full_name: Baile Piet Bizza Merae
firstname: Baile Piet Bizza
description: As vice-president of the local youth congress, Merae was severely assaulted by a local councillor and his family in Dealesville, Orange Free State (OFS), on 19 August 1990. Mr Merae played a prominent role in the organisation of a consumer boycott targeting businesses owned by local councillors.