full_name: Tshwantshi Jacob Thamaga
firstname: Tshwantshi Jacob
description: A People’s Congress supporter who lost his house in an arson attack by supporters of Chief BK Matlala in GaMatlala, Lebowa, on 2 February 1980 because Mr Thamaga resisted Lebowa’s proposed independence from South Africa. The village was cordoned off and Chief Matlala and his supporters attacked members of the People’s Congress, burnt their houses and stole their livestock. Two people died and about 80 were wounded in the attack.