full_name: Edgar Dumile Ngoyi
firstname: Edgar Dumile
description: An ANC member who was detained in 1960 and again in 1963, when he was severely tortured. He was imprisoned for 17 years on Robben Island, from 16 January 1964. On 7 June 1985, Mr Ngoyi, who was then Eastern Cape UDF President, lost his home in an arson attack during political conflict in KwaZakele, Port Elizabeth. Mr Ngoyi faced other charges and periods of detention in the 1985 to 1987 period. 