Biko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… revolution becoming apparent, security police detained Biko, the outspoken student leader, on 18 August 1977. He was … eighteen months. A post-mortem was conducted the day after Biko’s death, at which his family was present. The … the Minister of Justice and Police, Jimmy Kruger, was that Biko died while on a hunger strike. This explanation was not …