Sicelo Mhlauli was a South African anti-apartheid activist, and one of the Cradock Four murdered by the South African police in 1985.
17 Facts About Sicelo Mhlauli
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Sicelo Mhlauli was born on 25 May 1949 at Emagqomeni Location in Cradock in the Eastern Cape.
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Sicelo Mhlauli's grandfather Qobose Mhlauli was a politician and had worked closely with James Calata who was Fort Calata's grandfather and one of the founding members of the South African Native National Congress.
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Sicelo Mhlauli's teaching career started in 1974 at Thembalabantu High School in King William's Town where he became boarding master.
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The student leaders were arrested and during their appearance, Sicelo Mhlauli would be in court to show his support.
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Sicelo Mhlauli then went to work as a principal at Archie Velile Secondary in Dimbaza.
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Sicelo Mhlauli then took the injured to a nearby clinic; this act was opposed by the security police.
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Sicelo Mhlauli met ex-political prisoner Msuthu Sonkwala who was from Cradock but not allowed to live there by the government due to his banning conditions after he was released from prison.
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Sicelo Mhlauli held political meetings with Sonkwala and other ex-political prisoners.
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Sicelo Mhlauli then received a post as a principal at a high school in Bongolwethu Township in Oudtshoorn.
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Sicelo Mhlauli's house became the operation centre for struggle advancement in the Southern Cape Region.
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Sicelo Mhlauli's wife became part of a collective of women who championed the establishment of the women's organisation in their region.
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Sicelo Mhlauli attended the event as a member of the Oudtshoorn Civic Organization which was affiliated with the UDF.
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Sicelo Mhlauli's had been at a course in PE and he had planned to pick her up on their way home.
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Sicelo Mhlauli's body was the second to be found after Sparrow Mkhonto in a bush near Bluewater Bay.
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Sicelo Mhlauli was handcuffed and tied with a rope with 25 stab wounds to his chest, seven in the back and another four in his arms.
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Sicelo Mhlauli's throat was cut and his right hand severed; and his body was burned.