ANC Matthews Mapumolo dies in police custody

Date: 11 Dec 1986
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

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

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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

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