- ZA RMST OHRP-3-3.2
- Deelreeks
- 23 September 2015
Community member from the coloured community, removed from uMasizakhe to Sunnyside.
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Community member from the coloured community, removed from uMasizakhe to Sunnyside.
Werthime, Maraai (aunt Marieh)
Member of the coloured community from Sunnyside. She was active in the Detainees Parents Support Committee (DPSC) and a member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Graaff-Reinet Community Organisation.
Sobukwe, Thethiwe Amelia and Tamsanqa
Robert Sobukwe's niece and nephew. Thamsanqa was involved in student politics from 1976.
Member of the PAC and strong follower of the ideas of Robert Sobukwe.
Community member from uMasizakhe, who grew up in the township and knew Robert Sobukwe.
Member of the Community and involved in student politics.
Local histories, Perspectives and experiences
The focus of these interviews covererd the local history around Graaff-Reinet. The interviewees were mainly elderly members of the community and contemporaries of Robert Sobukwe.
Former Councillor of the Bantu Affairs Administration Board. He was a member of the PAC and later joined the UDF. He was detained in the 1980s.
President of the South African Students Movement (SASM) and later a member of the South African Student Organisation (SASO). He was arrested and sentenced. After his release he went into exile and joined the ANC.
The members of this group, Mxolisi Mbilatshwa, Alfred Vuyisile Mdwane, David Mongezi Cebeni and Mzwandile Archibald Ntswayi went into exile in 1985. They were trained in underground operations for the ANC's Umkhonto We Sizwe, but were also active in youth actitivities.