full_name: Oscar Amos Mhlangeni
firstname: Oscar Amos
description: Mhlangeni and five other scholars were interrogated, tortured and killed by AZAPO members in Soweto, Johannesburg on 1 August 1986. The incident was sparked off by the burning of the house of an AZAPO leader and the youths were believed to have been responsible for the arson. Three perpetrators were refused amnesty, and one was granted amnesty. (AC/2000/179 and AC/99/0230)