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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 | | | DITSELA, Kgabo David | 25 | An ANC supporter who was severely beaten by members of the SAP and SADF in Ellisras, Transvaal, in October 1990 during an ANC mass meeting in GaSeleka. The SAP declared the meeting illegal and dispersed the crowd with force. | References | | DITSHEGO, Jacob Sebudi | 23 | An ANC supporter who was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting in Vosloorus, Transvaal, on 17 November 1991. Mr Ditshego was one of seven people killed and seven seriously injured when gunmen opened fire with AK47s on a group of people at a party in Vosloorus. | References | | DITSHEGO, Khomotso Tebogo | 15 | Was shot and killed by members of the SAP in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, on 11 September 1976. Khomotso was attending the funeral of a student killed during the Soweto uprising. | References | | DITSHEGO, Kokane Isaac | 44 | A civic association activist who was arrested, detained and tortured in Sandton, Johannesburg, in January 1990. | References | | DITSHEGO, Lenaka | 44 | Was abducted from his home in Moutse, KwaNdebele, by Imbokodo vigilantes led by named KwaNdebele government ministers on 1 January 1986. With others, he was taken to Siyabuswa community hall and put in a room where the floor had been deliberately soaped to make it slippery. The prisoners were then sjambokked and beaten where they fell. The attacks were intended to suppress resistance to incorporation into KwaNdebele. | References | | DITSHEGO, Maswiki Thomas | 39 | Was severely assaulted by named members of the SAP in Lebohang, Leandra, Transvaal, on 28 March 1986 because he was wearing a UDF T-shirt. | References | | DITSHEGO, Ntsara Alex | 37 | Was severely assaulted by members of the SADF when they attacked customers in a bottle store in Moutse, KwaNdebele, during conflict over incorporation into KwaNdebele. | References | | DITSHEGO, Rebecca | 22 | Was tear-gassed and severely beaten by members of the SAP at Moutse, KwaNdebele, at a meeting about incorporation of the area into the homeland during December 1986. | References | | DITSHEGO, Sirage Johannes | | Was tortured in detention by KwaNdebele Police in Dennilton, Transvaal, in 1988, and reportedly died in prison. Mr Ditshego had been active in MOCA, an organisation formed to oppose incorporation into KwaNdebele. | References | | DIUTLUILENG, David | | A political activist who was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Soweto, Johannesburg, by members of the state-backed Jackrollers gang in July 1990. Before his death, Mr Diutluileng and his family were repeatedly harassed, detained and tortured by members of the SAP. | References | | DIYANI, Lizethile | | Was shot dead on 9 December 1982 in an attack by SADF Special Forces operatives on several ANC houses and a block of flats on Maseru, Lesotho. Thirty South Africans and twelve citizens of Lesotho were killed in the midnight attack. | References | | DJIANE, Melekwa Tom | 45 | Was assaulted and his home was burnt down by ‘comrades’ in KwaNdebele, in 1986, during political conflict in the area. The ‘comrades’ believed he was an Imbokodo member. See Imbokodo. | References | | DLADLA NTULI, Phyllis Busisiwe | | A UDF supporter who was publicly assaulted and forced to abandon her home in Hambanathi, near Verulam, Natal, on 5 May 1985, in intense conflict between Inkatha and UDF over the incorporation of Hambanathi and other townships into KwaZulu. A leading member of the Inkatha Women’s Brigade was convicted for her part in the attacks. | References | | DLADLA, Aaron Sandile | | Was killed by IFP supporters in an attack on a taxi in Tembisa, Transvaal, on 21 July 1993. Gunmen shot the occupants of the taxi, and the vehicle was then burnt with the passengers inside during ongoing political conflict in the area. | References | | DLADLA, Abel | 71 | An IFP supporter who was shot and killed by another named IFP supporter at his house in Enseleni, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal, on 23 February 1994, allegedly during an internal dispute. | References | | DLADLA, Aubrey Fikizolo | 39 | An ANC supporter who was stabbed and severely injured by IFP supporters, and then tied to a vehicle and dragged through Esikhawini, near Empangeni, Natal, on 13 February 1992, in political conflict in the area. | References | | DLADLA, Babloshe Robert | 40 | An ANC supporter who died after he was stabbed by IFP supporters in Murchison, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 11 April 1991, in intense political conflict in the area. | References | | DLADLA, Bhe | 59 | Was shot dead by ANC supporters in Mthenjwa, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 27 June 1992 in ongoing conflict between ANC and IFP supportersin the area. Mr Dladla’s home was also burnt down in the attack. | References | | DLADLA, Bhekise | | An ANC supporter who was shot dead by IFP supporters in Greytown, Natal, on 26 July 1990, in political conflict in the area. | References | | DLADLA, Bhekise | | An ANC supporter who was shot dead by IFP supporters in Greytown, Natal, on 26 July 1990, in political conflict in the area. | References |
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