{"id":"58aab452-a8ab-46dd-b2df-af700b55c549","url":"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-04-apartheid-police-captain-recalls-wrestling-biko-during-interrogation/","domain":"dailymaverick.co.za","outlet":{"name":"Dailymaverick","country":"ZA","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"BIKO INQUEST: Apartheid police captain recalls ‘wrestling’ Biko during interrogation","plainHeadline":"Former apartheid officer recalls wrestling with Biko during 1977 interrogation","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Daniel Siebert, 80, testifies at reopened inquest into Steve Biko’s death.","Siebert says Security Branch officers wrestled with Biko and a hosepipe struck him.","Biko allegedly hit his head on a wall, becoming dizzy before death on Sept 12, 1977.","Siebert cannot confirm if the 6 Sept incident caused the fatal head injury.","Inquest continues with other witnesses including former spy Craig Williamson."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T15:43:22.658Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-04T15:47:24.873Z","story":null}