41 years after their deaths, Pebco three inquest finally begins
At the height of civil resistance against the Apartheid government and its deadliest reign in the Eastern Cape, the three left their homes on 08 May 1985 to meet a prospective donor at the Hendrik Verwoerd Airport (now named Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport), never to be seen again.
More than 41 years after they were lured to a fake meeting, abducted and tortured by apartheid security forces, the deaths of Pebco leaders Sipho Hashe, Qaqawuli Godolozi and Champion Galela will finally come under judicial scrutiny as a landmark inquest gets underway in the Eastern Cape.
Special branch Ten more members of the Special Branch, including askaris, applied for amnesty for the deaths of the Pebco Three.
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