On 19 July 1988, Zollie Malinga, Bulenani Ngcuka, Omar Badsha, Jonathan Shapiro, Rehana Rossour, Veronica Simmers, Saleem Mowzer, Ngconde Balfor and Nams Wessels were released from detention. At the time, the apartheid government had banned all gatherings and the activists were arrested for being part of a Nelson Mandela Birthday Celebration organising committee.
eventREF E-0012760Revised
19 July 1988
Senior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday celebrations committee
- Updated
- 17 Jul 2020
How we know this
- 01Cape Times Archive (July 1988).
- 02South African History Online, ‘Omar Badsha’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 18 July 2013)
Last updated · 17 Jul 2020
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Senior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday celebrations committee. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012760
South African History Online (2011) 'Senior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday celebrations committee', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012760 (Accessed: 14 October 2026).
South African History Online, Senior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday celebrations committee [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012760, (accessed 14 October 2026).
"Senior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday celebrations committee." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012760. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Senior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday celebrations committee." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012760.
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