MABHIDA, Bonga Michael

Age 17

Description
A UDF supporter who was severely beaten by Inkatha supporters while on his way to college in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg, on 8 February 1987, allegedly because members of his family supported the ANC. He spent several weeks in hospital in a coma after the attack. A few weeks earlier, Inkatha supporters had attacked and killed his cousin, whom they had allegedly mistaken for Mr Mabhida`s exiled brother. The family was constantly harassed by the Special Branch after Mr Mabhida`s brother went into exile in 1985.