Whereas Nuremberg was backward looking, preoccupied with justice as punishment, CODESA sought a balance between the past and the future. There was an acknowledged place for redress, but the priority lay in creating a foundation for a future state that would include all South Africans in the political community. This is the difference between victims’ justice and survivors’ justice. Everyone who lived through apartheid—victims, perpetrators, bystanders, and beneficiaries—was a survivor.
