WATCH LIVE | Cradock Four inquest returns to Gqeberha high court

A reopened inquest into the deaths of four United Democratic Front activists in Cradock resumes on Thursday.

June 05, 2025 at 11:05 am

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Fort Calata, second from right, and Matthew Goniwe, far right, two of the Cradock Four who were murdered by security police in 1985, are accompanied home by two activists after being released from detention in 1984. Archive image — Fort Calata, second from right, and Matthew Goniwe, far right, two of the Cradock Four who were murdered by security police in 1985, are accompanied home by two activists after being released from detention in 1984. Archive image (Arena Holdings)

A reopened inquest into the deaths of four United Democratic Front activists in Cradock resumes on Thursday.

The inquest is expected to hear testimonies until June 12 in the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha.

Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto were killed by apartheid-era security branch officers in June 1985.

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