On Monday, Western Cape High Court Judge Daniel Thulare overturned the 1970 inquest finding of his death in police custody in 1969, replacing it with a ruling that he was tortured to the extent that his injuries most likely caused his untimely death.
Western Cape High Court Judge Daniel Thulare handed down his judgment in the reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Imam Abdullah Haron on Monday.
Struggle stalwart and South Africa’s first foreign affairs deputy minister died on Wednesday at the age of 82. He was the younger brother of Essop Pahad, who died in July.