full_name: Nkoko Moses Mashita
firstname: Nkoko Moses
description: A People`s Congress supporter who was detained on 17 February 1980 and locked up for 18 months in GaMatlala, Lebowa, because he resisted Lebowa` s proposed independence from South Africa. Many people lost their property and loved ones and others were arrested because Chief BK Matlala accused them of having burnt down his house.