Apartheid
A reopened inquest into the 1977 death of student activist Matthews Mabelane has presented expert evidence contradicting the apartheid-era police account that he fell while trying to escape custody.
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Former justice minister Michael Masutha told the Khampepe Commission that he met more than 250 relatives of apartheid-era victims after discovering they had not been consulted on Eugene de Kock's 2014 parole application.
Families of apartheid-era victims have told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cases Inquiry in Pretoria that an informal agreement between old and new state players from 1998 to 2003 blocked investigations and prosecutions of TRC cases. The claim points to meetings involving figures like FW de Klerk, Thabo Mbeki, and Jacob Zuma. An application by Mbeki and Zuma to recuse the inquiry's chairperson was dismissed.
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Dr Wouter Basson, the former apartheid-era chemical weapons programme leader, is challenging the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) in court to drop long-standing misconduct charges against him. The 75-year-old cardiologist argues that the proceedings, stemming from his role in Project Coast, are unfair and prejudicial after decades of delays. The case is set for argument in February 2026 in the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria.