full_name: Nelson Sithole
firstname: Nelson
description: A Macassar Civic Association chairperson, was assaulted and killed by men wearing SAP uniforms and balaclavas at Macassar, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 22 July 1992. The perpetrators are believed to have been linked to the SAP and the Lingelethu West Town Council. Mr Sithole had been part of a campaign against the rentals imposed on squatter residents. See balaclava groups.