His Life :
Born
in 1918 Hlapane was a factory worker. He played an active part in the African
National Congress from the time the Nationalist government came to power
in 1948. A former member of the Communist Party of South Africa, after the
treason trial he turned state witness during the 1960s, testifying in many
trials against his former comrades.
In November
1965 when Bram Fischer (who worked with the Defence Team in the Rivonia
Trial of 1964)
was arrested, charged with violating the Suppression of Communism Act
and conspiracy to commit sabotage, Hlapane was used by the prosecution
as a state witness. Umkhonto We Sizwe allegedly took its revenge by
murdering
Hlapane on 16 December 1982.
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S. Ellis & T. Sechaba, Comrades Against
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