Exhibits & Court Transcripts
Dr Itumeleng Molefe (Outstanding)
Consolidated Index NPA Bundle
Exhibit F3 – Extracts from The Forensic ABC in Medical Practice Prof Schwar
Exhibit F4 – Shamela Shamis Affidavit
Exhibit F5 – Muhammed Haron Statement
Exhibit F6 – Zainal Makda Affidavit
Exhibit F7 – Dr Steve Naidoo Full Report
Exhibit F8 – Jeremy Cronin Affidavit
Exhibit F9- Photographs of some SAP Officers
Exhibit F10 – Chronology Interrogation of Health
Exhibit F11 – Diane Sandler Affidavit
Exhibit F12 – Robert Wilcox Affidavit
Exhibit F13 – Yousuf Gabru Affidavit
Exhibit F14 – Maison Samuels Affidavit
Exhibit F15 – Stephanie Kemp Affidavit
Exhibit F16 – Shirley Rene Gunn Affidavit
Exhibit F17 – Haron Provision Chronology from Birth to 1972
Exhibit F18 – Fatiema Haron-Masoet Affidavit
Exhibit F19 – Khalid Shamis Affidavit
Exhibit F20 – Haron Inspection in loco minutes by the Family Final
Court Transcripts:
Day 1
Day 2 and Day 3 (Outstanding)
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
MEDIA REPORTS
Jeremy Cronin expected to testify at inquest into Imam Haron’s death
The reopened inquest into the death of the late anti-apartheid activist, Imam Abdullah Haron, will continue at the High Court in Cape Town on Monday.
Haron was arrested in May 1969 and detained in Cape Town. He was found dead in his cell at the Maitland Police Station after 123 days in police detention.
The first inquest in 1970 found that his death was attributed to injuries sustained during an alleged fall down a staircase at the Cape Town Police Station and a heart condition.
My father, Imam Haron and Spyker van Wyk
November 14, 2022
At the recent re-opened inquest into Iman Abdullah Haron’s death in detention, a special branch member, the late Johannes Petrus ‘Spyker’ van Wyk was mentioned in court as being involved with the interrogation of the Imam. NICOLE VAN DRIEL recalls the time she was held incommunicado and her father’s interactions with Spyker van Wyk.
https://muslimviews.co.za/2022/11/14/my-father-imam-haron-and-spyker-van-wyk/
1960S POLICE OFFICER TO TESTIFY IN IMAM ABDULLAH HARON INQUEST
CAPE TOWN – A police officer from the late 1960s is set to testify in the Imam Abdullah Haron inquest on Monday.
The inquiry into the late struggle activist’s cause of death is in its second week and is set to conclude on Friday.
Two of the Imam’s children, an aeronautical engineer and two forensic pathologists testified before the inquiry last week.
https://ewn.co.za/2022/11/14/1960s-police-officer-to-testify-in-imam-abdullah-haron-inquest
As it happened: Imam Haron Inquest – Day 6
Reopened inquest into death of anti-apartheid activist Imam Abdullah Haron continues
The reopened inquest into the death of the late anti-apartheid activist, Imam Abdullah Haron, continues in the High Court in Cape Town today. Haron was arrested in May 1969 and detained in Cape Town. He was found dead in his cell at the Maitland Police Station after 123 days in police detention. We bring in SABC News reporter Vanessa Poonah who’s been closely following this story. We cross to her live in Cape Town.
Cop recounts speaking to anti-apartheid activist Imam Haron days before he died
- he last surviving policeman connected to anti-apartheid cleric Imam Abdullah Haron says he knew nothing about torture in detention at the time.
- He adds he was a lowly cell guard who had no say or involvement in questioning political detainees.
- He says he was shocked when he saw Haron’s pathology report clearly for the first time.
The Maitland police station cell guard who spoke to anti-apartheid cleric Imam AbdullahHaron before he was found dead was accused of being evasive every time the subject of the dreaded Security Branch came up.
Johannes Hendrik Hanekom Burger was a uniformed policeman who was a constable at the time the imam was found dead in a cell on 27 September 1969.
Imam Haron Inquest: Apartheid-era cop says he didn’t know the security branch tortured people
Surviving Spyker to go on to serve the people
November 15, 2022
At the start of the second week of the inquest into the death in detention of Imam Abdullah Haron, the court learnt more about the notoriety of Captain JP Spyker van Wyk. CASSIEM KHAN recounts the testimony of former minister in the democratic dispensation, Jeremy Cronin.
https://muslimviews.co.za/2022/11/15/surviving-spyker-to-go-on-to-serve-the-people/
Imam Haron inquest: Truth prevails over lies
November 15, 2022
Falling down a flight of stairs – and later suicide by hanging – was commonly repeated by the apartheid regime as the cause of death of political detainees. CASSIEM KHAN contextualises this in light of evidence by independent pathologists in the inquest into the death in detention of Imam Abdullah Haron.
