Zecharias Zelalem
Justice delayed but not denied.
Four apartheid era South African police officers have been put on trial for the 1987 murder of student activist Caiphus Nyoka. One of them, 65 year old Johan Marais, has already pled guilty, and testified that the three others were complicit as well.
37 years later, someone may yet see the inside of a jail for this crime.
From this weekend's edition of the @thecontinent the pan African digital newspaper.
Zecharias Zelalem
37 years after this brutal crime against a young Black liberation activist was enabled by the racist apartheid system of the era during its dying days...the ageing accused police officers were actually made by the court to visit the crime scene.
How the tables have turned. Family & friends of Nyoka had lost hope for justice, saying that the Truth & Reconciliation Commission was of no help, because the accused portrayed the act as self defense against Nyoka, who they described as a "terrorist."
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