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- 1988 - 1993 (Creación)
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Extent2 files
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Cosatu, Mamelodi Youth Organisation, Mamelodi Civic Association, Community Resource and Information Centre.
Maisha Stanza Johannes Bopape was the General Secretary of the Mamelodi Civic Organisation and worked at the Community Resource and Information Centre (CRIC). He was detained on 29 June 1988 by the police under section 29 of the Internal Security Act. He was reported to have escaped. In 1993, an ex-policeman, Johnny Mokaleng pointed out sites where he alleged Bopapes body had been buried but no remains were found.
Documents include:
Copies of correspondence between Bopapes lawyers and the SAP about his alleged escape.
Statements about his disappearance by organisations such as the Congress of SA Trade Unions (COSATU), Mamelodi Youth and Civic organisations and CRIC.
Transcript of a debate in Parliament about his disappearance.
Amnesty International pamphlet reporting his disappearance, 1991.