https://muslimviews.co.za/2022/11/15/imam-haron-inquest-truth-prevails-over-lies/
Inquest into death of Imam Abdullah Haron continues
A former apartheid-era policeman, who had interactions with Imam Abdullah Haron over a two-week period before he died in detention, says he now believes the Muslim cleric and activist was tortured. Johannes Hendrik Burger is testifying at the reopened inquest into the Imam’s death at the High Court in Cape Town. Burger also testified at the original inquest in 1970, which found that no one was to blame for Haron’s death. Haron died in police custody in September 1969 after being held for 123 days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5uQfUaQcVI
Imam Haron inquest: Apartheid-era cop denies any knowledge of Security Branch activities
- A retired policeman who held the key to Imam Abdullah Haron’s cell said he knew nothing about the activities of the Security Branch, and its interrogation of “terrorists” during apartheid.
- He was testifying at the reopened inquest into the death in detention of Haron, being held in the Western Cape High Court.
- Former MP and SACP office bearer Jeremy Cronin said when he was being interrogated, he would be threatened with “what happened to Haron” if he did not cooperate.
Retired police captain Johannes Burger denied all knowledge of what the Security Branch did to political detainees, let alone anti-apartheid cleric Imam Abdullah Haron, yet he received an award for combatting terrorism from the police.
Burger said as a uniformed constable with one of two keys to Haron’s cell, and the person who let him out for his morning exercise, he just did what he was told in those days.
He asked no questions, and certainly did not know anything about political detainees being tortured.
Retired cop accused of being evasive at Imam Haron inquest
Written by Mwangi Githahu
Multimedia Journalist, Cape Argus
15 Nov
Cape Town – A retired police officer Johannes Burger, who received a medal for combating terrorism among other commendations while serving the apartheid police, denied any knowledge of torture activities at the Security Branch.
Burger, the last surviving police officer from the period of Imam Abdullah Haron’s detention, was testifying through a translator on behalf of the State at the reopened inquest into the 1969 death in police custody of the anti-apartheid Struggle activist.
As it happened: Imam Haron Inquest – Day 7
The last surviving police officer from the time Imam Abdullah Haron was held in detention in 1969 is expected to take the stand again after his cross-examination could not be completed in the allotted time on Monday, 14 November.
Other witnesses who are expected to take the stand on the seventh day of the reopened inquest include political detainees – Yousuf Gabru and Robert Wilcox – and a psychoanalyst, Diane Sandler.
IMAM HARON INQUEST: APARTHEID-ERA COP CONTINUES TESTIFYING
CAPE TOWN – The last known police officer to have interacted with Imam Abdullah Haron during incarceration is set to continue testifying on Tuesday.
An inquiry into circumstances surrounding Haron’s death has entered its final week at the Western Cape High Court.
Security branch police officers arrested the late Muslim scholar in May 1969.
https://ewn.co.za/2022/11/15/imam-haron-inquest-apartheid-era-cop-continues-testifying
Last surviving cop in Imam Haron death says it will all be ‘piled onto him’
- The last surviving police officer who had contact with anti-apartheid cleric Imam Abdullah Haron said he would probably get all the blame for the imam’s death in detention.
- Retired Captain Johannes Burger insisted his only role was to open and close Haron’s cell so he could exercise.
- However, the inquest judge questioned why he did nothing to help Haron, who was clearly suffering.
The police officer who found anti-apartheid cleric Imam Abdullah Haron dead in his cell 53 years ago said he accepted that he would probably be held responsible for the imam’s death but vehemently denied having anything to do with it.
“I am the only one still alive, and it will all be piled on to me,” retired police captain Johannes Burger said as his cross-examination was completed at the reopened inquest into the imam’s death in detention in 1969.
I’m sorry, apartheid cop tells Imam Haron’s family during cross-examination
Written by Chevon Booysen Multimedia Journalist, Cape Times
15 Nov
Cape Town – The last living apartheid policeman who was stationed at Maitland in 1969, when late Imam Abdullah Haron’s body was found, was labelled “evasive” as the reopened inquest into the Struggle icon’s death continued on Monday.
Johannes Hanekom Burger told the court he had interacted with Haron on the day of his death, September 27 1969, when he noticed Haron “wasn’t walking well” during his daily exercise.
Imam Haron Inquest: Family lawyers say apartheid cop was an evasive witness
As it happened: Imam Haron Inquest – Day 8
Imam Haron inquest: Apartheid’s security police weren’t ‘normal human beings’ – political detainee
Jenni Evans- Yousuf Gabru testified at the reopened inquest into the death in detention of Imam Abdullah Haron.
- He said the interrogators knew no limits.
- Gabru said everybody was complicit – from the police to the magistrates.
When Yousuf Gabru was arrested for being in possession of a list of the titles of Marxist books, as well as the names of students injured or hospitalised during anti-apartheid protests, the Security Branch wanted to know who they were and where he got their names from.
“We weren’t trained for interrogation,” he said at the reopened inquest into the death in detention of Imam Abdullah Haron on 27 September 1969.
