MAPEKULA, Nyameko

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Was one of six people abducted and interrogated by ANC self-defence unit (SDU) members near Port St Johns, Transkei, on 20 April 1994, shortly before the April 1994 elections. Mr Mapekula and three others were then shot dead. The SDU members believed that they were APLA members who were on their way to disrupt an ANC mass rally. Three SDU members were granted amnesty (AC/2000/045). See self-defence units (SDU).