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The victims' index provides a comprehensive listing of the known victims of politically motivated crimes during the apartheid era, as identified through the TRC.
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Structure
The list provides detailed information related to personal loss, death or injury, as well as the victim's age at the time of the incident.
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TRC Victims - Letter K
| Name | Age | Description | | | KHANYILE, Sphaza | | Was beaten to death by IFP supporters in Umbumbulu, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 25 April 1992, because he was thought to be an ANC supporter. His body was mutilated. | References | | KHANYILE, Thembekile Esther | 38 | Was shot with rubber bullets by members of the SAP in Lamontville, Durban, on 10 March 1986 in conflict between residents and Inkatha supporters over the incorporation of Lamontville into KwaZulu. | References | | KHANYILE, Thulani Reynos | 18 | He disappeared in February 1991 after attending an MK meeting in Durban. He was last seen in Tanzania. | References | | KHANYILE, Wani Kinsele | | Was shot dead by ANC members at Dambuza, KwaZulu, near Pietermaritzburg, during 1993 because he was alleged to be collaborating with police. Two members of the ANC security department were granted amnesty (AC/2001/055). | References | | KHANYILE, William | 45 | A SACTU official from Swayimane, outside Pietermaritzburg, who was killed on 30 January 1981 in a raid by SADF Special Forces operatives on three houses in the Matola suburb of Maputo, Mozambique. Fifteen other South Africans, including several senior MK operatives, were killed in the attack. Three of the attackers (all ex-Rhodesian security force members) and a Portuguese citizen were also killed. Mr Khanyile previously served seven years on Robben Island for political offences. | References | | KHANYILE, Xolani Kenneth | 25 | An ANC supporter who was beaten, stabbed and shot to death by IFP supporters in Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 11 April 1994 in the run-up to the April 1994 elections. | References | | KHANYILE, Xolile | 2 | Was shot in the leg while in the arms of her grandmother, a well-known ANC supporter, on 2 August 1992, when armed men wearing balaclavas attacked several homes in Esikhawini, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal. See Esikhawini attacks. | References | | KHANYILE, Zenzele Lenos | 37 | A prominent ANC supporter who was stoned to death by named IFP supporters near Estcourt, Natal, on 4 February 1992. | References | | KHAOLI, Jacob | | A UDF activist who was detained for fourteen days by the SAP in 1985 and accused of involvement in an arson attack on the home of the Katlehong mayor. Khoali was also arrested and held at Modderbee prison after the declaration of a state of emergency in June 1985. He alleges he was taken to a private house called the 'waarkamer', where he was subjected to the helicopter torture method and given electric shocks. As a result of his torture, both of his legs were amputated above the knee. | References | | KHAPHA, Lholho | | Was severely beaten by named vigilantes mobilised by the local community councillors and police in Philipstown, Cape, in October 1985. She was one of several people assaulted that day by the vigilantes who attacked the property of people suspected of involvement in arson attacks on the property of the community councillors. | References | | KHAPHA, Lizo | | A community activist in Worcester and member of the Western Cape Civic Association who was detained for over a year under the 1986 state of emergency at Victor Verster prison in Paarl, Cape. He was redetained in 1988, five months after his release. | References | | KHASIBE, Bayephi Khasibe | 51 | An IFP supporter whose home was burnt down by ANC supporters in Mkhobeni, Bulwer, Natal, on 24 December 1992, in ongoing political conflict in the area. | References | | KHATHAZA, Elias Zamane | 26 | An ANC supporter who died after being forced to drink petrol before being set alight by fellow ANC supporters in Theunissen, Orange Free State (OFS), on 9 July 1990, allegedly because he was the driver for a businessman who had colluded with the police. A number of ANC supporters were arrested for this killing, but were acquitted. | References | | KHATHI, Busisiwe Esther | 30 | An Inkatha supporter who was shot, stabbed and hacked to death, allegedly by her husband and another named ANC supporter, on 8 December 1988 in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban. Ms Khathi was pregnant but separated from her husband, an ANC supporter. | References | | KHATHI, KP | | Was shot and wounded when ANC security guards from the ANC headquarters at Shell House, Johannesburg, opened fire on a crowd of IFP marchers on 28 March 1994. At least nine marchers were killed and at least one hundred were injured. Ten ANC security guards were granted amnesty (AC/2000/142). | References | | KHATHI, Mataku Ernestina | 49 | Her house near Ixopo, Natal, was destroyed in an arson attack in February 1992 in ongoing conflict between IFP and ANC supporters in the area. She was forced to flee the area. | References | | KHATHIDE, Mduduzi Sabelo | | Was shot and severely injured by Kwazulu Police members in Ncotshane, Transvaal, on 27 November 1993 while attending a night vigil. | References | | KHATHIDE, Thabi Francisca | 26 | An ANC supporter whose house at Inanda, near KwaMashu, Durban, was burnt down by IFP supporters on 14 June 1991. | References | | KHATHINI, Sipho Bethwell | 24 | Was arrested in 1975 by members of the Special Branch and taken to Fischer Street, Durban, where he was tortured and beaten, allegedly for collaborating with exiles while he worked as a sailor in Mozambique. | References | | KHATHULA, Mlitshalwa | 43 | She had her home burnt down in an arson attack in Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, in ongoing political conflict between the ‘Red’ and ‘Green’ factions in 1993. | References |
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