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Police Minister Bheki Cele.
AHMED TIMOL

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

  • Zaid Kimmie
5 min read
The two main interrogators in the Ahmed Timol case were both alive for many years and the family knew their whereabouts, but both died before that inquest was reopened. (Image via www.ahmedtimol.co.za)
AHMED TIMOL

Can the NPA save face on unresolved apartheid deaths?

Doors have opened for the Timol, Simelane and Aggett families but doubts still linger about the NPA’s behaviour and culpability

  • Tymon Smith
9 min read
Memory: Even in death Nokuthula Simelane is brutalised. A statue of her in Bethal has been vandalised. (Troy Enekvist)
NOKUTHULA SIMELANE

Family loses hope MK fighter is alive

To find peace, the mother and sister of Nokuthula Simelane are asking for her to be presumed dead

  • Raeesa Pather
4 min read
Ahmed Timol’s brother
AHMED TIMOL

Timol ruling ‘just the beginning’

By disavowing a 46-year-old lie, the court offers a chance at justice for many more

  • Raeesa Pather
7 min read
NOKUTHULA SIMELANE

NPA to prosecute police officers for death of Nokuthula Simelane

Simelane went missing more than three decades ago and her family want to know where the apartheid-era police buried her body.

  • Athandiwe Saba
7 min read
GEORGE BIZOS

Slow trek to justice mars TRC’s legacy

The work for reconciliation is not yet done. There are certain key components that remain outstanding.

  • George Bizos
5 min read
Former National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli says the new process “gives everybody an opportunity to apply for the post if one believes that he or she should be considered for the position”. (Paul Botes/M&G)
NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY

Compromised cadres cripple NPA directors

Two news stories highlight ongoing political meddling that subverts the rule of law.

  • Paul Hoffman 1
6 min read
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission at the first TRC hearing in East London in 1996. But the process of healing has not yet ended.
NOKUTHULA SIMELANE

Mayor demands inquest into sister’s 1983 death

TRC records show that Umkhonto weSizwe member Nokuthula Simelane was tortured on a North West farm and believed killed.

  • Sarah Evans
5 min read