full_name: John Hluphekile Mgcina
firstname: John Hluphekile
description: A councillor who lost his house and vehicle in an arson attack by members of the Vaal Civic Association in Bophelong, Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 29 August 1984. Councillors were seen as legitimate targets because they were not representative of residents and acted as agents of the state.