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MAHLANGU, Solomon

Age 23

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An MK operative who was executed in Pretoria Central Prison on 6 April 1979. He had been convicted for his role in the killing of two people in a warehouse in Goch Street, Johannesburg and sentenced to death. Mr Mahlangu had been severely assaulted by members of the Witwatersrand Security Branch during the police investigation. One member of the Security Branch was granted amnesty for the assault (AC/2001/242).

Solomon Mahlangu was one of the many UDF comrades who got a taste of Mbokodo’s venom. He too was taken to the Siyabuswa hall and tortured. // At about 6 pm. They came at the chief minister of that time, mister SS Skosana. Then he asked me several questions then he said to me. ”Mister Mahlangu ...
 
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