Abram Onkgopotse Tiro
| Onkgopotse Tiro | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Abraham Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro 9 November 1947 Dinokana, Zeerust, North West, South Africa |
| Died |
1 February 1974 (aged 27) Botswana |
| Occupation | Anti-apartheid activist |
Abram Onkgopotse Tiro (1 November 1947 - 1 February 1974) was a South African student activist and black consciousness militant murdered by the apartheid state.
He was born in Dinokana, a small village near Zeerust. He was expelled from the University of the North (now known as University of Limpopo) in 1972 for his political activities and he became involved in the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973. After his expulsion from the then University of the North in 1972, following his scathing critique of the Bantu Education Act of 1953, he went on to teach at Morris Isaacson High School near and around Central Western Jabavu (CWJ) in Soweto. This same school attended by Tsietsi Mashinini, who was an integral part of the 1976 student uprising. It is possible that, in some way, it was at Morris Isaacson where Tiro introduced the philosophy of the Black Consciousness Movement to the students and thereby, starting a campaign to encourage students to question Bantu Education.
Death
Tiro was killed by a parcel bomb in Botswana in 1974.[1]
References
- ↑ Activist Abram Onkgopotse Tiro, SA History Online
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- Activist Abram Onkgopotse Tiro, SA History Online