Greater Good South Africa

The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation are inviting calls for nomination for the IJR Reconciliation Award. Closing date: 30 June 2012

The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation was launched in 2000 in the aftermath of South Africa´s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The aim was to ensure that lessons learnt from South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy were taken into account as the nation moved ahead. Today, the Institute helps to build fair, democratic and inclusive societies in Africa through carefully selected engagements and interventions.

The Institute gives an annual Reconciliation Award to an individual, community or organisation in South Africa that has contributed towards reconciliation. Through this award the Institute would like to acknowledge and showcase the recipient’s approaches and strategies to enable reconciliation, whether they originate in the spheres of politics, media, business, culture, sport, academia or community service.

You can nominate online or contact Zyaan on 021 763 7135 or email

Criteria for nomination:

• The nomination of a person or organisation has to be based on achievements accomplished or work done in any sphere of South African society up to and including the previous year (2011). This means it can span over a longer period of time but has to include the previous year.
• The achievements or work of nominees must be exceptional, in that they go beyond the call of duty and are innovative. The nominee must have made a major contribution to the road concept of reconciliation and to reconciliation in the field/context in which s/he is active. 
• The nominee should provide a living testimony to the values of democracy, inclusivity and non-violence, in public and private life. The nominee should provide living testimony to the promotion of the values enshrined in our Constitution.
• Nominees may come from all walks of life. This means that the person/s/organisation can be from any sector.
• Nominees must be based in South Africa (although they do not have to have been born here) and the reconciliation work has to relate to achievements in South Africa. This requirement has been set out service logistical aspects of the awarding process.
• A person or organisation cannot nominate him/her/themselves.
• Only one nomination per person is allowed. 
• A completed motivation and application form needs to be submitted.