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The late Joana Johannah Namdlangu Masilela during the Legacy event, which was held at Trelawney Park No.43, KwaMagogo in June last year.
MBABANE – Joana Johannah Namdlangu Masilela, one of three remaining siblings from No.43 KwaMagogo, has died.
Number 43, Trelawney Park, a modest house in a suburb of Manzini, Swaziland (now Eswatini), was for many years a vital base of operations for the African National Congress (ANC). The house was known as KwaMagogo (‘place of the grandmother’), after Rebecca Makgomo Masilela provided sustenance and support to the cadres who operated from Eswatini during the liberation struggle in the Republic of South Africa.
Joana passed on in her sleep, on the morning of April 29, 2023.
The now remaining siblings are Lucky and Elias from a family of nine siblings.
Joana will be laid to her final resting place on Saturday at Ntabamhloshana after a vigil on Friday, May 5, 2023. A memorial service will be held on Friday at Number 43, Trelawney Park, KwaMagogo, starting at 12:30pm.
Instrumental
Joana was one of the most instrumental family members in the liberation of South Africa (SA).
She was very close to one of the freedom fighters who were the mastermind behind the Pretoria Church Street Bomb blast, Nkosinathi Maseko. The Pretoria Church Street Bomb blast was the only operation that almost got the ANC to be declared as a terrorist movement by the United Nations (UN).
This resulted to Joana being arrested more often and spent most of her time in police cells. Instead of arresting Nkosinathi, Joana will be taken in with the hope that he will show up.
In an interview with one of the remaining siblings, Elias stated that the Pretoria Church Street