Salim Essop takes centre stage during first day of Ahmed Timol inquest
The man who was arrested alongside late anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in 1971, took centre stage at the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday during the first sitting of the inquest into his death. Salim Essop recounted painful memories of the torture he endured in the hands of the apartheid security police after he and his friend were held in custody. Timol’s death was ruled a suicide in 1972. However, […]
