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… Sipho Philip Mutsi died in 1985 at the Odendaalrus police station, he was the youngest detainee to die in police custody at age 17. He was arrested with connection to riots in the Odendaalrus area.The police stated that he had lost consciousness at the police …

… to Swaziland which was still a British protectorate.SA police followed him there and assaulted him.He acquired …

… Motloung and George "Lucky" Mahlangu, were accosted by police in Goch Street, Johannesburg. “Lucky” Mahlangu managed … policy. In fear of crowd reaction at the funeral the police decided to bury Mahlangu in Atteridgeville. On 6 April … towards opening the doors of learning. In 1977, whilst work was ensuing in Mazimbu, the apartheid regime captured …

… School joined the march and used the Soweto Highway. The police responded by opening fire on students killing Abiel … Nicky Sangele and Thelle Mogoerane entered the Moroka Police Station and opened fire on police officers on duty. This was followed by another attack …

… locally and internationally since the mid-1960s, and his work is represented in major public collections across South … Badsha's interest in photography developed from his work in the trade unions' education programs. He saw the need … in South Africa. Badsha was detained by the security police the night before the opening of this conference. At …

… between Hendrina and Carolina in the then Transvaal. Hard work was introduced to the young Mthembu early on as, from … seven years old, he would accompany his grandmother to go work in the mealie fields. During the 1976 Soweto Uprising, … harassment and intimidation by the apartheid security police. His home was petrol bombed, he was subjected to …

… was 14, and she was forced to drop out of school and go to work. At age 17, she married, and went on to give birth to … about her experiences in Pretoria Central Prison, Jeppe police station and her interrogation at John Vorster Square. …

… export/oil import lines, South Africa Defence Force and police targets, and a Renamo training base in Limpopo . Based … of OR Tambo for her contribution to the  underground work of MK and her spirit of internationalism and friendship …

… around within the former Transkei, due to her father’s work.  She attended primary school in Bizana but when she was … Winnie was admitted to the Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Work in Johannesburg , where Nelson Mandela (who was already … Trial. The Mandela residence was also a site for frequent police raids, during which policemen would awaken the …

… closed, students sought to educate themselves and work towards overthrowing the racist and oppressive apartheid … Some of the other targeted areas were Mitchell’s Plain police station, and magistrate’s courts in Somerset West and … by the bomb blast, as the narrative  had been told by the police and repeated at the TRC hearings. Many believe that …

… up full-time employment to give more attention to civic work and helped set up several crèches in the Mitchells Plain … assistance to activists being sought after by the Security Police as well as the exile family programme, aiding families … removals in the 1970s, including schools, hospitals and police stations,’ said Hill-Lewis. As a mother, activist and …

… David Goldblatt salutes a photographer whose work speaks fluently about people and event (Mail & …

… Congress to be Revived: Leaders’ Co-ordinating Committee’s Work, South African Worker, 4 September 1937 …

… of Kwa-Tema branch, is shot in the head on his way to work. …

… Leaders of South Africa’s major sports federations agree to work towards a blanket moratorium on all contact with …

… Africa illegally on the instruction of the ANC to carry on work outside the country. …

… instituting security legislation that allowed the police to ban, detain or house arrest anyone he perceived as … their three children were born. Vorster was allowed to work and found a job at a local firm of attorneys in Brakpan. He was refused a permit to work in Brakpan but he broke the law and began to practise …

… together) which was constantly harassed by the security police until it closed. She was also an active member of the … activists. Moses was among those the security police harassed.  In 1980, she was arrested in George, …

… (Turfloop), where he graduated with a degree in Social Work in the early 1970s. While studying at Turfloop, he was … July.  Twenty days later, on 5 August 1976, Mohapi died in police custody. Upon his death, police produced a "suicide note", claiming he had committed …

… Pietersen, said that the back door was left open for the police to enter the house. The TRC hearing failed to uncover … TCR hearings failed to find out exactly how the Security Police knew about his whereabouts. However, this did not come … Gladile claimed that it was Nkosi who tipped off the police. She mentioned that Nkosi confessed to her, before she …

… verbally abused and assaulted. One of his torturers was a police officer, Swanepoel, who boasted to him that he had shot his brother. This was the same police officer who tortured his sister, Shanthie Naidoo, … the prison office about the Sasolburg explosion . When a police officer saw him looking at this newspaper and reading …

… January 1935. Initially briefs were slow to arrive. When work came, he devoted himself to it. His briefs he knew … the Congress of Democrats. For years thereafter there were police raids on his advocate's chambers and his house. None … 11 July 1963 at Lilies leaf farm in Rivonia the police arrested many of the leaders of the liberation …

… Hospital Certificate and a First Class pass and went to work at the Pretoria Hospital in 1947. On 1 March 1948, she … this. During the 1960 State of Emergency, despite frequent police raids on her house, Resha joined an underground cell and continued to work for the ANC even though the movement had been banned. In …

… Hospital Certificate and a First Class pass and went to work at the Pretoria Hospital in 1947. On 1 March 1948, she … this. During the 1960 State of Emergency, despite frequent police raids on her house, Resha joined an underground cell and continued to work for the ANC even though the movement had been banned. In …

… and early in 1947 went back to Johannesburg to work in a tobacco factory. Whilst employed in the tobacco … executive committee and in October was requested to work full-time for the Transvaal Iron, Steel and Metal … was detained as a suspected saboteur and held at Fordsburg police station under 90-day legislation. He was charged with …

… School in Pondoland East. In 1972 Mayekiso left school to work in the Welkom mines in the Free State province. … solely on the AAC for having encouraged the attack on the police. On 5 March 1986 metal workers in Transvaal and Natal stopped work in protest of Mayekiso's detention. Their pressure paid …

… affected by removals in April 1957. By May 1957 Mngadi’s work reached areas such as the Dannhauser districtthat were … of the executive council of the ANC. As a result of his work, the Northern Natal African Landowners' Association … In 1960 Mngadi was arrested and detained by the police under the State of Emergency regulations. On 6 June …

… Commission's hearings in the Northern Province on Police brutality: 17 July 1996  [online], Available at:  … journalist and member of AZAPO/MWASA, is found dead in a police cell …

… activist and poet Benjamin Moloise for allegedly killing a police officer. …

… The minister of Police, Justice and Prisons lifts the closure of schools in …