"[2] He supported the aims of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and represented the Jewish community in East London on 18 November 1997, the second day of the TRC's special three-day hearing into the role of the church under apartheid.
[5] In February 1993, Harris led prayers for a special 24 hour fast after a number of recent tragedies claimed the lives of local Jews in South Africa.
[6] He later went on to become one of the founders of Afrika Tikkun which is a South African-based NPO that focuses on the Holistic Development of young people in disadvantaged townships of the country.
In 1998, he appealed to Orthodox congregations in the country to reach out to disadvantaged communities and "adopt a project – if they are not already involved – in a specific educational developmental or welfare programme as a conscious activity to make a truly beneficial Jewish contribution towards upliftment.
For the fifteen years that followed, the Foundation assisted many organisations, within both the Jewish and broader communities, to train professional staff in fields in which Rabbi Harris "had a special interest and affection".