Poqo

A PAC supporter who was shot and injured while participating 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 Renya was arrested, convicted of sabotage and sentenced to 12 ...

Was executed on 11 December 1963 in Pretoria, for his involvement in Poqo activities

A PAC supporter who was arrested with 55 others in Steynsburg, Cape, on 16 October 1965, for alleged Poqo activities. He was severely tortured while under interrogation in Colesberg, Cape, and was later sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

A PAC and Poqo member who was arrested for his political activities in East London in July 1963. He was charged and convicted and died serving a term of imprisonment.

A PAC supporter who was detained in Mqanduli, Transkei, during 1962 for attending an unlawful Poqo meeting. She was convicted on political charges and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Her baby was born in prison without medical supervision. Five months later she was released and placed under ...

A PAC member who was convicted on sabotage charges relating to the Poqo attacks in Paarl, Cape, and was imprisoned on Robben Island, Cape Town, in 1962, where he remained for 15 years. He died of various illnesses a month after his release in 1978.

A Poqo supporter who was shot dead by members of the SAP while digging a grave at West Bank prison, East London, in 1960, allegedly because he opposed the hard labour for inmates.

... six men ultimately acquitted of charges of sabotage after long periods in custody on trial. This was one of a set of arrests and trials in which Poqo networks were alleged to have conspired to rise up against the white population. After his release he was allegedly deported to Lesotho by ...

Was one of a group of twenty six men, alleged to be Poqo members, who were arrested in Victoria West, Cape, in April 1969, and held in detention for several months on charges of planning to poison the town’s water supply in order to kill white residents. Mr Fula was sentenced to three years’ ...

A PAC member who was arrested in 1963 after the Poqo attacks and police shootings in Paarl, Cape, and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on Robben Island, Cape Town, for membership of a banned organisation. While serving his sentence, he was assaulted by prison warders.

A PAC supporter who was arrested in 1963 at Queenstown, Cape, for his Poqo activities. He was tortured while in detention, and charged with sabotage. On 10 October 1963, he was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment on Robben Island, Cape Town.

A Poqo member who was arrested in November 1963 and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment on Robben Island, Cape Town, for his involvement in PAC activities in Transkei. After his release he was served with a two-year banning order.

A PAC supporter who was detained and severely beaten by police in Paarl, Cape, on 22 November 1962, after the Poqo clash with police and Paarl residents in which seven people died. After seven months in custody he was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on Robben Island. He was then banished ...

A PAC supporter who was arrested in April 19sixty eight in Victoria West, Cape, and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for being a Poqo member.

A Poqo member who was executed at Pretoria Central prison, on 31 October 1967. Mr Tshweni had already served two of a twenty year jail sentence for sabotage when he was condemned to death for the March 1962 killing of a policeman in Langa, Cape Town.

A PAC supporter who was detained in Mqanduli, Transkei, during 1962 for attending an unlawful Poqo meeting. She was convicted on political charges and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Her baby was born in prison without medical supervision. Five months later she was released and placed under ...

A Poqo member who was tortured in detention and convicted of sabotage in 1962 in Paarl, Cape, and sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment on Robben Island, Cape Town.

A Poqo activist who was imprisoned for a year in 1962 during political conflict in Transkei, and placed under house arrest for five years in East London. On his release from prison, Mr Tsewu was vomiting blood and suffering from chest pains.

... with sabotage. After over a year in custody, the group was acquitted. This was part of a set of arrests and trials in the Karoo region in which Poqo networks were alleged to have conspired to rise up against the white population. The Commission found the charges to be ...

a Poqo activist, was severely ill-treated while in detention in Worcester, Cape, during 1963. He died in hospital while in custody.