MAHLANGU, Jim Msebengi

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A UDF supporter who was arrested by KwaNdebele police in Tweefontein, KwaNdebele, on 11 February 1987 and was never seen again. Mr Mahlangu had been assisting the SAP investigative unit collecting statements about Imbokodo vigilante activity. Vigilantes and homeland officials were forced to flee the area in July 1986 because of fierce resistance against incorporation. However, when KwaNdebele police regrouped vigilantes as kitskonstabels, their actions were legitimised in a second drive for KwaNdebele independence. See kitskonstabels.