Though unsure whether the inquest into his father’s death will ever bring closure, the son of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko says at the very least he hopes history will be corrected.
Nkosinathi Biko was speaking at the Gqeberha high court on Wednesday where the matter was postponed to January 30 to sort out funding for the legal teams of two apartheid-era police officers linked to the matter.
Biko, the founder and leader of the Black Consciousness Movement, died in 1977 after he was allegedly tortured by the police.
Though the NPA would not reveal the names of the two men, during the previous court sitting Biko family lawyer advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC told the judge: “Out of the eight policemen who [allegedly] tortured and assaulted Mr Biko, only two remain alive — [Jacobus] Beneke and Daniel Siebert."
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