MAHLASE, Teme Phineas

Age 50

Description
Was abducted from his home in KwaNdebele by Imbokodo vigilantes 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 and were sjambokked and beaten when they fell. Between 200 and 360 individuals were abducted and assaulted in this way. The attacks were led by named KwaNdebele government officials and were aimed at suppressing Moutse resistance to incorporation into KwaNdebele. See Imbokodo.