Jafta Masemola

Jafta Kgalabi Masemola OLS by F. W. de Klerk.
Masemola served the longest sentence of any political prisoner in Robben Island prison in South Africa.
Masemola was a teacher in Atteridgeville township in Pretoria in the 1950s.
Together with Robert Sobukwe, Masemola co-founded the PAC in 1959 in Soweto. Subsequently, he worked for the PAC's youth organization in Atteridgeville and then headed the PAC's military wing, Poqo.
In 1962, Masemola was arrested and convicted on the charge of smuggling individuals out of the country for military training and blowing up power lines. He was imprisoned at Robben Island.
He was released from the prison on 15 October 1989, together with ANC members Ahmed Kathrada, Raymond Mhlaba, Wilton Mkwayi, Andrew Mlangeni, Oscar Mpetha, Elias Motsoaledi and Walter Sisulu.
Masemola was killed in a car accident shortly after his release in 1990.