A former organiser of the Northern Transvaal Students Congress was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment by the Pietersburg Regional Court at the beginning of April after being convicted of 'terrorism'. Caleb Kgalapa MOGASHOA (22) was arrested in January 1988, allegedly in possession of hand grenades, limpet mines and detonators as well as banned literature of the South African Communist Party.
Very few details emerged about the charges against Mogashoa. He was alleged to have joined the ANC in June 1987 and undergone military training at two hotels in the Hillbrow area of Johannesburg. He was then said to have operated in the northern Transvaal politicking, recruiting and training others. It was also alleged that he had attempted to murder four policemen.
