RAMASHAMOLA, Machabane Theresa

Age 24

Description
Was tortured and assaulted in detention in Vereeniging, Transvaal, in September 1984. Ms Ramashamola was one of the ‘Sharpeville Six’ sentenced to death for the murder of a township councillor. The six were sentenced to death, but their sentences were commuted after an international campaign for clemency.

TV Series Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report Glossary

Volume 4, Chapter 7

... off our statute books. 52 Two witnesses gave harrowing testimony about the time they spent on death row. Mr Duma Khumalo and Ms Machabane Theresa Ramashamola were members of the ‘Sharpville Six’. They were sentenced to death for common purpose, but reprieved the day before they were to be ...

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