The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death

Updated: 22 Aug 2019

The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death as well as a post-mortem report submitted to the Attorney General of the Transvaal, signed by Professor Johan Loubser, Chief State Pathologist, Professor I.W. Simpson (University of Pretoria) and Jonathan Gluckman, pathologist appointed by the Biko family, all of whose findings were unanimous. Death had been caused by extensive brain damage. Biko had sustained at least a dozen injuries in the period of eight days and up to twelve hours before his death. The report came after world governments, including the United States of America and Britain, condemned the South African police service and detention practices and laws. The two countries demanded that an international inquest should be opened to investigate the true cause of Biko's death.

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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148927

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"The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148927. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148927.