SABC News | Sport | TV | Radio | Education | TV Licenses | Contact Us
 

MASOTE, Sheila Segametsi

Age 31

Description
Was detained in Pietermaritzburg for four months from December 1976 and tortured by security policemen, allegedly for information about the political activities of her father, PAC leader Mr Zeph Mothopeng. Ms Masote, who was pregnant at the time, lost her baby and has suffered psychological trauma as a result of continuous police harassment of herself and her family.

... Siphiwe Eric MASONDO, Zacharia Mhlabunzima MASOPA, Elina MASOPA, Eunice MASOPA, Manta MASOPA, Melzina MASOPA, Moses Godfrey MASOPA, Nompi Elinah MASOTE, Sheila MASOTE, Sheila Segametsi MASUDUBELE, Hilda Matshidiso MASUKU, Alpheus Zakhele MASUKU, Cliff MASUKU, Dumazile MASUKU, Ezekiel Oupa ...
them so that then you can begin to have menstruations; and if you begin to resist that then torture will take its own course.” Ms Sheila Segametsi Masote also miscarried in detention after being kicked and left “all bleeding, blood oozing down your legs and drying up there.” ...
 
SABC Logo
Broadcasting for Total Citizen Empowerment
DMMA Logo
SABC © 2024
>