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ANC Matthews Mapumolo dies in police custody

Date
11 Dec 1986
Updated
30 Sep 2019
ANC Matthews Mapumolo dies in police custody

Matthews Mapumolo, an African National Congress (ANC) member, dies in police custody after he had been confronted at home in Swaziland by a group of armed men. He was shot and, while wounded, abducted to SA. Mapumolo was one of hundreds of people who died in detention or who died in the liberation struggle against apartheid.

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  1. 01Coleman, M. (ed.) (1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state . Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). ANC Matthews Mapumolo dies in police custody. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012679

South African History Online (2011) 'ANC Matthews Mapumolo dies in police custody', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012679 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).

South African History Online, ANC Matthews Mapumolo dies in police custody [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012679, (accessed 9 August 2026).

"ANC Matthews Mapumolo dies in police custody." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012679. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "ANC Matthews Mapumolo dies in police custody." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012679.

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