Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru anō ia ki te ANC i muri i tana tukunga mai i te whare herehere i te tau 1975. I te tau 1976 ka noho ia hei kai-tiamana, me Martin Ramokgadi, o te whakahaere ANC muna i Johannesburg, e mohiotia ana ko te Main Machinery. I tēnei wā, i whakamātau ngā ratonga haumaru o Awherika ki te Tonga ki te whakamate i a ia mā te whakatakoto i tētahi pōmi ki roto i tana motokā, engari i kitea i mua i te wa e pupuhi ai. I mauheretia anō ia i muri i te
Ko Soweto uprising engari ko te pirihimana, me te iti o nga taunakitanga, kaore i taea te hanga i tetahi keehi ki a ia. I tukuna ia i te tau 1977, ka haere ki Botswana, ka haere ki Zimbabwe i muri i tana mana motuhake.