Sept. 12 (UPI) --The South African government is opening an inquest of the death of South African activist Steve Biko in 1977. Friday is the 48th anniversary of Biko's death in police custody at age ...

The comments followed the resolution of a funding dispute that had delayed the start of the hearings in the Gqeberha High Court.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa— "September '77, Port Elizabeth weather fine. It was business as usual, in police room 619," go the opening lines of singer Peter Gabriel's famous anti-apartheid anthem from ...

Forensic evidence presented at the reopened inquest suggests Steve Biko suffered multiple injuries over several days, contradicting the apartheid police’s account of a single ‘scuffle’. The hearing ...

The reopened inquest into the 1977 death of anti-apartheid icon Steve Biko has been halted after his family asked the High Court in Gqeberha for more time to prepare properly. Biko’s legal team told ...

Decades after Steve Biko was killed in apartheid police custody, the reopened inquest highlights not only the state-sanctioned violence of Room 619, but also democratic South Africa's failure to ...

The reopened inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko has been temporarily halted after his widow and son won an urgent order in the Gqeberha High Court on Wednesday.

The inquest into the death of anti‑apartheid activist Stephen ‘Steve’ Bantu Biko was nearly thrown into jeopardy after his family’s application for funding to secure legal representation was rejected ...

Speaking after the judgment, Biko’s eldest son, Nkosinathi, said the family remained deeply concerned about delays, but was equally concerned about the possibility of a process that was merely ...

FILE PHOTO: Souvenirs with faces of the late anti-apartheid activists and politicians of South Africa JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A South African court has reopened an inquest into the death of ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa will open a new inquest into the 1977 death in police custody of iconic anti-apartheid figure Steve Biko, state prosecutors said Wednesday. The inquest will be officially ...