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...think that they're really a cover-up for doing nothing at the levels where they really mean anything," says Bishop Trevor Huddleston, a leader of the anti-apartheid movement, director at the International Defense and Aid Fund (IDAF) and South African resident. The IDAF provides legal aid to South Africans challenging the legality of elements of the apartheid system. Timothy R. Smith, the executive director of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, which coordinates $8 billion in investments held by a group of American churches, adds. "It is clear that over the past year the presence of American companies...
Gomes believes the IDAF is unique. "There is lots of talk about South Africa with little directions or forces." he says. "The IDAF provides those missing ingredients...
...IDAF, by providing funds for lawyers, serves a "priceless" function. Gomes says. Because most South Africans tried for political crimes have little money, they have difficulty obtaining lawyers. Since there is no free public defence in South Africa. The IDAF, says Gomes, defers the necessary financial stimulus...
Most observers of south Africa consider the justice system to be a sharn. But given this fact, both Gomes and Carstens believe the IDAF has successfully worked within the system and helped bring about what Gomes calls "a fair number of acquittals or sentence reductions...
...Carstens puts it, the IDAF is essentially wothwhile. "How can you measure success in these conditions?" he asks. "It's humane task that we're performing. At the very least, We say to people: 'you are not alone...