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2 unusual facts about Popo Molefe


Popo Molefe

A 1985 arrest resulted in three years of detention without bail, followed by court proceedings in the Delmas Treason Trial.

Popo Simon Molefe (born 1952 in the Sophiatown district of Johannesburg) is a South African politician, and the former Premier of the North West Province.


Yunus Mohamed

When three senior members of the UDF – Frank Chikane, Popo Molefe and Patrick Lekota – and 19 others were arrested for treason, Mohamed was an instructing attorney in what became known as the Delmas Treason Trial.


see also

Rose Moss

A non-fiction book, Shouting at the Crocodile (1990) presents two defendants, Popo Molefe and Mosiuoa Lekota, in the Delmas Treason Trial during the last days of apartheid.