Court visits site where Cradock Four were found

LATEST INQUEST

- SIFISO MAHLANGU [e-mail]

THE inquest into the brutal killing of the Cradock Four, a group of anti-apartheid activists murdered in 1985, resumed this week in Gqeberha. As part of the proceedings, the court visited the site where their burned bodies were discovered nearly 40 years ago.

The Cradock Four - Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto, and Sicelo Mhlauli - were key members of the United Democratic Front and other community organisations fighting apartheid. Their deaths shocked the nation and became a symbol of the cruelty of the apartheid regime.

This latest inquest, which was officially reopened in 2024, aims to uncover the full truth about their abduction and murder by apartheid-era security police.