full_name: Mongezi Byte Dyantyi
firstname: Mongezi Byte
description: A COSAS member who was assaulted by members of the SAP at Mhlotshana High School in Whittlesea, Ciskei, in 1980, during a school boycott. He was later charged, together with other students, with the stoning to death of a policeman, and was detained at Whittlesea police station for two weeks. Charges against the students were withdrawn in October 1981 and the case was dismissed. 