Draft:Elmon Malele
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Elmon Malele (1920 – 20 January 1977) was an African National Congressmen at the time of the 1952 Defiance Campaign. He was an African National Congress organizer in Soweto. He died at the age of 57 from a head trauma incident that took place at John Vorster Central Police Station, resulting in a brain hemorrhage. Malele was charged under the Suppression of Communism Act for participating in events held by the Communist Party of South Africa, after being caught by two African Special Branch policemen carrying a parcel of leaflets issued by the CPSA. In May 1961, he was sentenced to two years of imprisonment with no option of fining. This sentencing lead to his detention at John Vorster Police Station (later renamed to "Johannesburg Central Police Station" in 1997.)[1] On January 20th, 1977, Malele died in a nursing home located in Johannesburg while remaining in detention.[2] Police stated at the time of death that Malele had inflicted the injuries to himself trying to escape, which was conflicted by Dr. D E Rosenburg's findings who was a neoro-surgeon at the time. Rosenburg found that there were puncture wounds and abrasions on Malele's scalp that he estimated were two to three days old. Mr. T J Taljaard a state pathologist said later that in his opinion, the wounds could have been older than a week. The Magistrate concluded that the death was not due to any acts done by anyone, but instead hypertension and spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. [3]
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Comment: The SA History source on the subject is good. However, the first SA History source to John Vorster Square makes no mention of the subject and does not verify the statement. I cannot access the second source. I suggest additional sourcing to ensure notability is established. Greenman (talk) 11:47, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
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