Sipho Jele

He died in police custody in Swaziland, after having been arrested on 1 May 2010, at the SFTU May Day celebrations, for having worn a T-shirt with a Pudemo logo.

[1][2][3] Sipho Jele was found hanging from the rafters of a toilet at the Sidvwashini Correctional facility where he was being held on 4 May.

Sipho Jele was a former employee at Swaziland's only pulp mill, and was studying engineering at the time of his death.

According to Sipho Jele's aunt, who had previously worked as a nurse for 30 years and who saw the body, there were several indications that he had not committed suicide as claimed by the Swazi police, including a swollen face, blood having come out of his nostrils, and the fact that he hadn't soiled himself – as is commonly the case with those who have hanged themselves.

The police destroyed several pictures of Jele, as well as removing a Pudemo flag from the coffin, and then arrested and detained several of the mourners.