The family believes that the truth may come out, 45 years after the academic was assassinated
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The families of slain student activists have been waiting an agonising 40 years for justice and closure
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 what happened
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 that he was badly assaulted to exonerate the security police torturers who killed him. Haffejee, a Pietermartizburg-born dentist, died in detention at the Brighton Beach police station […]
Another apartheid-era death will be investigated after NPA pressured to finally act
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
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
The Timol family wants to stop former Security Branch clerk Joao Rodrigues from being granted a permanent stay of prosecution
Families of slain activists are fighting against an apartheid-era cop’s attempt to avoid prosecution permanently
Rodrigues had attempted to halt proceedings permanently
A new inquest may prove a family’s belief that their brother was murdered by apartheid police
The National Prosecuting Authority will reopen the inquest into the death of Dr Hoosen Haffejee, who died in police custody in 1977
With the Timol inquest findings overturned, there’s hope that the truth about Hoosen Haffejee will be known