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The second inquest into anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol’s death at John Vorster Square in 1971 is continuing in the High Court in Pretoria today.
Timol’s death, on October 27, 1971, was ruled a suicide in 1972. However, a private investigation launched by Timol's family uncovered new evidence which it presented to the National Prosecuting Authority. The NPA agreed to the family’s request for the inquest to be re-opened.
The Roodepoort teacher's loved ones refuse to believe that he jumped from the 10th floor of John Vorster Square during an interrogation by security branch police. John Vorster Square is now called the Johannesburg Central police station.
