full_name: Simon Modise
firstname: Simon
description: An MK operative who was shot and left for dead by askaris in Diepkloof, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 21 September 1987. He was arrested at Johannesburg Hospital after an operation and removed to an unidentified place where he was interrogated and tortured by being pulled around by the frame supporting his injured arm, and by being drugged by named members of the Security Forces. He was detained for about five months at Johannesburg prison, then tried and found guilty of possessing arms.