Saturday, March 13, 2010

Mzimhlope (F 9)

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Lilian Ngoyi (1911-1980), anti-apartheid activist, who spent 18 years under house arrest in Mzimhlope.

TRC...After that the men left the hostel area, there were about 150. At the time we popularly referred to them as an impi. They were armed with all sorts of sharp instruments from bars to wooden sticks and also carrying shields. They wore red bands on their heads. They travelled through Mzimhlope, Orlando West, which is also known as Killarney, Pifeni and Dube where they ended at a hostel in Dube. They were then joined by a group of hostel dwellers in Dube who appeared to have expected them. After a short discussion they left the hostel, now with this new group at the hostel

http://www.justice.gov.za/trc/hrvtrans/soweto/tugwana.htm
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