Poqo

A Poqo member who was executed in Pretoria on 30 May 1967 for his alleged involvement in the killing of a white shopkeeper in September 1962 in Paarl, Cape. Mr Hans and other Poqo members had also been arrested and convicted of other charges relating to Poqo activities in Paarl. After serving a ...

A Poqo member who was executed in Pretoria Central Prison, Pretoria, on 30 May 1968 along with another Poqo member, after being convicted of the killing of a suspected Poqo traitor in Paarl, Cape. He was one of around 70 Poqo activists hanged in the 1960s for involvement in acts of political ...

A Poqo member who was executed in Pretoria Central prison, Pretoria, on 9 May 1963 for killing a headman in Cofimvaba. Poqo attacked re p resentatives of traditional authority in the homelands because chiefs were seen as collaborating with the a p a rtheid state. During October 1962 an attempt was ...

A Poqo member who was hanged on 1 November 1963 at Pretoria along with two others, after being convicted of sabotage relating to their involvement in the mass Poqo attack in November 1962 on the police station and white residents in Paarl, Cape, which left two white residents and five Poqo members ...

A Poqo activist who was executed by hanging in 1963 following his conviction, together with twenty other Poqo members, for their attempt to rescue their ‘comrades’, who were charged with the death of a headman in Transkei. Two other Poqo members were sentenced to death and seventeen were ...

A Poqo supporter who was shot dead by police in Paarl, Cape, on 21 November 1962, while participating in a Poqo march to storm the police station and prison. Five marchers were shot dead and two Paarl residents were killed by Poqo supporters.

A Poqo member who was imprisoned at Robben Island, Cape Town, in 1963 for his involvement in Poqo activities in Paarl, Cape, and later executed in Pretoria on 30 May 1967 along with eight other Poqo members for the alleged involvement in the killing of a white shopkeeper in Paarl.

A Poqo activist who was convicted in 1963, together with twenty other Poqo members, for their attempt to rescue their ‘comrades’ who were charged with the death of a headman in Transkei. Three Poqo members were sentenced to death and sixteen others, including Mr Ncanda, were sentenced to twenty ...

A Poqo member who was hanged together with another Poqo member in Pretoria central prison, on 14 October 1963 after being convicted of the killing of two people suspected of being informers in Paarl, Cape in January and April 1962.

A member of Poqo who was sentenced to one year`s imprisonment in 1962 in Mqanduli, Transkei, for his Poqo activities.

Was killed and decapitated by Poqo members in Mbekweni, Paarl, Cape, on 27 October 1962, allegedly for his opposition to Poqo activities.

A PAC activist who was severely ill-treated when she was imprisoned for a year in December 1962 in Mqanduli, Transkei. Poqo attacked representatives of traditional authority in the homelands because chiefs were perceived as collaborating with the apartheid state. During that month, an attempt was ...

A Poqo member who was one of six Poqo members executed in Pretoria Central, Pretoria, on 9 May 1963 for taking in killing the killing of Tembu chief Gwebindala Gqoboza during conflict over self-governance and forced removals in Cofimvaba, Transkei. The group of six were sent from Cape Town to kill ...

A PAC supporter who participated in a Poqo march to storm the police station and prison in Paarl, Cape, on 21 November 1962. Two Paarl residents were killed by Poqo supporters, and five marchers were shot dead in the incident. Mr Mimi was convicted of sabotage and sentenced to 12 years` ...

A Poqo member who was severely beaten with sjamboks for a whole night by named perpetrators in KwaMatanzima in Qamata, Transkei, in November 1961, during the suppression of Poqo and PAC activities by supporters of Chief KD Matanzima.

Was one of five Poqo supporters shot dead by members of the SAP and white residents, when a crowd of Poqo supporters marched into Paarl, Cape, on 21 November 1962 and launched an attack on the police station and private residences, killing two white residents.

A PAC supporter who participated in a Poqo march to the police station and prison in Paarl, Cape, on 21 November 1962. Five marchers were shot dead and two Paarl residents were killed by Poqo supporters. Mr Madalambane was then arrested, convicted of sabotage and sentenced to 12 years` imprisonment ...

A PAC supporter who was a participant in a Poqo march to storm the police station and prison in Paarl, Cape, on 21 November 1962. Five marchers were shot dead and two Paarl residents were killed by Poqo supporters. Mr Sakanla was convicted of sabotage and sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment on ...

A PAC and Poqo supporter who was severely beaten with sjamboks by supporters of Chief KD Matanzima in Cofimvaba, Transkei, in 1961, during a crackdown on Poqo members in the area.

A PAC supporter who was tortured by members of the SAP in Victoria West, Cape, in April 1968, allegedly because of his involvement in Poqo. He was part of a group of twenty six men ultimately acquitted of charges of sabotage after long periods in custody on trial. This was part of a set of arrests ...