC) camps in exile. Following public criticism, President Nelson Mandela announced the appointment of a second commission of inquiry, chaired by S.M. Motsuenyane and made up of independent members not connected to the ANC. The Motsuenyane Commission's report came to similar conclusions. Although its mandate was limited, the Motsuenyane Commission named some of those believed to be responsible for the abuses. The commission recommended that the ANC apologise publicly to people whose rights had been violated. The ANC accepted the conclusions while denying that there was "any systematic policy of abuse" but called for the establishment of a truth commission "to investigate all the violations of human rights ... from all quarters". In the meantime, ANC leaders said that they felt it was inappropriate to take action against their own members as long as the National Party (NP) and security forces did not engage in a similar exercise.