Court to rule on proceeding with Griffiths Mxenge death inquest
During the hearing into whether the inquest into Mxenge’s death should proceed, Advocate Johan Eksteen – representing former askari Joe Mamasela, told the Court that Nofomela’s confession set in motion a probe by the Harms Commission, a criminal trial for Mxenge’s murder and TRC amnesty hearings for Coetzee, Nofomela, and Tshikalange.
The legal team representing several witnesses and former security branch members in the probe believes the reopened inquest is a fishing expedition by the State.
Three security policemen, former Vlakplaas commander Dirk Coetzee, Almond Nofomela and David Tshikalange, were found guilty and convicted but were later granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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