On September 12, 1977, Stephen Bantu Biko, leader of the Black Consciousness Movement, died in police custody. He is a world famous symbol of not just resistance but Black resistance against ...

The family of Struggle icon, Stephen ‘Steve’ Bantu Biko, whose inquest into his death has been reopened, believes that there is sufficient evidence to assist the court in making an ‘unambiguous ...

An inquest into the death of South African anti apartheid legend Steve Biko was dramatically re-opened - exactly 48 years after his death. Biko, inspired by then jailed iconic leader Nelson Mandela, ...

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has announced that it will on Friday enrol the reopening of the inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist and Black Consciousness Movement founder and ...

On September 12 1977, Stephen Bantu Biko died in a prison cell in Pretoria. The announcement of Biko’s death by the South African government the next day sparked international and national protest, ...

Johannesburg — South African activist and anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko died almost five decades ago at the age of 30 in police custody. Family members and others who saw his body that day said he ...

The death of global civil rights icon Nelson Mandela this week has sparked hours of coverage, including some welcome (and unwelcome) revisitation of Apartheid’s history and impact. While the lion’s ...

When I think about Steve Biko, I am reminded of the profound lessons of the struggle for freedom by a thinker, struggle icon, philosopher and realist who was brutally murdered 46 years ago. I am ...

“Yah, but tell me Karon, did you know this Steve Biko?” The purpose of the question was derisive, an Afrikaans student seeking to silence his uppity liberal classmate’s protests at the brutal murder ...