SHONGWE, Mabalane Fontwane

Age 41

Description
Was beaten by members of the SAP and detained for two years on 11 January 1984 in Nelspruit, Transvaal , because he opposed the Inyandza National Movement’s attempts to impose a new chief in the KaNgwane homeland. Those opposed to the homeland system assaulted a number of Inyandza members and beat up the magistrate who had come to preside over the proceedings of instituting the new chief.