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South Africa’s apartheid-era crimes inquiry is delayed over legal objections
Legal objections challenge the impartiality of the inquiry's chief evidence leader, delaying apartheid-era crime investigations ordered after decades of victim family pressure.
- On Monday, Judge Sisi Khampepe postponed the inquiry's first day and ordered it to resume on Nov. 26.
- Earlier this year, President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered the inquiry as part of a settlement after more than 20 families of apartheid-era victims sued, following around 150 cases recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
- The National Prosecuting Authority argued Ishmael Semenya, chief evidence leader, was compromised due to advising on a former prosecuting policy declared unconstitutional.
- The court set a Wednesday deadline for any recusal bid, with Judge Sisi Khampepe ordering the NPA and South Africa's justice department to file applications while damages remain under court consideration.
- South Africa's government has moved this year to confront apartheid by ordering new inquiries after last month’s inquest found then-ANC leader Albert Luthuli was beaten to death.
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South Africa's apartheid-era crimes inquiry is delayed over legal objections
An inquiry into allegations that South Africa’s Black-led governments interfered with investigations into apartheid-era crimes has been postponed on its first day.
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