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Lamola presses for new inquest into deaths of activists Agget, Haffejee

CAPE TOWN - Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has asked the judge presidents of the Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal divisions to reopen the inquests into the deaths of anti-apartheid activists Neil Aggett and Hoosen Haffejee, his office said on Friday.

The ministry recalled that it had authorised the NPA's request in April, under then justice minister Michael Masutha, and said it wished to stress that the authorisation remained in place. “It is of paramount importance to society that justice is not seen as a mythical concept, but it must be seen to be done.

 

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