Johannesburg — South African activist and anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko died almost five decades ago at the age of 30 in police custody. Family members and others who saw his body that day said he ...

Two ex cops accused of killing South African anti apartheid hero Steve Biko will today controversially demand government money to protest their innocence. The two elderly men want legal aid as the ...

On September 12, 1977, Stephen Bantu Biko, leader of the Black Consciousness Movement, died in police custody. He is a world famous symbol of not just resistance but Black resistance against ...

Sept. 12 (UPI) --The South African government is opening an inquest of the death of South African activist Steve Biko in 1977. Friday is the 48th anniversary of Biko's death in police custody at age ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa— "September '77, Port Elizabeth weather fine. It was business as usual, in police room 619," go the opening lines of singer Peter Gabriel's famous anti-apartheid anthem from ...

The death of global civil rights icon Nelson Mandela this week has sparked hours of coverage, including some welcome (and unwelcome) revisitation of Apartheid’s history and impact. While the lion’s ...

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