Article 70JE7 South Africa opens inquest into 1977 death of activist Steve Biko

South Africa opens inquest into 1977 death of activist Steve Biko

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South African prosecutors are reopening an inquest into the death of the prominent anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, nearly 50 years after he died in police custody. Biko was the founder of South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement. He died in a prison cell in 1977, at age 30. Elna Schutz reports from Johannesburg.

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