US EditionSouth Africa to open new inquest into the 1977 death in custody of anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko
The inquest aims to reconsider evidence after the original 1977 inquiry exonerated police and medical staff; the reopening was approved by justice authorities and supported by Biko's family.
- South Africa will initiate a new inquest into the 1977 death of anti-apartheid figure Steve Biko, as announced by state prosecutors on Wednesday.
- The inquest is set to be registered on September 11, the anniversary of Biko's death, nearly 50 years ago.
- South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority stated this new inquest aims 'to address the atrocities of the past and assist in providing closure to the Biko family and society at large.'
- Biko was a prominent leader of the Black Consciousness Movement and died while in police custody after alleged torture.
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South Africa Authorities to Reopen Anti-Apartheid Leader Steve Biko Death Case - teleSUR English
South Africa will launch a new investigation into the 1977 death in police custody of Steve Biko, the activist who opposed the apartheid regime (1948–1994), the country’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) announced. RELATED: South Africa Calls for Strengthening the BRICS and Denounces US Protectionism On Friday, prosecutors will file in court the reopening of the probe into the death of Biko, founder and leader of the Black Consciousness Move…
The anti-apartheid activist died at the age of 30 in a Pretoria cell in 1977. At the time, the authorities claimed that he had been injured by beating his head against a wall, before former police officers confessed to having assaulted him.
Nearly 50 years after the death of the anti-apartite activist, South African justice resumed the investigation to find responsibility for the panic that led him to coma and later death in 1977.
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