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Cradock 4 inquest resumes


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: The inquest into the killings of the Cradock Four - Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli, and Sparrow Mkonto-, will resume with its second sitting from TOMORROW at the Gqeberha High Court. Aside from the first two days, this 2 week session will focus primarily on the persons of interest. The inquest is expecting to hear the evidence of, among others, Mbulelo Goniwe, nephew of the late Matthew Goniwe -, Bantu Holomisa, former Chairman of the Transkei Military Council and Council of Ministers and Eugene de Kock, former Vlakplaas commander. This is the third inquest to examine the circumstances of the deaths of the Cradock 4 and comes after decades of obstruction, political interference, and institutional failure. The Cradock 4 were stopped at a roadblock in June 1985 by security officers. They were beaten, strangled with telephone wire, stabbed and shot to death in one of the most notorious killings of South Africa's apartheid era. Lukhanyo Calata, son of Fort Calata, spoke to Elvis Presslin

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