Apartheid Victims
latest news & developments
Court date finally set for death in detention Haffejee inquest
Another apartheid-era death will be investigated after NPA pressured to finally act
De Klerk now admits apartheid was a crime against humanity
Apartheid’s last president walks back comments that definition was a Soviet plot
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
Ramaphosa urged to establish judicial inquiry into lack of apartheid prosecutions
Imtiaz Cajee, the nephew of murdered anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol, will recommend an inquiry to probe the capture of the NPA and SAPS
Civic education might be the future
In a democracy, this means learning about self-governance
SAPS ordered to pay legal fees of security cops accused of murdering MK fighter
SAPS will pay legal costs for three apartheid era security policemen who stand accused of murdering Umkhonto weSizwe fighter Nokuthula Simelane
Timol inquest highlights striking similarities to present day South Africa
The experiences of activists who were tortured during apartheid and those tortured after 1994 are chillingly similar.
Timol probe unfolds like a whodunit
Who to believe: The apartheid cops or the doctors who say it wasn’t possible for the activist to jump?
Timol inquest: Reliving the horror
Salim Essop recalls how he was tortured by the police in 1971. His friend Ahmed Timol died in their custody
US court considers appeal against apartheid lawsuit
A US court on Monday heard an appeal by major corporations attempting to stop a lawsuit over their role in South Africa’s apartheid-era regime.
State backs apartheid victims’ case
Apartheid victims suing international companies for “aiding and abetting” will consider turning down an out-of-court settlement.