Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation: Poet and ANC activist Benjamin Moloise was hanged 40 years ago today 18th Oct. for a murder he did not commit. A picket of the S.African consulate in Glasgow called for his reprieve as did the UN, USA and USSR. Glasgow Council had just agreed to rename the consulate address Nelson Mandela Place.

Poet and ANC activist Benjamin Moloise was hanged 40 years ago today 18th Oct. for a murder he did not commit. A picket of the S.African consulate in Glasgow called for his reprieve as did the UN, USA and USSR. Glasgow Council had just agreed to rename the consulate address Nelson Mandela Place.