full_name: Kopeng Obed Bapela
firstname: Kopeng Obed
description: An ANC member from Alexandra, Johannesburg, who was detained in Johannesburg by members of the SAP on 1 January 1982. Along with several others, he was charged with sedition. After a long trial, he was acquitted. On 31 December 1988 the house where he was staying was petrol-bombed.