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The Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday ruled that the slain anti-apartheid activist was murdered after he was detained by the security police in 1982 and did not die by suicide as was initially ruled.
His death was ruled a suicide, but an inquest has now been reopened to determine whether anyone should be held responsible.
There were emotional scenes at the Joburg High Court on Tuesday after it found that struggle activist, Ernest Moabi Dipale, did not die by suicide in detention.
The crime of apartheid (declared in 1966 by the UN) has largely gone unpunished since SA's transition in 1996. Most perpetrators have either died or are still living on comfortable pensions while the families of victims suffer in pain or die themselves.
Judge Motsamai Makume’s long-awaited judgment at the reopened inquest into the 1982 death of the anti-apartheid activist places blame squarely at the feet of the security police.