This documentary transports the listener through raw sound to the unprecedented public hearings at which survivors - victims, perpetrators and others – testified about gross human rights abuses since 1960. It contains award-winning stories with lots of gripping and contextual sound. Well-known musicians, storytellers, poets, former political prisoners, exiles and most of the Truth Commissioners thread the story of South Africa's past with music, song, poetry and commentary. This oral record aims to preserve for posterity the rich gamut of viewpoints, memories and emotions of South Africa's history - apartheid and democracy.

Web page: http://www.sabctruth.co.za/sabctruth/index.htm

Butterflies in the pit - Desmond Tutu

Transcript: http://www.sabctruth.co.za/sabctruth/bonesright.htm#butterflies

© SABC 2020. No unauthorised use, copying, adaptation or reproduction permitted without prior written consent of the SABC.

Additional music by Whitesand - Eternity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5c83Uixoj8