MOREMEDI, Ramodie Changer

Age 18

Description
Was detained, beaten and tear-gassed by members of the Bophutha-tswana Police in Zeerust, Tvl, on 7 July 1989. Mr Moremedi had resisted the forceful incorporation of Mokgola village into Bophuthatswana. About 25 000 residents were transferred from South Africa into Bophuthatswana during 1989 which caused intense political conflict. Nine soldiers were killed and several residents assaulted during this attack.