Joseph Masale Thage
Was abducted from his home in Siyabuswa, KwaNdebele, and tortured by Imbokodo vigilantes on 1 January 1986. At Siyabuswa community hall, he and others were put in a room where the floor had been deliberately soaped to make it slippery. Mr Thage and others were then sjambokked and beaten where they fell. Between 200 and 360 individuals were abducted and assaulted for about 36 hours. The attacks, led by named KwaNdebele government officials, were designed to suppress resistance to incorporation into KwaNdebele.