News24 | Cradock Four inquest: Brutal murders were ‘calculated and premeditated’, court told

South Africa: Inquest into Apartheid-Era Murder of Cradock Four Activists Reopens After Nearly Four Decades

Cape Town -- A high court inquest into the murders of four prominent anti-apartheid activists has been reopened in South Africa, marking a significant development in one of the most notorious crimes of the apartheid era.

Inquest into notorious apartheid-era killings opens in South Africa

‘We want to correct the historic record’ – families of the Cradock Four, beaten and killed in 1985, seek justice 40 years onAn inquest has opened into one of the most notorious killings of South Africa’s apartheid era, with a former general denying he ordered the deaths of four men who became known as the Cradock Four.Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto were stopped at a roadblock on 27 June 1985 by security officers a…

News24 | Cradock Four inquest: Brutal murders were ‘calculated and premeditated’, court told

The murder of the Cradock Four by the apartheid regime’s security forces was calculated and premeditated, the inquest into the deaths of the anti-apartheid activists heard on the first day of its reopening on Monday.