full_name: Zephaniah Mothopeng
firstname: Zephaniah
description: A founder member and later President of the PAC who was detained, tortured and jailed for two years in 1961, followed by a further three years in 1964, for PAC activities. From 1967 to 1971 he was placed under banning orders. He was again detained in August 1976 and severely tortured, spending three years in prison prior to his conviction in 1979 on terrorism charges in the `Bethal Trial`. See Bethal 18. He then served nine years of a 15-year prison term, being released in November 1988 due to serious illness. He died in October 1990.