Between two trees : on rediscovering reconciliation in post-1994 South Africa

dc.contributor.authorVellem, Vuyani Shadrack
dc.contributor.emailvuyani.vellem@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-08T07:26:03Z
dc.date.available2019-08-08T07:26:03Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractA veiled logic minimises the gift of reconciliation from the poor when we examine the concepts of “reparation” and “deficit” in our discourse of reconciliation within South Africa. Instrumental rationality renders umkhondo—the footprints, the hints— of reconciliation elusive. The kaffir boom, a tree of victory and violence, subsumes umsintsi, a tree of defeat, a tree of a black person if the symbolic significance of the two names for the same tree is brought to attention. The interpretation of reparations and deficit through hegemonic, Western theological lenses cheapens and robs reconciliation of justice. Who then, is in Vlakplaas today—in post-1994 South Africa? Is silence penitential or does it signify arrogance by the beneficiaries of apartheid and colonialism? The myths that conceal the distorted logic being used to define reparations and deficit are no longer helpful. This article contends that black Africans need to craft their tools of reconciliation by resisting a bifurcation of their spiritual resources from the discourse of reconciliation.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentDogmatics and Christian Ethicsen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2019en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1017-0499en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVellem, V. 2018, 'Between two trees : on rediscovering reconciliation in post-1994 South Africa', Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 1-19.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1017-0499 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2412-4265 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.25159/2412-4265/3005
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/70916
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherChurch History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Pressen_ZA
dc.rights© The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.en_ZA
dc.subjectPost-1994 South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectVlakplaasen_ZA
dc.subjectReconciliationen_ZA
dc.subjectReparationen_ZA
dc.subjectDeficiten_ZA
dc.subjectUmsintsien_ZA
dc.subjectKaffir boomen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-05
dc.subject.otherSDG-05: Gender equality
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-17
dc.subject.otherSDG-17: Partnerships for the goals
dc.titleBetween two trees : on rediscovering reconciliation in post-1994 South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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