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1917-2000

Mary Thipe

… than three people. She also had to report at the Cato Mano police station every Monday morning. Even so, the security … woman who refused to show any fear…

B-0150226

1960-1983

Nokuthula Orela Simelane

… and died after the1985 Sasolburgh in a shoot out with the police. Simelane was instrumental in arranging accommodation … . She was to meet an undercover…

B-0093135

1930-2018

Anne-Marie Wolpe

… and dramatic escape from Marshall Square — in Johannesburg—police cells of her husband, Harold Wolpe , along with Arthur … under their very noses. Humiliated…

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1935-2026

Shanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo

… she fell ill and was taken to a hospital, the Security Police went to her bedside and threatened her for not … that she was now imprisoned under a law that…

B-0008735

1969

Caleb Mayekiso

… Robben Island. He was held for 14 days and died while in police custody on 1st June 1969 at the Port Elizabeth police station cells.The district surgeon said…

B-0147938

1952-2006

Thozamile Richard (Thozi) Gqweta

… was harassed by both Ciskeian and South African security police with repeated detentions and intimidation.He was … his mother and uncle,and on the day of…

B-0008919

1932-1999

Florence Mkhize

… However, on the way to  Kliptown  her bus was stopped by police and sent back. She next planned to participate in the  … but was once again sent home after…

B-0067957

1982

Petrus Nzima Nyawose

… daily newspaper.  The members of the cell feared that the police might discover the information about the smallholding … It later turned out that they had…

B-0149221

1913-1994

Stephen J.C. Dlamini

… for six months in a tiny cell,and severely tortured by police in an unsuccessful effort to make him testify against … ANC members on trial in…

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1922-1963

Solwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle

… Magisterial district in Cape Town. When the security police raided Liliesleaf Farm on 11 July 1963, Ngudle went … ill and was still at the address provided…

B-0008782

1963

Jeremy Vearey

… he was still working as an MK operative, hand grenading police officers houses and blowing up railway lines. [2] He … despite the fact that he was given a…

B-0125539

1945

Horst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt

… led a student march to the infamous John Vorster Square police station where  Winnie Mandela  and 20 other people … Town. The raid resulted from the arrest…

B-0008267

1957-1980

Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)

… This is the first MK unit that carried out attacks on police stations throughout Soweto in the late 1970s and … and others, had a specific task of carrying…

B-0148808

1925-2005

Fihla Christmas Tinto

… be involved in protest actions. He was taken to Germiston police station in handcuffs and later deported to Transkei.  … Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) from…

B-0009148

1935

Anderson Khumani Ganyile

… August 1961 one evening,six South Africa plainclothes police forcibly entered the hut and,after an intense … ensued.On September 21, New Age ran a banner…

B-0094552

1936-2017

Philip Ata Kgosana

… who marched into the centre of Cape Town on 30 March. Police were temporarily paralysed with indecision about how … to disperse. However, instead of…

B-0008247

1963

Nomvula Paula Mokonyane

… harassed and detained by the Apartheid security police but despite that, she continued to serve in different … and Liaison were establishing Victim Support…

B-0096739

1950

Thenjiwe Mtintso

… Mtintso was detained several times by the security police in the 1970s. She was also banned on numerous … she was arrested and brutally tortured by the…

B-0093589

1969

Michael Shivute

… 6(1) of the Terrorism Act and was held at the Ondagwa police cells in South West Africa where he allegedly …

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Mngqingo Pikani

… and the officials.  Soon after, ‘a large contingent of police entered the area, and Mngqingo took a large peasant … threatened to resist any attempts to…

B-0149319

1986

Clarence Lucky Payi

… brother of Pius Langa) on false allegations that he was a police informer. …

B-0076039

1928-2009

Ahmed Essop “Quarter” Khota

… from  Mosie Moolla , who was a detainee at Marshall Square Police Station in 1964, he supplied a pair of shoes to a police officer as an inducement to…

B-0064874

1930-2017

Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba

… He was brutally tortured and assaulted by the Security Police leaving him deaf in one ear. However, they failed to … to sleep deprivation. He was later held…

B-0077696

Shirish Nanabhai

… arrest in 1955 at the age of 17. He was arrested by the police for chalking a political symbol on a wall in the … had supplied explosives and arms, Gammat…

B-0149851

1900-1972

Vernon Celliers Berrange

… him by the authorities, with the approval of the Security Police. He stated, further, that he had not for many years … to South Africa to receive medical…

B-0096208

1927-1974

James Kantor

… thuggish behaviour and arrogance of the new Special Branch police. As a Jew, he was aware of the anti-Semitism rampant … of a detainee ran short. On 11 July…

B-0066324

1916-1976

Dawood Seedat

… December 1930. Seedat witnessed four people being shot by police, among them Johannes Nkosi . Years later, when Nkosi … was headed by Dawood Seedat. The Call…

B-0068419

1967-1988

Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza

… Nontsikelelo Cothoza, facing continued harassment from the police, left Lamontville with her then nine month old son to seek refuge. They were however…

B-0149952

1924-1978

Robert Sobukwe

… On 16 March 1960, Sobukwe wrote to the Commissioner of Police, Major General Rademeyer, stating that the PAC would … He intended to give himself up for…

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