While the nation commemorated the anti-apartheid activist and Black Consciousness Movement leader, police arrested two suspects after the Steve Biko Monument in Ginsberg in Qonce was burgled on Monday — on the 45th anniversary of his death.
The Biko Monument is the home of the Biko family to which Steve Biko was banished and spent the last days of his life.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana said the suspects allegedly made off with electric cables, towels, blankets, a brush and a mop.
Police acted swiftly and later recovered the blankets.
"It is alleged the suspects gained entry through a window," he said.
Two suspects, aged 21 and 23, were arrested in Ginsberg.
They are due to appear in the King William's Town magistrate's court on Friday.
Biko's widow told DispatchLIVE at the weekend that the tears of pain people used to cry over her husband had turned out to be tears of joy because of their commitment to keep his legacy alive.
Nontsikelelo was speaking to DispatchLIVE on Sunday when Azapo and the PAC commemorated Biko’s death by visiting his grave at the Steve Biko Garden of Remembrance for the laying of a wreath and a short prayer.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Daily Dispatch was later informed that, contrary to police reports, it was in fact the Biko Monument that had been burgled, not the Biko Centre.
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