MORODU, Scheepers

Age 18

Description
As deputy chairperson of the Mamelodi Student Congress in Mamelodi, Pretoria, Scheepers was detained and tortured during interrogation, by Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives in 1987. Three Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives were granted amnesty for the incident. Shortly before his detention, his 11-year-old niece was killed in a petrol-bomb attack. Four Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives, including the divisional commander, as well as the Deputy Commissioner of the Northern Transvaal SAP were granted amnesty (AC/1999/30, AC/1999/32, AC/2001/259, AC/2001/61).