full_name: Thenjiwe Ethel Mtintso
firstname: Thenjiwe Ethel
description: A member of SASO who was detained in 1977 in Ginsberg, Cape. In detention, she was assaulted, and physically and mentally tortured in order to coerce her to be a state witness against Steve Biko. At the time, widespread boycotts organised by SASO sparked a series of detentions of student activists.