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Special Report Transcript Episode 34, Section 6, Time 20:32

We end tonight’s programme with accounts of the deaths of two young women. Maki Skosana was wrongfully identified as a police informer in July 1985. Her gruesome death at the hands of a frenzied mob had a profound effect on the national psyche, as it was the first necklacing seen on national television. Her sister brought her grief to the Truth Commission this week.

Notes: Max du Preez

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TRC Final Report TRC Victims Glossary
The Gugulethu Seven 399 On 3 March 1986, shortly after 07h00, seven men aged between sixteen and twenty three were shot dead in Gugulethu. They were Mr Mandla Simon Mxinwa, Mr Zanisile Zenith Mjobo [CT00116/FLA], Mr Zola Alfred Swelani [CT00700/FLA], Mr Godfrey Jabulani Miya [CT00818/FLA], Mr ...
Exoneration 29 A particularly complex healing process is involved in restoring trust where someone has been falsely accused of being a spy or an informer. In a number of cases, the Commission helped to restore the dignity of those who were thus falsely accused. This is illustrated by the ...
 
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