[2] After the ANC was banned by the apartheid government in 1960, he became a leading member of its underground in the region that became the Transkei bantustan.
[3] He also joined the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe,[4] where he was known by the nom de guerre Castro.
[3] He was detained for his political activities on several occasions and was imprisoned on Robben Island between September 1964 and July 1971.
[6] After the democratic transition, he testified to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that he had been severely tortured while in detention.
[9] Kati was re-elected in 2004, representing the Eastern Cape constituency,[1] and at the time of his death, aged 82, he was the oldest serving Member of Parliament.