ZAMELA, Nosipho

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Was ‘necklaced’ to death by street committee members on 8 December 1985 in Mlungisi, Queenstown, Cape. She was suspected of being an informer at the time of the build-up to the funeral of those killed in the Queenstown shootings. The perpetrators were arrested and charged.

TV Series Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report Glossary

Volume 5, Chapter 2

ZAKWE, Simon Zonke ZALI, Monde Mendly ZAMA, Ivan Bhekizitha ZAMA, Thamsanqa Mata Linock ZAMA, Zwelakhe Albert Mgqashiyo ZAMBODLA, Mzwandile Leornard ZAMELA, Nosipho ZAMISA, Bongani Phikingkani ZAMISA, Ian Phumuza ZAMISA, Mandla Lucas ZAMISA, Mathiya Albert ZAMISA, Miriam Ncane ZAMISA, Phineas Veni ...

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Volume 2, Chapter 4

... committees and people’s courts became notorious for flogging and beating alleged ‘offenders’; some were even necklaced. 256 Ms Nosipho Zamela [EC2757/97QTN], a student at the time of her death, was necklaced by unknown street committee members in Mlungisi Township, Queenstown on 8 ...

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Volume 2, Chapter 4

... fire. 286 A large number of people who were necklaced in the mid-1980s were people perceived to be police ‘informers’. The case of Ms Nosipho Zamela is reported above. 287 Cases of burnings were also reported in relation to boycotts. Tensions within communities and between residents and ...

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