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THUNYISWA, Evelyn Masego

Age 22

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A SASCO member who was arrested by members of the SAP on 17 September 1977. She was tortured with electric shocks and kept in a dark room filled with teargas for three hours at the Wa rrenton police station in Vryburg, Cape. She had been on her way to Steve Biko’s funeral in King William’s Town, Cape.

... THUHLO, Eric Moejalifa THULE, Thuleleni THULELA, Sonwabile THULO, Emily THULO, Martha Mampoke THUNGO, Babazi Bhekuyise THUNTULWANA, Nkululeko Simon THUNYISWA, Evelyn Masego THUPAEMANG, Gonnamang Jack THUSANA, Mhoyi Amon THUSI, Ernest Beki THUSI, Kehla THUSI, Mbeki Ziphred THUSI, Sipho Witness ...
... cerebrovascular accidents and heart disease has also been reported in survivors of torture or prolonged arbitrary detention.1658 Ms Evelyn Masego Thunyiswa was arrested on her way to attend the funeral of Steve Biko in 1977. At the Mmabatho hearing she told the Commission that she had been ...
... he was going to meetings, but I couldn’t understand ... which meetings was he going to. I think [he] was fond of the ANC. 104 Ms Evelyn Masego Thunyiswa was detained and severely tortured. At the Mmabatho hearing, she told the Commission that, despite her suffering, she was unable to tell ...
... they kicked me on my private parts. For the whole day, I was being kicked. Late at six o’clock, they injured my right eye. 64 Ms Evelyn Masego Thunyiswa was twenty-two years old when she and a group of her comrades decided to attend the funeral of Steve Biko in 1977. The police stopped ...
... branch.”55 Several women described how they had been sexually abused, although not necessarily raped, while in detention. Ms Evelyn Masego Thunyiswa was twenty-two years old in 1977 when she and others were detained by police on their way to Steve Biko’s funeral. She told the story at ...
 
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