Is there more to tell in the killing of the Imam?
CASSIEM KHAN provides an analysis of the closing arguments at the reopened inquest into the killing in detention of Imam Abdullah Haron. The closing arguments were heard in Courtroom 20...
Closing arguments expose the apartheid regime’s cover-up
CASSIEM KHAN attended the closing arguments on April 24-25, 2023 of the reopened inquest into the killing of Ash-Shaheed Imam Abdullah Haron. He points out that the closing arguments exposed...
The killing of the Imam Haron: probable homicide or murder?
DRAWING on the testimony of various experts who gave evidence at the inquest last month into the death in detention of Imam Abdullah Haron in 1969, ANWAR OMAR argues that...
All who are culpable must come forward
While the focus of the new inquest into the death in detention of Imam Abdullah Haron was on the role of the apartheid state and its security police, CASSIEM KHAN...
Reflections on the Imam Haron inquest
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...
Teacher who led from the front recalls torture by security police
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...
Torture and the cop who turned a blind eye
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...
Surviving Spyker to go on to serve the people
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...
Imam Haron inquest: Truth prevails over lies
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...
My father, Imam Haron and Spyker van Wyk
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...
