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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 | | | BAKER, Yazeed | | One of ten students arrested at a rally in Athlone, Cape Town, on 17 September 1985, and detained for twenty four hours at the Brackenfell police station. During his arrest, detention and interrogation he was severely beaten, suffocated and forced to perform physical exercises for several hours by named and other members of the SAP. | References | | BAKHE, Bongani | 11 | A scholar who was shot dead when members of the SAP fired at protesters who gathered in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape, on 12 April 1993 after the killing of political leader, Chris Hani. | References | | BAKHSHANDEGI, Shamam | | A member of the Baha’I faith community who died when he and two others were shot and killed by APLA operatives at the Baha’i Faith Centre, Mdantsane, Ciskei, on 13 March 1994. The victims, though of Iranian extraction, were allegedly regarded by the perpetrators as ‘whites’. A vehicle was also stolen during the attack. Two perpetrators were granted amnesty (AC/2001/271). See APLA attacks. | References | | BALA, Ivy Nomvuyo | 44 | Had her house burnt down by IFP supporters at Gamalakhe, KwaZulu, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 20 June 1993 in intensified political conflict in the area. | References | | BALADZI, Mthavini Langisa | 31 | Was shot and wounded in the foot by members of the SAP outside her house in White City, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 26 August 1986 during rent boycotts. | References | | BALANG, George | | Was injured in a hand grenade explosion in Kimberley, Cape, on 25 May 1993, during an ANC protest march to the Bophuthatswana consulate. Two MK operatives threw a hand grenade at the building, but it bounced back into the crowd, killing one person and injuring forty one others. Two ANC members were wrongly convicted of the killing. Four MK and ANC members, two of whom denied guilt, applied for amnesty, which was refused (AC/2000/053 and A/C/2000/241) | References | | BALATA-MALOBOLA, Lilian Mantha | 42 | An activist in the Women ’s Forum in Mossel Bay, Cape who was detained on 16 June 1986 and held for three months under emergency regulations at George police station, Cape, where she was severely ill-treated. See police brutality. | References | | BALEHI, Nomonde Glenda | 24 | An ANC supporter who was assaulted by members of the SAP after her arrest on 11 October 1986 in Port Elizabeth. She was then detained for eight months, and interrogated about the activities of her ‘comrades’. | References | | BALEMMAGO, Kebogile Freda | 43 | An ANC supporter who was severely beaten by members of the Bophuthatswana Police on 1 January 1994, when they detained her for five days in Pampierstad, Bophuthatswana. | References | | BALIMOGO, Fredda | | Was detained for two weeks at the Pampierstad police station, Bophuthatswana, on 1 January 1994 during a spontaneous community march in support of the first democratic elections to be held in April 1994. Marchers were assaulted by alleged members of the Bophuthatswana Police. There was a court case held subsequently and all the marchers were acquitted. | References | | BALOI, Zuka Samuel | 22 | An MK operative who was shot dead by askaris and members of the Eastern Cape Security Police, on 22 February 1990 in Guguletu, Cape Town. A hand grenade was then planted on Mr Baloi in order to justify his killing. | References | | BALOSHE, Steve | 15 | Was tied to the back of a van and pulled through the veld by a named member of the ISU in Kagiso, Transvaal, in June 1986. | References | | BALOYI, Bafana | | An ANC supporter who was shot dead, allegedly by members of the ISU, in Tokoza, Transvaal, on 19 April 1994 in political conflict in the area during the run-up to the April 1994 elections. | References | | BALOYI, Doreen Refiloe | 23 | Was shot and injured by a member of the SAP in Mamelodi, Pretoria, during a protest march on 21 November 1985. | References | | BALOYI, Eddie Simon Shigapi | 32 | A PAC member from Pietersburg, Transvaal who was detained and tortured in March 1965. He was subsequently sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for furthering the aims of the banned PAC. During his imprisonment at Baviaanspoort and Barberton, he was subjected to both physical and psychological torture. | References | | BALOYI, Hlengani John | 52 | Lost his home and shop in an arson attack by supporters of Chief Simon Shongoane in Ellisras, Transvaal, on 6 March 1981. | References | | BALOYI, Johannes | | Was attacked with pangas and axes by supporters of Chief BK Matlala in a field in GaMatlala, Lebowa, in January 1980, because Mr Baloyi resisted Lebowa’s proposed independence. | References | | BALOYI, Joseph | | Was injured in an arson attack on his home in Pretoria on 11 April 1986 by members of the SAP because his son was politically active. | References | | BALOYI, Joyce | | Was killed when a pipe bomb planted by members of the AWB exploded on 25 April 1994 at a taxi rank on the corner of Blood Street and Seventh Avenue in Pretoria. Three people were killed and four injured in the blast. Six perpetrators were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0342). See right-wing attacks. | References | | BALOYI, Maphantshi Joseph | 46 | Was severely beaten by members of the SAP in Machadodorp, Transvaal, on 4 August 1992. Police suspected Mr Baloyi of involvement in a stayaway. | References |
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