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14 fascinating and stimulating events that happened on December 21
Among the things that happened on this day in history, soviet strongman Josef Stalin, the man of steel, is born while the most audacious general of World War II dies following a car crash.
NPA sets sights on Agget killers
The finding that anti-apartheid activist Dr Neil Aggett was killed by members of apartheid regime’s security police has once again revived calls for justice for all murdered Struggle martyrs.
Carl Niehaus accuses NPA of dragging feet in prosecuting apartheid era crimes
This comes after Judge Motsamai Makume ruled in court that the 1982 death of trade unionist Dr Neil Aggett was not suicide.
Fresh calls for independent Commission of Inquiry into “suppression” of TRC cases
Human Rights and the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundations support a called for President Cyril Ramaphosa to appoint a commission of inquiry into the suppression of cases of gross human rights violations during the apartheid era.
Court to hand down judgment on death in detention of Neil Aggett
He was found dead in his cell at the then John Vorster Square (now Johannesburg Central police station) on February 5 1982.
Honour heroic Aggett by changing History curriculum
He joined black people in the Struggle against oppression from his fellow white people
Frank Dutton’s monumental legacy
OPINION: Investigator Frank Dutton’s grit and simplicity were the hallmarks of his success, and his belief that no one is above the law ensured that all perpetrators were held to account, writes Shannon Ebrahim.