South Africa: Revisiting the Detention Cell Where Neil Aggett's Body Was Found

Thirty-eight years ago, the body of anti-apartheid activist Dr Neil Aggett hung from prison bars inside the apartheid detention cells of John Vorster Square, now known as Johannesburg Central police station.

On Tuesday, Webber Wentzel lawyers representing Aggett's family entered the cells - normally off limits to the public - to establish whether it was physically possible for Aggett to hang himself.

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