“We feel the agreement was to delay these prosecutions and those accused of the atrocities are busy dying out. It's been 27 years of democracy and there have been no arrests.
A deadline of July 10 last year passed. A further date of December 2 was given but the NPA missed that deadline too. National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi told parliament that Truth and Reconciliation Commission matters need a dedicated investigative capacity and they could not move without this.
“Our country as a whole has failed to bring those responsible to face justice. It was only in 2017 where investigations on paper were set to begin but during that time our institutions were deeply weakened and there was no capacity to deal with these cases that required a dedicated focus,” she said.