Pretoria High Court judge, Billy Mothle, has ruled that anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Timol, had been murdered.
His findings on Thursday overturns the findings of the original inquest in the 1970's which ruled then that Timol had committed suicide.
Timol's family had disputed this finding for more than 40 years since his death in 1971.
In his ruling today, Judge Mothle, said Timol's death was brought about by an act of having been pushed from the 10th floor or roof of the then John Vorster building.
He said such act was committed through "dolus eventualis as the form of intent" and prima-facie amounting to murder.
"There's a prima facie evidence implication Gloy and Van Niekerk (two former security policemen) who were on duty and interrogating Timol at the time he was pushed to fall to his death," said Judge Mothle.
"Rodrigues (Joah Jan Rodrigues - another surviving security policeman) participated in the cover up to conceal the crime of murder as an accessory after the fact and then went to commit perjury by presenting contradictory evidence before the 1972 and 2017 inquest. He should accordingly be investigated with a view to his prosecution," said Judge Mothle.
"In terms of Section 17 A (3c) of the Act, the record of proceedings is hereby submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions."
Timol's death on October 27, 1971, was ruled a suicide, but a private investigation launched by the Timol family into his death uncovered new evidence which was presented to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
The NPA agreed to reopen an inquest conducted in 1972, which had ruled that Timol had killed himself and had not been brutally murdered by the apartheid security branch police while he was in detention.
