The South African Justice Ministry announced on Friday that it would reopen an investigation into the killing of four anti-apartheid activists, which turned out to be one of the well-known crimes of the time and is still unresolved over forty years later.
Following a meeting, the famous Cradock Four were kidnapped and killed in June 1985 while they were making their way back to the southern village of Cradock.
Days later, the four bodies—Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkonto, Fort Calata, and Sicelo Mhlauli—were found with multiple stab wounds and severe burns.
“It is in the interests of justice to finally bring closure to the families of the deceased who have been waiting decades for the truth about who killed their loved ones,” South Africa Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said in a statement on Friday.
Naija News reports that the statement detailed that although two inquests were undertaken, in 1987 and 1993, “more questions than answers” were found.
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