full_name: Ratsebe Jeremiah Mekhoe
firstname: Ratsebe Jeremiah
description: An ANC supporter who was detained for three days during May 1971 in Welkom, Orange Free State (OFS). He was tortured under police interrogation, and confessed to being a communist. Based on this confession, he was sentenced on 1 December 1971 to four years on Robben Island.