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SKOSANA, Jacob

Age 42

Description
Was beaten to death after he and his family had been abducted from their home in Vlaklaagte by Imbokodo vigilantes in April 1986 in Emagezini, KwaNdebele. His wife and daughter were later released and Mr Skhosana’s mutilated body was found the next day.

... Samuel SKHOSANA, Sipho Solomon SKHOSANA, Surgeant Frans SKHWAMBANE, Sipho Joseph SKISAZANA, Hope Themsile SKOLI, Zama SKOLO, Ntsikelelo Attwell SKOSANA, Aaron SKOSANA, Abram Malinganiso SKOSANA, Bandile Sophie SKOSANA, Christinah SKOSANA, Diana Velaphi SKOSANA, Dini Samson SKOSANA, Jabulani ...
... discovered large groups of armed Ndebele vigilantes roaming around the Moutse area. When confronted by Malan, the group, led by Chief Minister SS Skosana and several other KwaNdebele cabinet members, said that they were patrolling the area to ensure that the inhabitants supported the imminent ...
... THAT THE TORTURE AND ASSAULT OF THE MOUTSE RESIDENTS CONSTITUTE A GROSS VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR WHICH IMBOKODO, KWANDEBELE CHIEF MINISTER SS SKOSANA AND VIGILANTE LEADER PIET NTULI (DECEASED) ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE. THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT ON 28 APRIL 1986, IMBOKODO ABDUCTED YOUTH FROM ...
... favour. Combined with his reputation as the “strongman” of the Imbokodo vigilantes, Ntuli was widely perceived as the real power within SS Skosana's cabinet and the driving force within the KwaNdebele government. Ntuli was a staunch supporter of both Moutse's incorporation into ...
... a small industrial complex in Kwaggafontein, where they were assaulted with a variety of weapons. Many were severely wounded. 468 Mr Jacob Skosana, a father of eight, was the only adult taken to Emagezini. When rumours reached him that one of his daughters had been taken from school by ...
328 The next day Jacob Skosana was buried in Vlaklaagte No.1. Late the same afternoon, the local magistrate, JN Theron, prohibited the report-back meeting at the royal kraal scheduled for the next day. A huge crowd assembled the follow- ing morning nevertheless. Most of the estimated 25 000 that ...
 
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