Truth & Conciliation

Truth & Conciliation is set in Cape Town in 1996 during the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings where a Xhosa police detective, Thembisa Dlamini, and an Afrikaans doctor, Pieter Marais, begin a tenuous relationship.

Both have suffered the loss of loved ones and been scarred by South African violence.

Will the truth about a deadly crime committed during the apartheid era bring them together, or split them apart?

Brutal yet tender, Truth & Conciliation is a searing account of the impact that racism had on South African life, and poses the question whether telling the truth will set you free.

Published: 20 January 2025

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Truth & Conciliation
by Berend Mets

Published by Naledi

Available from:
Naledi
Amazon (Kindle edition)

ISBN: 9781067234461
Paperback: 332 pages
 
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