KHAOLI, Jacob

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A UDF activist who was detained for fourteen days by the SAP in 1985 and accused of involvement in an arson attack on the home of the Katlehong mayor. Khoali was also arrested and held at Modderbee prison after the declaration of a state of emergency in June 1985. He alleges he was taken to a private house called the 'waarkamer', where he was subjected to the helicopter torture method and given electric shocks. As a result of his torture, both of his legs were amputated above the knee.