Samuel Maselela
Samuel
An ANC supporter who was one of ten youths from Mamelodi, Pretoria, recruited during the state of emergency by a named askari, supposedly for ANC military training in Botswana. Near Nietverdiend the ten youths were forcibly injected with sedatives or another chemical substance and were burnt to death when the vehicle was deliberately crashed and blown up during June 1986. The members of the Security Police involved were congratulated for good service and rewarded. They applied for amnesty. See Nietverdiend ambush.