Imam Haron

THE new inquest into the killing of Imam Abdullah Haron opened in the Western Cape Division of the High Court in Cape Town on November 7 and adjourned on November 16, 2022 with Judge Daniel Thulare presiding. Imam Dr Abdur Rashied Omar of Claremont Main Road Mosque...

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....

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...

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. IN...

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...

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...

IT was an emotional day in court on Thursday November 10, during the inquest into the killing of Imam Abdullah Haron. CASSIEM KHAN reports. THE foot soldiers of the Apartheid regime were encouraged to serve and protect the state by any means necessary. They were commended for...

CASSIEM KHAN reflects on the harrowing testimony on the third day of the inquest into the killing of Imam Abdullah Haron. On day three of the inquest into the death in detention of Imam Abdullah Haron, it would be appropriate to be reminded that inquests are judicial...

Reporting on the second day of the inquest into the killing of Imam Abdullah Haron, CASSIEM KHAN focusses on the account of an expert witness that questioned the findings of the 1970 inquest that found that Imam Haron had died from injuries sustained after a fall down...

CASSIEM KHAN reports from the Western Cape High Court, Cape Town on the first day of the inquest into the killing of Imam Abdullah Haron. THE oft-quoted aphorism, ‘the wheels of justice turn slowly but grind exceedingly fine,’ came to mind on the first day, Monday November...