{"id":15097,"date":"2025-11-12T09:38:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/bikos-inquest-postponed-to-january-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:26","slug":"bikos-inquest-postponed-to-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/bikos-inquest-postponed-to-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Biko&#8217;s inquest postponed to January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The reopened inquest into the death of South Africa\u2019s (SA) anti-apartheid activist and Black Consciousness Movement founder, Stephen Bantu Biko, has been postponed to January 30, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The trial is moved for a virtual case management.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">According to the National Prosecuting Authority, the persons of interest in the case are in the process of securing state-funded legal representation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">It is also reported that the funding now in its final stages of approval.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The hearing into the inquest is expected to begin in March 2026, once these arrangements are finalised.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15098,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-15097","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Black Consciousness Movement founder enquest has been postponed to January 30, 2026","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19482,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15097\/revisions\/19482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=15097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}