Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli, known as the Cradock Four, were brutally murdered in 1985 by the apartheid police. (Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli, known as the Cradock Four, were brutally murdered in 1985 by the apartheid police. (Karin Brulliard/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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