Hoosen Haffejee
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Remains of 50 apartheid freedom fighters to be returned to SA from Zimbabwe and Zambia
The National Prosecuting Authority told MPs it was trying to expedite Truth and Reconciliation cases because it understood victims’ families were losing hope of finding justice…
New hope in anti-apartheid activist Rick Turner’s murder investigation
The family believes that the truth may come out, 45 years after the academic was assassinated
Police refusal to pay legal costs of former officers means some apartheid-era cases cannot be closed
The families of slain student activists have been waiting an agonising 40 years for justice and closure
At last, light on what happened to Hoosen Haffejee
The reopened inquest into the apartheid activist’s death in 1977 suggests Security Branch officers tortured him, with a then junior officer giving the clearest picture yet of…
Inquest magistrate covered up Haffejee killing – lawyer
The reopened inquest into the death in detention of Dr Hoosen Haffejee in 1977 has heard that the “pliant” magistrate at the original inquest, Trevor Blunden, ignored evidence…
Court date finally set for death in detention Haffejee inquest
Another apartheid-era death will be investigated after NPA pressured to finally act
Bungling Hawks spook Haffejee witness
In early 2018 the witness reversed his decision to give evidence about his last hours alive after the Hawks were 2 weeks late to take his statement
Haffejee inquest: Security branch operative dies days after decision to reopen case
Colonel James Taylor will not be brought to book for his role in the death of Dr Hoosen Haffejee because of delays in getting the case to court
Timol family granted access to oppose apartheid cop’s attempt to ‘escape justice’
The Timol family wants to stop former Security Branch clerk Joao Rodrigues from being granted a permanent stay of prosecution
Activist families fear precedent-setting case by apartheid cop
Families of slain activists are fighting against an apartheid-era cop’s attempt to avoid prosecution permanently
Families, justice minister, NPA challenge Rodrigues’ attempt to escape prosecution
Rodrigues had attempted to halt proceedings permanently
Bruises may solve 40-year mystery
A new inquest may prove a family’s belief that their brother was murdered by apartheid police
Quest for truth paramount for Haffejee family
The National Prosecuting Authority will reopen the inquest into the death of Dr Hoosen Haffejee, who died in police custody in 1977
Detainee’s ‘suicide’ revisited
With the Timol inquest findings overturned, there’s hope that the truth about Hoosen Haffejee will be known