ZONDO, Winnie

Age 33

Description
A member of the Federation of Transvaal Women who was detained in Moroka, Soweto, Johannesburg, and tortured by members of the SAP to force her to confess to arson and murder during January 1986. Her brother had been killed and an old woman suspected of instigating his death was killed in a revenge attack. After Ms Zondo’s alleged confession, her brother and sister were also detained. She was eventually sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment and released in April 1991 under the indemnity.