Persons Task Team News Today

In the 1980s, several activists were detained, tortured and killed, far away from their homes – then their bodies were blown apart by explosives or burnt. Their devastated families have finally been given some closure.

Time is running out for the National Prosecuting Authority to hold those responsible for atrocities to account.

The family of political prisoner James Booi heard that he died in 1996 but they had no idea where he was buried. The NPA Missing Persons Task Team believes his remains are in a pauper’s grave in Sasolburg.

The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services today welcomed the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) recent progress in bringing finality to prosecuting unsolved Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases. Committee Chairperson Mr Bulelani Magwanishe made it clear, however, that the committee still has serious concerns about the NPA’s poor communication with the families of the victims involved.   “Just this week, [the committee] was contacte...

The Minister zeroed in on the scourge of GBV that has gripped the nation, with reports of women being killed at the hands of men dominating the media space over the past few weeks.

This lifesaving package sets the standard for vaccine internationalism and a pathway to a New International Health Order, where public health and science are placed above private profit and petty nationalism.

The return of Patrice Lumumba’s remains must not be an occasion for Belgium to congratulate itself, but for a full accounting of the colonial violence that led to the assassination and coverup.

The return of Patrice Lumumba’s remains must not be an occasion for Belgium to congratulate itself, but for a full accounting of the colonial violence that led to the assassination and coverup

Gruesome Matola raid remembered, perpetrators still walking free Share Durban - Four decades after commandos from the then SA Defence Force illegally entered Mozambique and killed 15 members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the raid that shocked the southern Africa region was commemorated over the weekend. So far no one has been held accountable for the brutal raid. The raid happened on January 30, 1981 and the apartheid army had falsely believed that among those killed on that day was Joe Slovo, the...