Opinion

Steve Biko's shadow dims Malema's media ban

15 September 2019 - 00:00 By peter bruce

I decided to quietly commemorate Steve Biko’s murder by the apartheid security police 42 years ago by re-reading his testimony to the Saso trial in 1976. I’m so glad I did. I knew him a bit and seeing his replies to the questions of the prosecution in the trial, and to the judge, was like listening to him all over again...

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