Kate Serokolo
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Kate Serokolo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mamelodi, South Africa |
| Citizenship | South African |
| Occupations | Sales assistant; activist |
| Known for | Anti-apartheid activism; imprisonment under the Terrorism Act |
| Spouse | Fritz Serokolo |
| Children | Kabelo Serokolo |
| Relatives | Elizabeth Komikie Gumede (aunt) |
Kate Serokolo is a South African anti-apartheid activist known for her imprisonment under apartheid-era security laws and for her testimony about the treatment of political prisoners during apartheid.[1]
Serokolo was born in Mamelodi, South Africa. She worked as a sales assistant and lived with her family in the township during the Era of strongest apartheid rule. During this period she became associated with individuals involved in the anti-apartheid struggle.[2]
Arrest and imprisonment
In 1978–1979, Serokolo, her mother and her aunt Elizabeth Komikie Gumede, was accused of accommodating anti-apartheid activists in their home in Mamelodi. At the time of her trial she was about 28 years old and pregnant with her second child. She was convicted under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to five years in prison.[3]
she gave birth to her son, Kabelo in prison, at Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville while under military guard.[4]