SIGWELA, Monica Nomonde

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Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 18 February 1985. Eighteen people were shot dead in a three-day clash when Crossroads residents resisted a forced removal to Khayelitsha. Ms Sigwela also lost her home in an arson attack in June 1986 in KTC when Witdoeke vigilantes destroyed UDF-supporting squatter camps, with the approval and aid of the security forces.