Oscar Mafakafaka Mpetha OMSS was born in Mount Fletcher 5 August 1909 and died on 15 November 1994.
In 1981 he was seen as a threat to the Apartheid regime after he issued a statement condemning the role of the police in a fatal incident involving protestors which occurred in August 1980.
[8] In 1983 he was sentenced to five years in Pollsmoor Prison after being convicted of terrorism and inciting a riot at the Crossroads squatter camp in August 1980.
In the same year he was elected as one of three co-presidents along with Archie Gumede and Albertina Sisulu of the United Democratic Front, a new umbrella group of anti-government forces.
He was released from hospital detention on 15 October 1989 and despite his poor health, he took on an active role in the lead-up to the first democratic election in 1994.