full_name: Vusi Richard Thobela
firstname: Vusi Richard
description: An ANC member who was beaten and kept in solitary confinement by police for more than three months from 28 March 1993 at the Hazyview police station in Transvaal . Mr Thobela was arrested while bringing in weapons and ammunition from Mozambique to distribute to East Rand self-defence units (SDU), and he was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment.