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Nokuthula Orela Simelane
Nokuthula Orela Simelane was born in 1960 in Mzinoni Township near Bethal in Mpumalanga. She was the first of two daughters (Nokuthula and Thembisile) of Ernestinah and Matthew Simelane.
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She graduated on 15 October 1983 from the University of Swaziland with a Bachelor in Administration (B.Admin) degree in Social Sciences majoring in Public Administration and had already secured employment for herself before her untimely 'disappearance'.
Whilst studying at the University of Swaziland she joined uMKhonto we Sizwe (MK) as a courier server and became an activist in Swaziland for the African National Congress (ANC).
Her parents suspected that she was working on underground work for the ANC when correspondence was delivered at her uncle’s place in Swaziland. Concurrent with that, were regular and random visits to her uncle’s place by the Special Branch questioning Nokuthula’s whereabouts and linkage with the ANC.
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