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An inquest ruled Chief Luthuli, Nobel laureate, died when he was hit by a train, but new evidence casts doubt on that.
Relatives of the victims of apartheid-era murders want the government to do more to hold perpetrators accountable.
The case of the Cradock Four also made me think of anti-apartheid activist and South African Communist Party member, Ahmed Timol, who was tortured and killed in 1971 but whose murder was also ...
I also thought about anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Essop Timol, who a couple of years later, was tortured and murdered while in police custody but was said by the apartheid police to have ‘jumped’ to ...
The Steve Biko Foundation yesterday commended the Timol family for their unyielding quest for justice for the murder of Ahmed Timol. “Indeed, the Timol family bowed their heads and ploughed ...
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has established a Commission of Inquiry into the delay in the investigation and prosecution of the apartheid-era crimes, but the nephew of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol ...
Jeremy Gordin writes on Jan Rodrigues' failure to secure a stay of prosecution in the High Court On Monday morning the South Gauteng high court turned down the application by Joao Rodrigues, 80, for a ...
This is the fourth in a series of articles on the Ahmed Timol case. The first, second and third pieces can be accessed via the embedded links. According to the version presented by the Security Police ...
Similar arguments were made in 2019 by the Southern Africa Litigation Centre in the case against João Rodrigues, who was accused of murdering anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in police custody ...
Ahmed al-Shara, the leader of the rebel coalition that swept to power in Syria last month, has been declared the country’s interim president, a role that will see him navigate a time of untold ...
Joao Rodrigues, 80, stands accused of murdering anti-apartheid campaigner Ahmed Timol in detention in 1971 when he worked for the police's infamous security branch that targeted the activities of ...