South Africa to conduct an investigation into disabled prosecutors of apartheid news

The move comes after the survivors and relatives of the crimes of the apartheid era launched the court’s case against the Ramavusa government.

South African President Cyril Ramavusa ordered an investigation into determining whether the previous governments led by his party had intentionally prevented investigations and judicial trials. The crimes of the apartheid eraHe took a step that the survivors and the families of those who were killed have demanded for decades.

The Ramavusa office said in a statement on Wednesday that the historical step will address allegations “an inappropriate influence on delaying or disabilities” investigations directed against the post -apartheid governments led by the African National Congress (ANC).

“President Ramavusa can pain and thwart the families of the victims, who have fought for many years for justice,” said Ramavusa’s office.

The President’s announcement of a judicial investigation committee came after 25 survivors and relatives of victims The court case launched Against his government in January, in search of compensation.

They claimed that the successive governments of South Africa since the late 1990s have failed to properly investigate the killings that have not been resolved, and the disappearance and other crimes during the forced apartheid period despite the recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Committee after the apartheid.

The committee was established in 1996 by then President Nelson Mandela, headed by his colleague Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Its mission was to expose and record the crimes of the apartheid era and give some officials an opportunity to recognize their role, including members of the State Security Forces in the apartheid that were involved in many killings.

The African National Congress Party was the organization at the forefront of the battle against the regime of the white minority and South Africa to democracy when the apartheid ended in 1994. But the governments led by ANC have since been criticized by some to determine the priorities of national reconciliation before justice for the victims.

One of the most prominent cases that have not been resolved is a case Cardock fourA group of black activists who were kidnapped and killed by the security forces in 1985. Their bodies were burned and security officers were tortured.

No one was prosecuted due to the killings, and the death conditions were never revealed. This is among the thousands of crimes during the apartheid, where the victims and families still did not see justice.

Lukhanyo Calata, whose father was Forta, is a Cradock Four, is part of the group that transferred the current South African government to the court in January.

Kalatala said at the beginning of this court case that the successive governments of South Africa since the administration of President Thabu Mbeki from 1999-2008 have failed to act based on the recommendations of the committee and deprived the victims and the fairness of their families.

He and other relatives say that the government ministers intervened to prevent the investigation and trial of crimes.