JOHANNESBURG - Four decades on, the family of anti-apartheid activist Nokuthula Simelane is still waiting for justice.
Simelane was abducted by apartheid security police in 1983 and is believed to have been tortured and killed.
Her family accuses the government of failing to honour its commitments to investigate and prosecute those responsible.
Her sister Thembi Simelane says the family has been seeking accountability for decades, questioning why commitments made through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission process have not resulted in prosecutions.
The TRC granted amnesty to hundreds of applicants but also recommended prosecutions in more than 300 cases. Many of those cases were never pursued.
The trial relating to Simelane’s disappearance and presumed murder, which first opened in 2016, has been postponed repeatedly.
Her family says it wants accountability from those responsible and an apology from the government for the decades-long delay.