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Luke Mazwembe

Mr Luke Mazwembe, aged 32 , a member of the Western Province Workers Advice Bureau and of the South African Student Association,was detained under section 22 of the General Law Amendment Act No 62 of 1966 on 2 September 1976.

Jacob Monakgotla

Mr Jacob Monnakgotla was detained under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act on 29 January 1969 with nine other Bakubung tribesmen on charges of assault with intent to commit murder,after a dispute over a government proposal that, the tribe should be resettled in Ledig,between Elands River and Pilansberg. The dispute began in 1965 when the minister of Bantu administration and development announced the entire Bakubung tribe would have to leave their 74-year-old village at Molotestad and move to Ledig.

Carol Moses

Carol Moses was born on 7 April 1968 in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, one of seven siblings. She grew up on a farm outside Oudtshoorn. Moses was a struggle activist who stood up for the people of the Karoo. 

President Cyril Ramaphosa appears before protesters against gender- based violence in South Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa appears before protesters against gender- based violence in South Africa

On 5 September 2019, students from different institutions went to parliament to protest against gender-based violence and demanded to see the president. Thousands of protesters, including students, activists, politicians and academics called for the death sentence to be reinstated for those who commit violence against women. They demanded to see President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Protest against gender- based violence throughout South Africa

gender- based violence throughout South Africa

On 4 September 2019, people gathered outside parliament in Cape Town to address gender- based violence in South Africa. They carried posters on which was written ‘Asphelelanga kushot’ uNene, translated as “We are not complete, we are short of Nene”. The protest was triggered by rape incidents, including one of a 19-year-old first year student, Uyinene Mrwetyana from the University of Cape Town. who was raped and killed by a man in a Cape Town Post Office.