full_name: Mzikhaya Dekstad Mkhabile
firstname: Mzikhaya Dekstad
description: Was arrested and beaten by police in 1960 in Paarl, Cape, in connection with the anti-Pass Law campaign. He was again arrested, severely beaten and tortured after participating in the Poqo march to storm the police station in Paarl, on 21 November 1962. He was then sentenced in 1963 to 12 years` imprisonment for sabotage. While serving his sentence on Robben Island, he was subjected to beatings and humiliating treatment.