The families of the Cradock Four have welcomed a ruling by the Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape, which ordered that the Defence Department hand over unredacted documents linked to the Cradock Four case within five court days.
The ruling follows an urgent application brought by the families of the late anti-apartheid activists Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto.
The department failed to comply with an earlier court order to disclose them.
A family member of one of the Cradock Four, Lukhanyo Calata, says the ruling offers renewed hope that long-awaited answers may finally be within reach.
Calata says, “We think it’s an incredible indictment on the state that once again we as the families were forced to seek the court’s help just so that we could get documents that the court had already ordered. We want truth. We are entitled to that truth, and it is the state’s responsibility to give that truth and justice to us.”
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