full_name: Joseph Themba Kwindla
firstname: Joseph Themba
description: A UDF supporter who was severely beaten by members of the SAP while being arrested at his home in Kwezi, Hanover, Cape, on 12 June 1986, after which he was detained for three months in George prison under emergency regulations. He was again arrested and severely beaten and tortured in September 1986 after being accused of stealing a weapon. The charges against him were later withdrawn. See police brutality. 