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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 G
| Name | Age | Description | | | GWAYI, Mabel Namse | 42 | Her home destroyed in a petrol bomb attack in Cradock, Cape, during April 1984. Her eighteen year old son was labelled a collaborator because he did not participate in a school boycott. | References | | GWAYI, Zolile Michael | | A street committee member who was abducted from his home in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, on 14 December 1993, and burnt to death by named and other perpetrators believed to be criminals in conflict with the street committee. | References | | GWAYI, Zwelenkosi Baba | 14 | Was shot with birdshot by members of the Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) in Bisho, Ciskei, on 7 September 1992 during an ANC protest march to demand free political activity in Ciskei. Thirty people were killed and two hundred people were injured in what became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were refused amnesty for the shooting (AC/2000/122). | References | | GWEBILE, Evelyn | 48 | She had her home set alight by two men wearing balaclavas in May 1986 in Port Alfred, Cape. Ms Gwebile’s nephew was an activist and was believed to reside with her. | References | | GWEBU, Vanrooyen Wilson | 47 | An employee of the Manganese Metal Company in Randfontein who was in a bakkie with other passengers when it was ambushed near the company premises on 6 May 1990 during conflict between IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers and ANC-supporting residents. | References | | GWENTSHE, Alcott Skwenene | | An ANC supporter who was detained in Butterworth, Transkei, on 1 January 1964. It is believed that Mr Gwentshe was poisoned to death by members of the Security Branch two years after his detention. | References | | GWENTSHE, Mzwandile | | An ANC member who was arrested, tortured and assaulted by members of the Security Police in East London in 1963 and Cape Town in 1964. He was convicted of being a member of a banned organisation and sentenced to imprisonment on Robben Island, from where he was released in 1970 after developing mental illness. In 1979 he left the country for Tanzania where he later died of malaria. | References | | GWENYA, Muzi | | Was detained in Moroka, Soweto, Johannesburg, during January 1986 on suspicion of arson and murder. After his brother was killed, a revenge attack led to the death of an old woman suspected of instigating the killing of his brother. Mr Ngwenya and his sisters were all detained, and tortured into making a false confession about the woman’s death. He was eventually sentenced to three and a half years’ imprisonment which was suspended. | References | | GWESHA, Wellington Mpuntsu | 35 | A PAC supporter who was arrested and tortured by police in Paarl, Cape, on 22 November 1962, the day after a Poqo march to the police station that left seven people dead. Mr Gwesha was detained for nine months after which he was sentenced to three years on Robben Island, where he was frequently beaten by prison warders. | References | | GWICANA, Vukile | | Was burnt to death in his sleep in his home in Site B, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 4 November 1990, in an arson attack by perpetrators allegedly linked to the Lingelethu West Town Council. | References | | GWIJA, Petros Kimbali | 29 | Was assaulted in Bizana and Flagstaff prisons, Transkei, in 1960, after being arrested for attending a Nonqulwana meeting. See Pondoland revolt. | References | | GWILISO, Themba Gerrad | 47 | He had his house looted in Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, in 1993, during intense political conflict between the ‘Red’ and ‘Green’ factions. | References | | GWILIZA, Isaac | 54 | A conservative squatter leader who survived an arson attack on his home in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, perpetrated by Special Constables and security officers from the local town council, on 5 September 1989, during a feud between rival squatter leaders. He subsequently joined the PAC. His home was again destroyed and his son killed on 24 June 1990 during clashes with ANC supporters who perceived him and his followers as collaborators, due to his previous vigilante activities. | References | | GWILIZA, Mawethu | 30 | A Special Constable and the son of a conservative squatter leader who was abducted, beaten and stabbed to death by ANC supporters on 24 June 1990 in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Mr Gwiliza was one of three people killed during clashes between ANC supporters and supporters of his father who had joined the PAC. | References | | GWINTSA, Felicia Vuyiswa | 45 | An ANC underground member whose house was badly damaged on 23 September 1988 during a shoot-out between the members of the security forces and an MK operative in Mdantsane, Ciskei. | References | | GXABALASHE, Nandipha | 13 | A member of the Kula Youth Organisation who was assaulted with sjamboks, gun-butts and sticks by members of the Ciskei Police on 21 September 1985 while attending a community meeting at the Nobutho Higher Primary School Hall in Berlin, Ciskei. She was then driven with other youth to Mdantsane police station, Ciskei, where they were further assaulted. | References | | GXABU, Clement Khehlana | 28 | An iKongo member who was shot in the leg by named members of the SAP on 6 June 1960 during a raid on a mass meeting at Ngquza Hill, Transkei. Eleven people died in the raid, which was a turning point in the Pondoland revolt. Mr Gxabu and twenty two others were arrested and tortured. See Pondoland revolt. | References | | GXASHI, Norwaliwa Victoria | 55 | She had her home burnt down in political conflict between the ‘Red’ and ‘Green’ factions in Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, in 1993. | References | | GXAWULA, Simon | | Was shot dead by a named member of the SAP at Bedford, Cape, on 29 June 1986, after intervening in a confrontation between the perpetrator and one other person. | References | | GXEKWA, Ntombomzi Nopinki | 18 | Was shot and injured while attending an ANCYL fundraising disco in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 8 September 1993. A group of disguised men, allegedly part of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU), burst into the venue and opened fire, killing two and injuring several others. | References |
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