Head of Legal Services in the South African National Defence Force SANDF has been subpoenaed to appear in the Gqeberha High Court on Tuesday, over the militarys refusal to fund legal representation for former Lieutenant General Joffel van der Westhuizen.
This, as the the third inquest into the 1985 murders of the Cradock Four, Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli, resumed in the Gqeberha High Court between 2 to 11 June 2025.
This phase included only the testimonies of the victims families and their witnesses.
Van der Westhuizen, now 83, is a key figure in the reopened inquest into the 1985 murders of the Cradock Four .
The court seeks answers as delays threaten to derail long-awaited testimony from former apartheid officials.