Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says there has been no deliberate attempt by the state to delay justice in apartheid-era cases.

She was speaking at the Gqeberha High Court, where the third inquest into the 1985 murders of the Cradock Four is under way.

The inquest is probing the deaths of anti-apartheid activists Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli believed to have been killed by the apartheid security branch.

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Kubayi says the state has supported multiple inquests and prosecutions in recent years and that a presidential commission of inquiry will determine whether anyone in government deliberately stalled these cases.

Kubayi adds that there hasn’t been deliberate action to stop or to delay the inquest.

“You’d note that even now the president has opened and appointed a commission of inquiry to be able to look at those and that commission of inquiry will deal with the issues.

If there’s anyone, then that person will be identified by the Commission of Inquiry and why that has been done. I think let’s allow for the Commission of Inquiry to determine from where we are sitting as the street, there hasn’t been any deliberate delays in prosecuting or even bringing the cases that relates to apartheid crimes into court,” says Kubayi.

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*DATE: SUNDAY, 01 JUNE 2025*.

*MINISTER KUBAYI TO ATTEND OPENING OF CRADOCK FOUR RE-OPENED INQUEST*

The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, will tomorrow, Monday, 02 June 2025, attend the proceedings…

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