TUTU, Jerry Thozamile

Age

Description
A local squatter leader who lost his home and vehicle in an arson attack by UDF supporters near Crossroads, Cape Town, in October 1985, during conflict over the issue of state-sponsored removals to Khayelitsha. His girlfriend was abducted and ‘necklaced’ in the attack. In 1989 he was shot and injured in an attack on his home in Khayelitsha by his former allies linked to the Lingelethu West Town Council.