NPA reopens inquest into killing of anti-apartheid activist Booi Mantyi

Inside Politics Reporter

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in the Northern Cape will reopen the inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Booi Mantyi, who was shot dead by police in 1985, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Monday.

The matter will be enrolled for case management in the High Court of South Africa, Northern Cape Division, sitting in Kimberley, on Tuesday.

A date will then be set for the hearing of the inquest, which is scheduled to take place in De Aar.

The reopening follows the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development’s approval of a request by the National Director of Public Prosecutions, which was supported by the legal representatives of the Mantyi family.

Mantyi, President of the De Aar Residents’ Association, was fatally shot on 16 June 1985 during events commemorating the Soweto uprising of 16 June 1976 in De Aar, Northern Cape.

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