On this day in 1979, Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu was hung by the Apartheid regime at the Pretoria Central Prison.
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Today marks 43 years after his death. He was a freedom fighter, a struggle activist and ANC’s Umkhonto we Sizwe operative.
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He was only 23 years of age when he was found guilty under the Terrorism Act. His last words to his mother, Martha Mahlangu, were “my blood will nourish the tree that will bear fruits of freedom. Tell my people I love them. They must continue the fight.” The ANC will have a wreath-laying ceremony in his honour in Mamelodi West today.
