Goniwe Inquest

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Title: Goniwe Inquest
Alternative Title: Cradock Four Inquest; Inquest No. 626/87
Description: The “Goniwe Inquest” item set comprises archival records related to the judicial inquest into the murders of Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkonto, Fort Calata, and Sicelo Mhlauli — four anti-apartheid activists collectively known as the Cradock Four — in 1985. These documents are part of the Cory Library and Historical Archives’ holdings on struggles against apartheid and the legal processes that followed state and police violence.

The item set comprises three primary records from Inquest No. 626/87, heard in the Regional Court at New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, which detail the proceedings, testimonies, findings, and extensive exhibits associated with the case. Materials encompass the formal record of proceedings and findings, as well as affidavits, correspondence, press materials, police files, photographs, diagrams, and related documents that reconstruct the circumstances surrounding the killings and the subsequent legal inquiry.
Date Issued: 1985–1994
Language: See all item sets with this value English; See all item sets with this value Afrikaans
Type: See all item sets with this value Collection; Archival legal and historical records
Subject: Cradock Four; Matthew Goniwe; Sparrow Mkonto; Fort Calata; Sicelo Mhlauli; See all item sets with this value Apartheid; Political inquest; See all item sets with this value Liability for human rights violations
Format: Digital records (text and associated digital objects)
Spatial Coverage: South Africa (Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape)
Temporal Coverage: 1985 (murders) and 1987–1994 (inquest and related proceedings)

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