One of the leaders of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, Mashinini left the country to join Umkhonto we Sizwe at the age of 15. Minus joined the June 16 Detachment, the first MK detachment to graduate in military training after the 1976 revolt. After spending half his life in exile, he died in mysterious circumstances in Lusaka, Zambia, and was buried at Avalon Cemetery.
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152 Adams Street, Orlando East
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Photograph at the unveiling event (City of Johannesburg)