full_name: Cynthia Simango
firstname: Cynthia
description: A UDF supporter who was detained for three months on 16 June 1986 in Burgersdorp, Cape, and was severely beaten by named members of the SAP. She was five months’ pregnant at the time and had been detained because of her involvement in a Sharpeville Day  commemoration in Down location, Willowmore. Ms Simango died on 24 March 1989 from head injuries sustained during her detention.