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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 peopleâs 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 peopleâs army to become a soldier for liberation, he went on the run when security police started looking for him.
Nicklo Pedro
MOSSEL BAY NEWS - The struggle icon Nicklo Pedro (54) lost his final battle last weekend when he succumbed to cancer at his home in Mossel Bay on Saturday 8 May.
In a statement released by the ANC of the Western Cape this week, Pedro is dubbed the people’s soldier and described as one of the brightest flowers of the revolution ensuring a free and democratic South Africa.
He was recruited by Umkhonto we Sizwe while studying law at the University of the Western Cape. After fleeing from the security police, he was arrested near the Lesotho border in 1987 and taken back to Cape Town where he suffered at the hands of the notorious Wo Jeffrey Benzien, whose torture techniques are legendary.
People’s soldier mourned widely According to an official statement by the ANC of the Western Cape, Pedro will be laid to rest on 22 May. Monday, 10 May 2021, 14:48 Nicklo Pedro
GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - Nicklo Pedro, former Robben Island prisoner and named people’s soldier in a press release by the ANC in the Western Cape, passed away in Mossel Bay on Saturday, 8 May. Pedro was 54.
A fellow comrade Wayne Jordaan, commented that Pedro was still committed to politics and actively serving right up to his untimely death.
He served as a member of the Lesley Crotz branch of the ANC and passionately pursued activism against several other issues, like gender based violence.