full_name: Samuel Thamsanoa Mbatha
firstname: Samuel Thamsanoa
description: A SAAWU worker who was detained in Dundee, Natal, on 16 June 1986 and held in Waterval prison for two years under emergency regulations. He was tortured by a named member of the Security Police who wanted the names of other activists responsible for a stayaway organised for the commemoration of the Soweto student uprising.