MALESA, Emmanuel Phaladi

Age 17

Description
An ANCYL member who was detained, severely beaten and held in solitary confinement by members of the SAP in Namakgale, Lebowa, on 16 June 1993. The ANCYL clashed with police en route to a stadium to mark the seventeenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising. Eleven other people were detained with Emmanuel and they were all charged with public violence. The charges were later dropped. See Soweto uprising.