KOTELO, Mathabo Johannes

Age 49

Description
Was abducted by Imbokodo vigilantes from his home in KwaNdebele, on 1 January 1986. At Siyabuswa community hall, he and others were put in a room where the floor had been deliberately soaped to make it slippery. They were then sjambokked and beaten where they fell. The assaults lasted for about thirty six hours and were led by named KwaNdebele government officials in an attempt to suppress resistance to incorporation into KwaNdebele. See Imbokodo.