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MOKOENA, Joseph

Age 58

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Was detained under emergency regulations in 1986 and placed in solitary confinement for a lengthy period at Gezina police station, Pretoria. While in detention, he was tortured by members of the SAP who questioned him about the whereabouts of his son who had gone into exile in 1976.

In 1993 more than 1500 people were killed in the orgies of violence that engulfed the East Rand townships near Johannesburg. Most of the violence was rooted in the political conflict between the supporters of the ANC, who were primarily township residents, and Inkatha hostel dwellers. Bloody ...
 
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