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Kuzovulwa uphenyo ngokufa kwesishoshovu esasilwa nobandlululo kuleli uSteve Biko.
Abashushisi baseNingizimu Afrika bathe ngoLwesithathu bazoluvula kabusha uphenyo ngokufa kwesishoshovu esaziwayo esasilwa nobandlululo uSteve Biko, eminyakeni ecishe ibe ngu-50 ashonela esitokisini samaphoyisa.
U-Biko, umsunguli we-Black Consciousness Movement yaseNingizimu Afrika, washonela esitokisini sasejele ngo-1977 eneminyaka engu-30 nje kuphela, ngemva kokushaywa waquleka ngamaphoyisa ayembophele cishe inyanga edlule.
Ukufa kwaqubula intukuthelo emhlabeni wonke futhi waba uphawu lwamazwe ngamazwe lomzabalazo wokulwa nesimiso sobandlululo esisekelwe ngokwezinhlanga esasinqabela iningi labantu abansundu amalungelo ezombusazwe kanye nezomnotho eNingizimu Afrika.
“Inhloso enkulu yokuvula kabusha uphenyo wukubeka phambi kwenkantolo ubufakazi obuzokwenza ukuthi inkantolo ikwazi ukuthola isinqumo… mayelana nokuthi ngabe ukufa kwalethwa yinoma yisiphi isenzo, noma ukweqiwa, okubandakanya noma inani, icala lanoma yimuphi umuntu,” kusho iNational Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
Icala lizophinde liqulwe mhla zingama-48 kwashona uBiko ngoSepthemba 12.
Uphenyo lwango-1977 lwamukela umbiko wamaphoyisa wokuthi uBiko walimala ngesikhathi eshayisa ikhanda odongeni futhi akekho owashushiswa ngokufa.
Kodwa ngo-1997, ababengamaphoyisa abathintekayo kuleli cala bavuma ukuthi bashaya isishoshovu ngesikhathi sokulalelwa kweKhomishana Yeqiniso Nokubuyisana (TRC) ngonya olwalwenziwa ngesikhathi sobandlululo.
I-TRC yenqabile ukunikeza la maphoyisa ushwele, yanquma ukuthi aqamba amanga ebufakazini bawo futhi yehluleka nokuveza inhloso yepolitiki yokubulala uBiko.
Indaba ka-Biko yagqugquzela iculo lika-Peter Gabriel elithi “Biko”, futhi kamuva nefilimu ka-Richard Attenborough ethi “Cry Freedom”.