Fort Calata

Fort Calata was a South African anti-apartheid activist and one of The Cradock Four murdered by the South African police in 1985.

• •Fort Calata was a member of the Cradock Four, anti-apartheid activists murdered by the South African security police in 1985.
• •Calata was a school teacher who used education to empower the community and resist apartheid.
• •Before his death, Calata was actively involved in organizing community resistance against forced removals and other apartheid policies in the Eastern Cape.
• •His death, along with the other members of the Cradock Four, sparked international outrage and further galvanized the anti-apartheid movement.