full_name: Benedict Benjamin Mabhida
firstname: Benedict Benjamin
description: A UDF supporter who was beaten and stabbed to death by Inkatha supporters on 1 January 1987 in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg. Mr Mabhida was allegedly mistaken for his exiled cousin. In the same incident, another cousin was stabbed and severely injured. The Mabhida family was constantly harassed by the Special Branch after Mr Mabhida`s  cousin went into exile in 1985. 