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Content
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 D
| Name | Age | Description | | | DILIMA, Mangaliso Johnson | 47 | Was shot with pellets by a member of the SAP member during a student boycott in Somerset East, Cape, on 1 May 1993. | References | | DILISA, Mankwenkwe Ben Silabetele | 23 | A PAC supporter in Engcobo, Transkei, who was imprisoned for five years on Robben Island, Cape Town, after being charged with sabotage in November 1963. After his release he was placed under house arrest for a further four years. | References | | DILIZA, Ebenezer | | A Poqo supporter who was imprisoned for two years on Robben Island in Cape Town, in 1963, after which he was placed under restrictions at Ngqeleni, Cape. | References | | DIMA, Phumephi | 63 | Her house was burnt down by IFP supporters on 16 March 1994 in Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban. See Sonkombo arson attacks. | References | | DIMBA, Themba Francis | 26 | An MK member who was seriously injured 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. | References | | DINAT, Mohamed Ismail | | Was detained and held in solitary confinement in Johannesburg under the 1963 90-day detention law, and again in Pretoria, under the 1964 180-day detention law. | References | | DINCA, Zizwe | 32 | Was shot with birdshot by members of the SAP in Dordrecht, Cape, on 30 September 1985. Mr Dinca was accused of throwing stones at the police. | References | | DINDIKAZI, Gijima Solomon | 70 | An ANC supporter who had his house burnt down by IFP supporters in KwaXolo, near Port Shepstone, Natal, in April 1994, in political conflict during the run-up to the first democratic election on 27 April 1994. His son was killed in the attack. | References | | DINDIKAZI, Zeblon Bablo | 40 | An ANC supporter who was killed by IFP supporters in KwaXolo, near Port Shepstone, Natal, in April 1994, in political conflict during the run-up to the first democratic election on 27 April 1994. His family home was also burnt down in the attack. | References | | DINEZO, Babongile Khonzaphi | 41 | Her house was burnt down on 16 February 1993 in a dawn attack on the ANC stronghold of the Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, allegedly in the course of conflict between ANC and IFP supporters over access to resources. Ten people were killed and thirty five houses were burnt down. The attackers first fired shots at the houses, sending residents fleeing for safety, before setting the houses alight. | References | | DINGILA, Cyprian Nando | | Was killed by ANC supporters in Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 25 February 1990, in intense political conflict in the area. | References | | DINGILIZWE, Thabo Benjamin | | An SAP member who was shot dead at his home during a party with colleagues in Pimville, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 24 May 1991. Relations between the community and the police were tense and police officers were targeted for attack as they were perceived to be enemies of the community. | References | | DINILE, Gcobani Raymond | 18 | Was left permanently disabled when he was shot by named Riot Police members near a burning bottle store in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 29 August 1985, in the aftermath of the Pollsmoor march held the previous day. | References | | DINISO, Mandla Welcome | 43 | An ANC supporter who bled to death after he was shot in the leg by IFP supporters in Orlando East, Soweto, Johannesburg, in 1991. | References | | DINISO, Oupa | 29 | Was arrested, imprisoned and torturedwith electric shocks by members of the SAP in Sharpeville, Vereeniging, Transvaal, in December 1984 during a rent boycott. Mr Diniso was one of the ‘Sharpeville 6’ whose death sentence for killing a town councillor was commuted to life imprisonment. He was subsequently released when the ANC and National Party government embarked on negotiations to bring about a new dispensation. See Vaal uprising. | References | | DINTWE, Salome | | Dintwe suffered severe damage to her house and property as a result of a car bomb explosion in Gaborone, Botswana, on 22 April 1987. The head of the Security Branch and four Northern and Western Transvaal Security Branch operatives were granted amnesty for this operation (AC/2000/214). See Gaborone car bomb. | References | | DINWA, Nomonde | | Was shot and injured by a balaclava group, allegedly linked to the Lingelethu West Town Council, in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 16 December 1991. The attack left three people dead, three wounded and forty houses burnt. | References | | DINWA, Nyamaayipheli | | Was executed in Pretoria on 5 April 1962 for his participation in the Pondoland Revolt, an extended uprising by groups in Pondoland against imposed tribal authorities and self-government for Transkei. See Pondoland revolt. | References | | DINWA, Qhekwane | | An ANC supporter who was arrested in Bizana, Transkei, during the Pondoland revolt. See Pondoland revolt. | References | | DINWA, Vuyo Patrick | 12 | Was shot and severely injured by a member of the SAP on 1 May 1990, while on his way to the shops in Mbekweni, Paarl, Cape. | References |
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