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 ...

South Africa's racist apartheid regime said no one was to blame for activist Steve Biko's death in prison. 48 years later, his family wants the truth to come out. The 2025 government shutdown entered ...

Peter Gabriel released "Biko" in 1980 in tribute to Steve Biko, a prominent anti-apartheid activist who was tragically killed by the South African government in 1977. But Michelle Appel, the assistant ...

South Africa has reopened the investigation into the death of anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko — 48 years after he was killed in police custody. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa— "September '77, Port ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa will open a new inquest into the 1977 death in police custody of iconic anti-apartheid figure Steve Biko, state prosecutors said Wednesday. The inquest will be officially ...

FILE PHOTO: Souvenirs with faces of the late anti-apartheid activists and politicians of South Africa JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A South African court has reopened an inquest into the death of ...