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Connie Mofokeng

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escaped while en route to the hospital and fled into exile. Once she was able to see a doctor, who determined that she had been given poison that was damaging her intestines. She underwent surgery, and the damages were repaired. She never revealed information. Mofokeng lost hearing in her right ear from the beatings.
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Mofokeng was tortured while imprisoned in an attempt to get information about the Soweto uprising. She was punched and kicked, and the soldiers used electrical torture against her. Her 1984 arrest resulted in her again getting tortured and underfed, this time until she fell unconscious. Mofokeng
30:, and she was arrested along with over a hundred others Mofokeng was a founding member and secretary of the Vaal Organisation of Women. In 1984, Mofokeng again marched against apartheid, and was again arrested and imprisoned. Later, she escaped and subsequently lived in exile. 46:
After her three month imprisonment for the Soweto uprising, Mofokeng was expelled from her school. She arranged so that she could still take classes.
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activist. Mofokeng was a member of the Soweto Student Representative Council at the time of the
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Women's Organizations and Democracy in South Africa: Contesting Authority
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apartheid
Soweto uprising


"Connie Mofokeng"
"A List of women involved in the women's struggle in South Africa, 1900-1994"
Hassim, Shireen
Women's Organizations and Democracy in South Africa: Contesting Authority
ISBN
9780299213831


Lives of Courage: Women for a New South Africa
ISBN
9780595291397
"Connie Mofokeng, interview by Diana Russell, South Africa, 1987 | Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company"
Categories
1959 births
Living people

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