PHIRI, Mbuyisela Nixon

Age 16

Description
A member of the ‘Gadaffi’ faction of the ANC-aligned Khutsong Youth Congress who died in police custody in Carletonville, Transvaal, on 16 January 1990. Police claim that he died after suffering an epileptic fit but his family denied he suffered from this condition. Witnesses detained with Mbuyisela claim he died after being severely beaten by named members of the SAP.