IT has been almost 20 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recommendation reports were handed over to the government for implementation, but has South Africa witnessed a change in the tide for reopening apartheid-era inquests?
Are the overturning of original findings of inquest records enough? Is there an appetite to pursue those fingered in the murder of loved ones’ post-inquest findings?
Recent developments in the reversal of original inquest findings of suicide in police detention in the Dr Neil Aggett, Ernest Dipale, Dr Hoosen Haffejee and Imam Haron matters clearly indicate so. The progress must be welcomed.
Reopened inquests in democratic South African don’t just happen. This is due to the committed investigating officers and prosecutors who are
