Though unsure whether the inquest into his father’s death will ever bring closure, the son of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko says at the very least he hopes history will be corrected.

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 ...

Sept. 12 (UPI) --The South African government is opening an inquest of the death of South African activist Steve Biko in 1977. Friday is the 48th anniversary of Biko's death in police custody at age ...

A son of prominent South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko has told the BBC the family is confident a new inquest into his death 48 years ago will lead to the prosecution of those responsible ...

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 ...

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 African prosecutors will reopen an inquest into the 1977 killing of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, whose death after alleged torture by the apartheid authorities drew worldwide condemnation ...

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 ...