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    Malesela Benjamin Moloise (c. 1955 – 18 October 1985) was a South African poet and political activist who came to international attention following his...
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    John Harris (activist) (category 20th-century executions by South Africa)
    Adaptations of Classical Greek Tragedy. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1093-4. Driver, C. J. (2015). The Man with the Suitcase: The Life, Execution and Rehabilitation...
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  • Vuyisile Mini (1964) Lezmond Mitchell (2020) Anantahari Mitra (1926) Benjamin Moloise (1985) Lisa Marie Montgomery (2021) Thomas Hartley Montgomery (1873)...
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  • Priscilla Jana (category Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1994–1999)
    Albertina. Jana also represented the poet Benjamin Moloise, who was condemned to death by hanging for the killing of a policeman in 1982. Her efforts had helped...
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    Verwoerd's South Africa had one of the highest prison populations in the world and saw a large number of executions and floggings. By the mid-1960s Verwoerd's...
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    Helen Suzman (category Honorary Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
    brutality and execution. Mandela later wrote: "She was undoubtedly the only real anti-apartheid voice in parliament and the discourtesy of the Nat MPs towards...
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    Vlakplaas (category Defunct law enforcement agencies of South Africa)
    opponents of the apartheid government and either "turning" (converting) or executing them. Vlakplaas farm was the site of multiple executions of political...
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    including members of the African National Congress. The Vlakplaas farm became the site of multiple executions of political opponents of the apartheid government...
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    weSizwe was "routine", as were executions "without due process" at ANC detention camps. This was particularly true in the period of 1979–1989, although torture...
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    treatment, torture, and executions of ANC members in exile. It also assigned partial responsibility to the ANC for the political violence of the early 1990s,...
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    historical studies. Currey. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-85255-317-6. "Political executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961–1989". South African...
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    Vaal uprising (category Political history of South Africa)
    both held earlier that day: footage of Maki Skosana's execution in Duduza was juxtaposed with footage of the funeral of the Cradock Four in the Cape, at...
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    1980), but his ineffectual term of office was marred by further mutinies, executions and assassinations. Following Pokela’s death, Leballo made a comeback...
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