Kenny Thabo Motsamai was born on Shadrack Doshani, 1962 or 1963 and is a South African anti-apartheid activist, convicted murderer and politician.
22 Facts About Kenny Motsamai
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Kenny Motsamai was imprisoned for nearly three decades for killing a white traffic officer during a bank robbery in 1989.
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Kenny Motsamai was born as Shadrack Doshani in the early 1960s.
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Kenny Motsamai was a military commander in the Azanian People's Liberation Army, the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress during apartheid.
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Kenny Motsamai was arrested for the murder after he returned from military training in Ethiopia.
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Kenny Motsamai was later convicted and sentenced to two life sentences in 1989, which was considered a political act by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission the offence was later changed to armed robbery which the PAC described as a ploy to not release him.
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Kenny Motsamai and the PAC maintained that he was a political prisoner and the party campaigned for his release.
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Kenny Motsamai has refused to apologise or show remorse for the killing of the officer.
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On 18 January 2016, Kenny Motsamai was set to be released on conditional day parole following a recommendation by the National Council for Correctional Services to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Michael Masutha he refused to sign the papers entailing his parole conditions because he did not understand the legal implications of his parole.
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On 11 July 2016, Kenny Motsamai began his six months on day parole.
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Kenny Motsamai could leave the Boksburg Correction Centre daily at 8am but he had to return before nightfall.
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Kenny Motsamai's movements was monitored via a monitoring device and he could not participate in any political activities.
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Kenny Motsamai had spent a total of 28 years in prison.
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On 9 February 2018, Kenny Motsamai was arrested at his house in Katlehong for violating Section 52 of the Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998.
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Kenny Motsamai had been previously warned not to violate his parole conditions.
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Kenny Motsamai's lawyer, Andries Nkome, denied that there was a protest at the department's headquarters and said that Kenny Motsamai was one of 250 military veterans that wanted to get their benefits from the department.
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Kenny Motsamai did inform Motsamai of his decision to only incarcerate him for three months, which was significantly lower than the 24 months that the Correctional Supervision Board at the Boksburg Correctional Centre had recommended.
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Kenny Motsamai left the PAC and joined the Economic Freedom Fighters party in July 2018.
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In September 2019, the African National Congress alleged that Kenny Motsamai "verbally abused and almost physically engaged" with ANC MPL and the deputy speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, Vuyo Mhlakaza-Manamela during a NCOP programme.
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On 7 September 2020, Kenny Motsamai was arrested outside a Clicks in Evaton after he was in altercation with police and resisted arrest.
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Kenny Motsamai appeared in the Sedibeng Magistrate's Court on charges of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest, and was granted bail.
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Kenny Motsamai is married to Mantombi Magagula and they have three biological children.