/ 12 December 2000

BIKO GETS HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD

APARTHEID activist Steve Biko, who died in police detention in 1977, has been awarded the Duma Nokwe Human Rights Award, the National Institute for Public Interest Law and Research (Nipliar) said. Biko’s son Nkosinathi Biko received the award on behalf of his father. Biko said his father’s achievements included the establishment of the Ginsberg Educational Trust to assist black students and the Zimele Trust Fund to assist political prisoners and their families.