February 1963 - Inside Poqo - Mbekweni, the location

February 1963 - Inside Poqo - Mbekweni, the location outside Paarl, which has a breeding ground for Poqo. It is known to the Police as The Hottest Spot in the Western Province. Poqo is a terrorist movement. It is composed, largely, of angry young men who were embittered and frustrated and became desperate and lawless. And even when all the dreadful rituals of eye-gouging, throat-cutting and head-hacking are listed, the shocking truth about Poqo is that many, although not all, of its followers probably started out in life as decent, ordinary human beings - no worse and no better than the rest of the people of South Africa. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA)

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