NKWANA, Mohlopi Amos

Age 46

Description
Was abducted from his home in Kgobokwane, KwaNdebele, on 1 January 1986 by Imbokodo vigilantes. 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 then sjambokked and beaten where they fell. Between 200 and 360 individuals were abducted and assaulted in this way. The attacks, led by named KwaNdebele government officials, were designed to suppress resistance to the incorporation of Moutse into KwaNdebele. See Siyabuswa assaults.