Relatives of activists allegedly killed by the apartheid police are demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa take action a year after their call for a commission of inquiry into the suppression of cases from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has gone unanswered.In June 2019, around 20 families of anti-apartheid activists, including Steve Biko, Ahmed Timol, Albert Luthuli, Nokuthula Simelane and Imam Haron, wrote to the President.
on the NPA to drop the investigations. The TRC referred about 300 cases to the NPA to investigate for potential prosecution.to the President on Tuesday, the families said Ramaphosa failed to respond to their requests. The President’s spokesperson had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publishing.
Commenting recently on the killing of George Floyd in the United States and the ongoing #BlackLivesMatter protests, RamaphosaBiko’s 1977 murder and committed to a “relentless desire for justice”. An apartheid inquest into Biko’s death concluded that no one was to blame. “Apartheid-era perpetrators continue to enjoy their lives while others die without any of them being ever held accountable for their dastardly crimes against our humanity.