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Site Significance"Unifier and Civilian at Heart"Samuel Hambakwakhe "Fuba" Ntuli was born in Piet Retief on the 24th October 1961 and was assassinated on the 29th September 1991. He joined the struggle against apartheid in the early 1970's and became politically conscious after the SOWETO June 16 uprising. He was also instrumental in the formation of the play "Woza Albert" with Percy Mtwa and Mbongeni Ngema.He was instrumental in the formation of the Thokoza Civic Association in 1983. Through this organization he rallied with his comrades on the rent issues and mobilization of the Youth. His commitment to politics escalated in 1979 resulting into the formation of the East Rand Peoples Organisation (ERAPO). He also participated in the formation of the Youth Congresses on the East Rand including the Congress of South African Students (COSAS).Ntuli was detained in 1984 to 1985 under the State of Emergency at Modderbee Prison. Following his release he continued to serve in the executive committee of the civic movement. He was then rearrested upon the declaration of another State of Emergency for a period of two years. Upon his release from prison, he was part of the comrades who established the CivicAssociation of Southern Transvaal (CAST) and was elected the Secretary General at its launch. He met with both exiles and political leadership of the ANC including the late Walter Sisulu and President Nelson Mandela at his Thokoza home to discuss issues affecting the people on the East Rand.Samuel Hambakwakhe "Fuba" Ntuli was a father of six, extremely sociable and an intellectual. He was no elitist and took the views of the ordinary people seriously.
He lived by his famous quote :"The Apartheid system will not kneel because of its own faults but will do so because it was imposed by a few"He died in the struggle for a better life for all of us.ExtentThe grave being no 7929 located at Thokoza Schoeman Cemetery, Thokoza, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng.