Anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, died in 1977, after suspected torture by South African police. Photo: AP PHOTO

South Africa will open a new inquest into the 1977 death in police custody of iconic anti-apartheid figure Steve Biko.

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The inquest will be officially registered in court on Friday, the anniversary of Biko's death nearly a half-century ago.

South African authorities have recently opened new inquests for other anti-apartheid leaders and activists who died in police custody or in suspicious circumstances during the brutal system of racial segregation, although they've bee

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