Mazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho

Mazizi Maqekeza and Mbulelo Ngona were among the many South Africans who fled across the border to join the African National Congress (ANC) in their armed struggle against the South African state.  On 25 February 1988, Maqekeza, Ngona and a University of Lesotho student, Thandwefika Radebe, were stopped at a roadblock ordered to identify themselves. After they were searched, they were told that the soldiers had orders to shoot them. Somehow Ngona managed to escape, while Radebe was killed and Maqekeza, heavily wounded was left for dead. Maqekeza was later found by some locals and taken to hospital. However, his wounds were not adequately treated and he was interrogated constantly for almost two weeks. Maqekeza was unwilling to supply any information and was moved to a different ward without any reason.  On 22 March 1988 he was shot and killed by unknown gunman through an open window.[ It must be noted that the date of this event is under dispute.] References: TRC human rights violations submissions: 19 June 1996, Dugard Zwelidinge Maqekeza [online ], Available at: justice.gov.za [Accessed 15 March 2010] The State Outside South Africa between 1960 and 1990,[ online ], Available, at: stanford.edu [Accessed 15 March 2010] Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 250.)