
Long Read | Covid-19 further delays TRC justice
The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown has once again delayed the quest for justice and closure by families whose loved ones died in police custody during apartheid.
The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown has once again delayed the quest for justice and closure by families whose loved ones died in police custody during apartheid.
Doors have opened for the Timol, Simelane and Aggett families but doubts still linger about the National Prosecuting Authority’s behaviour and culpability.
A precedent-setting judgment has given hope to the families of those murdered by the apartheid regime, but also prompted others to call for liberation movement activists to be prosecuted.