The families of South Africans murdered by apartheid police, including anti-apartheid activists killed in 1985, are suing the government for damages.
South Africa n President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government for failing to investigate and punish those crimes. According to them, the government neglected to adequately investigate and prosecute apartheid-era political crimes after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission .
The Cradock Four - Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto, and Sicelo Mhlauli - were all anti-apartheid activists from the town of Cradock who were assassinated 40 years ago. They accused the government of"grossly failing" to prosecute the six apartheid-era security officials allegedly responsible for the murders, and of suppressing inquiries.
"Instead, in the more than 20 years following the handover of the TRC report to Mbeki, government ministers have intervened to prevent the National Prosecuting Authority from carrying out its constitutional mandate to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes. Justice delayed in this manner has ensured that justice is permanently denied to our families," said Calata.
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