TRC Final Report

Volume 2

Chapter 6

Part Part5

Subsection 4

Paulos Madiba

Watson M Majova

Age 27; ANC/MK.

Aaron Makwe

Age unknown; ANC/MK.

Nine unknown persons

Mr Majova and Mr Makwe were killed on 28 November 1985; exhumed 17 March 1998 at Boshoek.

On 17 March 1998, the Commission prepared to exhume the bodies of Mr Aaron Makwe, Mr Watson Majova and Mr Paulos Madiba on a farm near Boshoek, outside Rustenburg. An employee of the undertakers responsible for burying them pointed out three graves to investigators. When the three graves were opened, it was found that there were twelve bodies, four in each grave. The person responsible for burying the original three bodies could not explain this. The twelve bodies that were exhumed are believed to include those of the three men mentioned above. The identity of the remaining nine bodies could not be established.

Majova’s remains have now been reburied by his family in Potchefstroom.

Patrick Motswaletswale (aka Barry C Maputo)

Age unknown; ANC/MK.

Magic Madi

Age unknown; ANC/MK.

Both killed 12 June 1983; exhumed 18 March 1998 at Sekoto cemetery, Louis Trichardt.

Mr Patrick Motswaletswale, Mr A Mlaudzi, and Mr Magic Madi were kidnapped at Beit Bridge after a postmaster who was a police informer intercepted a letter with details of their travel. They were taken to Pafuri, Venda, where they were put into small hut by the police and shot at.

The remains of A Mlaudzi were not exhumed, because the family had already given him a proper funeral.

Ndlela Sibiya (aka Baba)

Age 37; MK.

Matthews T Nkosi (aka Mthakathi T Nkululeko)

Age 36; MK.

Killed 7 July 1986; exhumed 18 March 1998 at Thoyandowu cemetery. Mr Ndlela Sibiya and Mr Matthews T Nkosi, MK operatives, were travelling from Botswana on bicycles. They told a local person about their intended mission to blow up Malelane power station. This person then reported this to the police. The party was ambushed on the way to the power station, and a Mr Shabangu, a local ANC chairperson, was killed along with the two cadres. The two cadres were buried illegally.

Selby Mavuso¹¹ (aka Larry Makhaya)

Age unknown; MK.

Killed 8 April 1987; exhumed 18 March 1998 at Thabazimbi cemetery. Mr Selby Mavuso and two other MK members were on their way from Botswana to Derdepoort when somebody reported them to the South African Defence Force (SADF). The army went out to look for them, and a shoot-out followed in which Mavuso died. In a statement from the army, it was said that Mavuso tried to blow them up. There is no information available to corroborate this. Mavuso’s body was buried by the authorities. The bodies of the two other MK members involved, Mr Matima and Mr Matulo, were buried by their parents.