“We had the idea that you would sit there and say nothing,” he told Judge Daniel Thulare on Wednesday. “That lasted for about five minutes.”
[WATCH] Haron inquiry: ‘they played my baby’s cries while torturing me’’
Written by Chevon Booysen
Multimedia Journalist, Cape Times
16 Nov
Cape Town – “Medical services, prisons, police and even social workers, they were all complicit…”
This was part of the emotive testimony given by Shirley Gunn, member of the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Ashley Kriel detachment unit, speaking of the colluding of forces during the apartheid era.
Gunn was one of three political prisoners who gave testimony at the reopened inquest hearing into circumstances leading to the death of the late Imam Abdullah Haron.
The three detailed how they had gone through extensive amounts of torture by the Security Branch (SB) at the time, particularly the “evil” Johannes “Spyker” van Wyk.
Haron family calls for justice as inquest hears final testimony
Written by Bulelwa Payi
WEEKEND ARGUS NEWS
The family of the late anti-apartheid activist, Imam Abdullah Haron want those responsible for his death to be held posthumously accountable for torture and murder.
The recommendations read out on the last day of the re-opened inquest into the death of Haron in police custody on 27 September 1969, also called for the rejection of the outcome of the first inquest in 1970 as its findings were inaccurate.
The initial inquest suggested that Haron died after he fell down a flight of stairs at Caledon Square police station, now known as Cape Town police station.
Fatiema Haron wraps up her testimony in reopened inquest into her father’s death
The youngest daughter of anti-apartheid activist Imam Abdullah Haron, who died in police detention in 1969, has wrapped up the testimony in the reopened inquest into his death.
Fatiema Haron Masoet has asked the High Court in Cape Town to overturn the original inquest finding of 1970, that no one is to blame for her father’s death.
The court has also heard the testimony of former political detainees, who described their period of solitary confinement and interrogation by the apartheid security branch, in particular the policeman, Spyker van Wyk, as torture.
Witness in Haron inquest describes apartheid’s security police as ‘pure evil’
The youngest daughter of anti-apartheid activist Imam Abdullah Haron, who died in police detention in 1969, has wrapped up the testimony in the re-opened inquest into his death. Fatiema Haron Masoet has asked the high court in Cape Town to overturn the original inquest finding of 1970, that no one is to blame for her father’s death. The court has also heard the testimony of former political detainees, who described their period of solitary confinement and interrogation by the apartheid security branch, in particular the policeman, Spyker van Wyk, as torture.
HARON INQUEST: FIND APARTHEID POLICE POSTHUMOUSLY GUILTY OF MURDER – DAUGHTER
CAPE TOWN – The family of Muslim cleric, Imam Abdullah Haron, wants the Apartheid police involved in his death to be posthumously found guilty of his murder.
An inquiry into the struggle activist’s death, while in police custody in 1969, wrapped up in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday.
The court will deliberate on the inquest findings after hearing evidence from family, medical experts, an aeronautical engineer and a projectile expert over the past two weeks.
Court in tears as inquest hears of Imam Haron’s family’s suffering after detention, death
Written by Mwangi Githahu
Multimedia Journalist, Cape Argus
17 Nov
Cape Town – There was was not a dry eye in Court 20 of the Western Cape High Court on Thursday afternoon as Fatiema Haron-Masoet testified about the trauma of growing up in the knowledge that her father had been killed by the apartheid state.
She was testifying as the final witness at the reopened inquest into Imam Abdullah Haron’s death, before Judge Daniel Thulare adjourned proceedings sine die.
Haron family pleads for ‘some sort of justice’ as inquest is adjourned
Written by Chevon Booysen
Multimedia Journalist, Cape Times
17 Nov
Cape Town – As the reopened inquest into the death of Imam Abdullah Haron comes to a close, the family’s call is for justice to be served.
The inquest has been adjourned to early next year when closing arguments will be heard in the Western Cape High Court.
Apartheid police knew Haron was sick but denied him medical care, inquest hears
Written by Bulelwa Payi
WEEKEND ARGUS
NEWS
Legal counsel for the Haron family will make submissions to the judge presiding at the reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Imam Abdullah Haron that the police denied him medical attention even though he was sick and knew he would die.
Torture and the cop who turned a blind eye
November 18, 2022
The inquest into the death in detention of Ash Shaheed Imam Abdullah Haron entered its second week on November 14 with the focus shifting to testimony on torture and the last known police officer to have interacted with the Imam before his death in detention. CASSIEM KHAN reports.
https://muslimviews.co.za/2022/11/18/torture-and-the-cop-who-turned-a-blind-eye/
Teacher who led from the front recalls torture by security police
November 18, 2022
A teacher who led from the front to conscientise students recounted his tortuous treatment at the hands of the apartheid security police. CASSIEM KHAN reports on Yousuf Grabu’s testimony on Wednesday November 16 at the inquest into the death in detention of Ash Shaheed Imam Abdullah Haron.
Khutbah: Dr. Imam A. Rashied Omar
Truth has Arrived: Reflections on the Haron Inquest
