Steve Biko Inquest: Family raises alarm as judge rejects postponement
Postponement dismissed However, KwaZulu-Natal Deputy Judge President Judge Isaac Madondo, sitting in the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha, dismissed the Biko family’s application to postpone the inquest into his death, ruling that proceedings would continue on Thursday, 27 August 2026.
Nearly five decades after Biko’s death in police custody, the question of accountability returned to the courts as the reopened inquest resumed at the Gqeberha High Court on Monday, 24 August 2026.
The judge questioned the timing of the application and stressed the importance of getting on with the inquest.
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