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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 B
| Name | Age | Description | | | BELLINGAN, Felicity Catherine | 33 | An employee at Nedbank in Caledon Street, Uitenhage, Cape, suffered severe trauma when she was taken hostage and used as a human shield by APLA operatives during a foiled bank robbery on 4 January 1994. Two perpetrators were granted amnesty for the armed robbery and kidnapping (AC/2000/125). See APLA attacks. | References | | BELO, Solomon Pitso | 15 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead when police opened fire on a student protest march in Viljoenskroon, Orange Free State, on 19 April 1990. Four other ANC supporters were killed and seven injured in the shooting. | References | | BEMBE, Bhekumuzi Erick | 31 | An ANC supporter who was shot and severely injured by members of the SAP at a protest meeting against rent increases in Siyathuthuka, Belfast, Transvaal, on 4 January 1986. | References | | BEME, Zukiswa Eunice | 14 | Was severely beaten by members of the SAP at Sterkspruit, Transkei, on 1 January 1990 during a consumer boycott and campaign of opposition to the chiefs. | References | | BENCINI, Irma Elfreda | 49 | Was killed when two MK operatives detonated a bomb in a shopping centre on 23 December 1985, in Amanzimtoti, near Durban, in retaliation for a South African security forces attack two weeks earlier on ANC members in Lesotho in which nine people had been killed. The explosion in Amanzimtoti killed five people and injured 61. One of the operatives was sentenced to death and later hanged. | References | | BENEKE, Johan (Raban) David | | Was injured in a hand grenade explosion on 25 May 1993 in Kimberley, Cape, during an ANC protest march to the Bophuthatswana consulate. Two MK operatives threw a hand grenade at the building which bounced back into the crowd, killing one person and injuring 41 others. Two ANC members were wrongly convicted of the killing. Four MK operatives and ANC members, two of whom denied guilt, were refused amnesty (AC/2000/053 and AC/2000/241). | References | | BENGE, Elphie Fanigo | | A UDF supporter who was attacked with a pickaxe by vigilantes outside his home in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 31 December 1985. He suffered severe head injuries. His wife and son were also beaten in the attack. | References | | BENGE, Mpumelelo | | A CAYCO member who was severely beaten by vigilantes near Nyanga, Cape Town, on 31 December 1985. His mother and father were also beaten in the attack. | References | | BENGE, Nomahlubi Sophia | 52 | A UWO member who was severely beaten by vigilantes at her home in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 31 December 1985. Her husband and son were also injured in the attack. | References | | BENGU, Deliweyo Emmanuel | 46 | An ANC branch chairman who was stabbed to death, and his wife seriously injured, by named IFP supporters at KwaMakhutha, Amanzimtoti, near Durban, on 20 July 1991. Mr Bengu was a member of a Peace Committee facilitating negotiations between the ANC and IFP at the time. | References | | BENGU, Ethel | 57 | An ANC supporter who had her home destroyed in an arson attack by Inkatha supporters at Imbali, Pietermaritzburg, on 11 February 1990, in political conflict in the area following the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. | References | | BENGU, Gladwin Bengwane | 53 | He disappeared on his way to work in Vosloorus, Transvaal, during a stayaway to protest against IFP violence on 28 March 1994. Mr Bengu was never seen again. Mr Bengu’s car was later found in Natal and three suspects were charged with murder, vehicle theft and kidnapping but were acquitted due to lack of evidence. | References | | BENGU, Johannes | 18 | A UDF supporter who was stabbed to death by Inkatha supporters in KwaMakhutha, Amanzimtoti, near Durban, on 25 December 1987. | References | | BENGU, Maggie Phenyaba | 54 | Had her home burnt down at Nyanini, KwaZulu, near Eshowe, Natal, in 1994 in political conflict between ANC and IFP supporters during the run-up to the April 1994 elections. | References | | BENGU, Ntombikayise Cyprianah | 41 | An ANC supporter who was assaulted by named Inkatha supporters at KwaMakhutha, Amanzimtoti, near Durban, in 1987. Her husband and son were stabbed to death in separate incidents of political violence in the area. | References | | BENGU, Sifiso Cyril | 21 | A UDF supporter who was tortured by members of the Special Branch during his detention at Pietermaritzburg in 1986. He was also kept in solitary confinement for three months. | References | | BENGU, Thembeni | 49 | An ANC supporter who had her home burnt down at Magabheni, Umgababa, KwaZulu, near Durban, in September 1991 in continuing political conflict between IFP and ANC supporters in the area. | References | | BENJU, Masebule Anthony | 42 | Died after being shot and stabbed with spears on 6 September 1990 in Soweto, Johannesburg, during clashes between hostel-dwellers and residents. Several other people were injured during this attack. | References | | BENTELE, Mandla | | A UDF supporter who was shot and injured by a named member of the SAP in Zwelethemba, Worcester, Cape, on 21 September 1985, after a crowd had petrol bombed the policeman’s house. | References | | BENYA, Mcoseleli | | Was beaten and stabbed to death by AWB members in East London on 12 March 1994. See right-wing attacks. | References |
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