Political executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… – the Sharpeville Six – were all sentenced to death. On 13 December 1985, they were granted leave to appeal, but the … granted to all political prisoners in 1991. Finally, on 13 November 1985, Lucas “Jetta” Sethwala, a police constable … purpose” clause. In May 1989, 14 of those convicted, 13 men and one woman, were sentenced to death (hence the …