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Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli were last seen alive after a meeting in Port Elizabeth.
The son of the late anti-apartheid activist Fort Calata – Lukhanyo Calata – says he hopes that the establishment of a Judicial Commission of Inquiry will reveal who politically interfered with the prosecution in the Cradock Four case.
Fort Calata, and three other comrades who would come to be known as the Cradock Four were killed in 1985. To this day, their alleged killers have not faced court proceedings, despite being denied amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
Earlier today, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced plans to establish an Inquiry, to probe if attempts were made to prevent the investigation or prosecution of apartheid-era crimes referred by the TRC to the NPA.
Calata says he is pleased with the announcement.
“The NPA has admitted as such. They admitted to political interference that sought to prevent them from prosecutions. What we need to find out going forward is who the individuals were. We need to find out who those sell outs were that prevented the prosecution of our fathers’ killers. Can you imagine that here, we have people holding political office. They are sitting in those offices because our fathers laid down their lives for them to be in those offices. And then these very same former comrades then go and prevent and say no you don’t need to prosecute Fort Calata’s killers, why would they do that.”
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