full_name: Monnye Joyce Pule
firstname: Monnye Joyce
description: Was beaten with knobkerries and rifle butts by Bophuthatswana Policemen on 1 July 1989 in Leeuwfontein near Zeerust, Tvl, because she resisted the forceful incorporation of Mokgola into Bophuthatswana. About 25 000 residents were transferred from South Africa into Bophuthatswana during 1989 and Bophuthatswana Police and vigilantes harassed residents who resisted the homeland government in a virtual state of siege. 