full_name: Simon Selema Maputla
firstname: Simon Selema
description: Was severely assaulted in Pietersburg, Transvaal, on 10 April 1987 by two named perpetrators claiming to be sent by a local chief. They searched Mr Maputla`s home, took him to the veld where they broke his jaw, tied his hands with wire to the back of a van, and dragged him behind it.