A former premier of Limpopo, Adv Ngoako Ramathlodi, will lead a delegation of about 50 people to the cell where the late political struggle hero, Tshifhiwa Muofhe, was killed.

The members of the delegation are all victims of torture by the former government in the then Venda homeland.

The delegation will visit the Matatshe prison tomorrow (Saturday).

Today (Friday) Ramathlodi will meet with offenders and victims during a public meeting around Matatshe. Ramathlodi is the Deputy Minister of Justice.

The Tshifhiwa Muofhe Memorial Lecture will take place at the Charis Missionary Church in Makwarela at 14:00 on Saturday afternoon. More than 1 500 people are expected to attend the lecture.

According to reports, Tshifhiwa Muofhe was murdered by the bantustan police on November 11, 1981. He was a lay preacher, activist of note who, together with Cyril Ramaphosa, formed the Bold Evangelical Youth Organisation (BEYO), which became the Bold Evangelical Christian Organization (BECO) and later the Evangelical Christian Outreach (  ECHO) in the 1970s.

He was killed shortly after MK bombed the Sibasa Police Station on October 31, 1981, leaving several policemen dead.

Speakers at the lecture included the secretary general of the South African Council of Churches, Rev Mautjie Pataki, SACP Secretary Gilbert Kganyago, Cosatu secretary Dan Sebabi and MK veteran Dambuza Malada.

Long-time friend and retired politician Dr Tshenuwani Farisani will deliver the lecture. Friends from the BECO days, including Dr Elijah Maswanganyi, Dr Phaswana, Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela and Judge Joseph Raulinga, are expected to attend.

More than 20 motorbikes will drive around Thohoyandou, retracing Tshifhiwa Muofhe’s steps from his house, to the torture centre in Sibasa, to the said police station, to Beuster Mission and the Matatshe Prison, to the cemetery where he was buried.