Donald Sifiso Mathengela
Donald Sifiso
An MK operative who was detained, assaulted and held in solitary confinement by members of the SAP in Germiston, Transvaal, in 1969, after entering the country on a mission to recruit ANC members. He was then imprisoned on Robben Island, Cape Town, for a period of seven years, where he was severely ill-treated. After his release he was again detained in 1979 and tortured in Durban, after which he experienced severe psychiatric problems.