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Apartheid top brass named in Cradock Four court papers (22 July 2021)

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/apartheid-top-brass-named-in-cradock-four-court-papers-d1b0bb48-7bdb-4e65-8d6b-6a332c0348f3

Cradock Four families describe NPA’s snail’s pace in bringing justice as a deep betrayal (21 July 2021)

https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/cradock-four-families-describe-npas-snails-pace-in-bringing-justice-as-a-deep-betrayal-7cfd33cb-272e-4ff6-bbf0-fdc22066192f

Cradock Four’ families sue NPA, police over failure to prosecute their killers, cite De Klerk (20 July 2021)

https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/just-in-cradock-four-families-sue-npa-police-over-failure-to-prosecute-their-killers-cite-de-klerk-20210720

South Africa: Cradock Four Families Denied the Right to Truth and Justice for 36 Years (27 June 2021)

https://allafrica.com/stories/202106280123.html

36 years later and still no justice for Cradock Four (27 June 2021)

https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/opinion/36-years-later-and-still-no-justice-for-cradock-four-adb380b9-ffd9-4940-a0ec-69257a45894e

 

Timeline

1985:

27 June: Disappearance and murder of Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkonto and Sicelo Mhlaulli
20 July: Funeral of the Cradock 4/Declaration of the first State of Emergency since Sharpeville massacre in 1960 

1988 – 1989:

First inquest into the Cradock 4 murders finds no one to blame

1993 – 1994:

Second inquest finds that apartheid security forces murdered the Cradock 4

1996:     

Widows of the Cradock 4 testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

1998:     

Six police officers denied amnesty for the Cradock 4 murders

2003:     

Cradock 4 case among the 350 cases handed over to the National Prosecuting Authority 

To date no one has been prosecuted in any of these cases.