This, was after the Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape heard two applications over who should be responsible for the legal costs for the inquest.
There were 49 people of interest at the start of the inquest. There are now only five people and all range from the ages of 75 to 88. “I am so disappointed, heartbroken. I don’t even know what to say. It’s been 39 years? It’s not a new thing. My heart is broken,” says Nomonde Calata – the widow of Fort Calata.“They threw acid on his face. They cut his right hand off. Why? That’s all I want to know why. So brutally. Why? And now I must wait another nine months to get an answer.”
“I cannot speak for the state or the minister, but I don’t foresee any problems or denial in the granting the covering of the legal costs. We are quite disappointed over the postponement. Especially for nine months,” says Barry Madolo, Easter Cape Director of Public Prosecutions.