Robben Islander and MK cadre Nicklo Pedro commemorated on what would have been his 54th birthday

Robben Islander and MK cadre Nicklo Pedro commemorated on what would have been his 54th birthday
By Tarryn-Leigh Solomons
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The life of former Robben Island prisoner and people’s soldier, Nicklo Pedro, was commemorated in Mossel Bay on Sunday, the same day he would have celebrated his 54th birthday.
He lost his battle with cancer on Saturday, May 8.
His longtime friend Henriette Abrahams said the experience Pedro endured under the hands of security policeman Jeff Benzien, haunted him until his death.
Pedro, an activist for political change since he was a learner at Sao Bras Secondary School in Mossel Bay, was recruited into Umkhonto we Sizwe while studying at the University of the Western Cape. Like other UWC students who had joined the people’s army to become a soldier for liberation, he went on the run when security police started looking for him.

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