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Security Police's testimony at the inquest, Colonel JD du Plessis alleged that the officer on duty at the time of Mabija's death opened a window to allow fresh air to ventilate the room, but they normally kept the windows shut. Sergeant Oscar Ntsiko corroborated with the Colonel's account, stating that he escorted Phakamile Mabija to the toilet, upon their return, he broke free and ran back into Officer Van der Merwe's office, where he jumped out of the open window. The Northern Cape Security Police had with them an alleged ANC pamphlet which encouraged detainees to take their own lives as an act of terrorism to the state. District surgeon Dr. TC Robertson's results from the post-mortem identified a fractured skull as Mabija's cause of death. Dr. BA Mahler, the independent pathologist brought in for the inquest, identified cuts on Mabija's face; liver and hands. He maintained that the bruises caused to Mabija's liver may have been as a result of assault.
34:, in the Northern Cape. As a member of the Anglican Church's NOMAD team, he was a delegate in the National Youth Leadership Programme, which was a three and a half month training course initiated by the Anglican Church at the beginning of 1977. He was also politically affiliated with the ANC. He was detained by the South African Police on 27 June 1977 for alleged involvement in an incident when African and Coloured commuters stoned public transport during a bus boycott in Galeshewe, Kimberley, South Africa. Mabija was due to appear in court on 8 July 1977 under charges under the
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During her TRC testimony, Phakamile Mabija's mother, Shirley Mabija recalled the last time she had seen her son. He had been detained for two week prior to his death. On 7 July 1977 Sergeants Ntsiko and Du
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