Zephania Lekoame Mothopeng was a South African political activist and member of the Pan-Africanist Congress.
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20 Facts About Zephania Mothopeng
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Zephania Mothopeng was educated at St Mary's Anglican School, in Daggakraal, and completed his education at the St Peters Secondary School at Rosettenville in Johannesburg in 1937, where he matriculated.
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Zephania Mothopeng completed his postgraduate teachers diploma at the college in 1940.
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In 1941, Zephania Mothopeng took up a teaching post at Orlando Secondary School in Soweto and settled in Johannesburg.
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Zephania Mothopeng served as president of the Transvaal Teachers Association in 1950.
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Zephania Mothopeng began his struggle against apartheid in 1943 as a founding member of the African National Congress Youth League.
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Zephania Mothopeng left the African National Congress because of the rise of the Freedom Charter, a multiracial philosophy.
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Zephania Mothopeng left the ANC with Robert Sobukwe in 1959 and became a founding member of the Pan-Africanist Congress.
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Zephania Mothopeng was released in 1962 on completion of his jail term.
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Zephania Mothopeng was detained again in 1964 for furthering the aims of a banned organisation, the PAC.
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Zephania Mothopeng's arrest followed a massive police swoop on the PAC underground movement called Azanian People's Liberation Army, formerly known as Poqo.
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Zephania Mothopeng served a three-year sentence on Robben Island for furthering the aims of the PAC.
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Zephania Mothopeng served alongside Nelson Mandela on Robben Island before being released in 1967.
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Zephania Mothopeng was elected as the president of the PAC in 1986 while in prison.
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Zephania Mothopeng was sentenced to Robben Island again where he was to serve two 15-year terms of imprisonment.
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Zephania Mothopeng was among those who reported police torture because four other detainees had died in detention.
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Zephania Mothopeng became ill with cancer of the throat while in prison.
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Zephania Mothopeng rejected calls to join political talks that black people should have all the power.
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On 23 October 1990, Zephania Mothopeng died from chest and lung cancer and pneumonia at 78.
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