"As we have persistently done during the last 15 years, we reiterate our call for the establishment of a TRC to investigate all human rights violations committed in opposition to Namibian independence and in the name of achieving such independence." Following the Namibian authorities' November 14 announcement of the discovery of a mass grave dating back to the apartheid era, the executive director of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR), Phil ya Nangoloh, reopened the debate on confronting Namibia with its past in a statement reported by the IRIN agency.