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JULY, Bonakele

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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 sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment on Robben Island.

... Happy MJADU, Nokwethemba Ntombizakhona MJAJA, Venene Mayvis MJALI, Oupa Gert MJANDANA, Mamntu MJETHU, Harold Vuyo MJIJWA, Nimrod Monde MJIKELO, July Xwele MJILA, Noxolo Lindelwa MJILO, Jumouma MJIWU, Sizwe Witness MJOBO, Zandisile Zenieth MJODO, Enoch MJOKA, Nontobeko MJOLI, Bhoko July MJOLI, ...
... Alfred SOYA, Seantjie Msokoli SOYAMA, Charbet Mpumelelo SOYISO, Tembiso SPECIWE, Nthabiseng SPEELMAN, Andiswa SPILI, Mkhonzeni SPOGTER, Meizo July SPOPO, Zuzile Nelson STAMPER, Mziwakhe Godfrey STANFORD, Robert David Norman STANLEY, Rose STEELE, Richard STEIN, Isaiah STELLENBERG, Percy ...
... assault, and alleges that he was again arrested and assaulted for pressing the charge. Released once again, he was hospitalised for some time. In July 1963, he was detained under the ninety-day detention law. After repeated threats, he was forced to sign a statement withdrawing the charge ...
... JOZI, Nomatshawe Amelia JUDA, Mongenzi JUJWANA, Ntsikelelo JULA, Mchithwa JULA, Wellington Solomon JULIES, Abraham JULIES, Micheal (spelling!!) JULY, Bonakele JUQU, Fuzile Petros JUZE, Ntunja JWAMBI, Lungisa JWAMBI, Nokwakha JWAMBI, Sisipho JWAMBI, Thanduxolo JWAXA, Victoria ...
... Tembisile Maarman, aged nineteen, was identified as an informer used by the police to identify ‘comrades’. At the Port Elizabeth hearing on 17 July 1999, he described how Maarman was killed on 6 April 1985: One night we had a COSAS146 meeting, when I was chairing, and in that meeting we ...
 
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