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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 J
| Name | Age | Description | | | JACOBS, Bernard Bonakele | | A student and UDF supporter who was detained for a month on 14 June 1986 under emergency regulations at Upington, Cape. His brother, who was detained with him, was later found dead hanging in his cell. | References | | JACOBS, David Brasilo | 18 | A UDF supporter who was shot and injured by members of the SAP when police opened fire on mourners attending the funeral of an unrest victim in Zweletemba, Worcester, Cape, in August 1985. Mr Jacobs was shot dead on 7 August 1987 in Guguletu, Cape Town, when an unidentified perpetrator in a vehicle opened fire on Mr Jacobs and his friends. | References | | JACOBS, Denis Mark | | Was injured when MK operatives detonated a limpet mine in a dustbin at the Vanderbijl Square bus terminus, Johannesburg, on 21 September 1988. Nineteen people were injured and a number of vehicles and buildings were damaged. Two MK Special Operations operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2000/056). A late application by a third operative was dismissed. | References | | JACOBS, Fezile Donald Madoda | 18 | A COSAS supporter who was severely beaten in detention by named Security Branch members on 23 October 1980, 3 February 1985, in August 1985 and on 14 July 1986, at Cradock police station, Cape. On 27 March 1984, Mr Jacobs was detained at Pollsmoor prison. He was then served with a banning order. | References | | JACOBS, Fumanekile | 15 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP while he was taking part in a meeting on 28 October 1989 at Mavuya, Indwe, Cape. | References | | JACOBS, Gideon | 12 | Was shot and injured by a named SAP member in Kakamas, Cape, on 13 February 1988. The perpetrator opened fire on residents outside a house being raided by police. Two children were shot dead and thirteen people were injured. | References | | JACOBS, Johannes | | Was abducted by members of the SAP from his home in Meadowlands, Soweto, Johannesburg, in August 1963 because he allegedly possessed an ANC membership card. He was never seen again, although police later informed the family that he had been sent to Robben Island. | References | | JACOBS, Lionel | | 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, 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 operatives and ANC members, two of whom denied guilt, were refused amnesty (AC/2000/053 and AC/2000/241). | References | | JACOBS, Mxolisi Johannes ‘Dikkie’ | | A UDF supporter and youth activist who was found dead hanging in his prison cell in Upington, Cape, on 22 October 1986, after one hundred and twenty nine days in detention under emergency regulations. | References | | JACOBS, Nkosomzi Jeffrey ‘Banda’ | 24 | Was shot at a UDF rally and then detained and tortured by members of the SAP in Knysna, Cape, on 15 March 1986. | References | | JACOBS, Ntombomzi Nancy | 24 | A UDF supporter and street committee member who was detained by members of the SAP in March 1985 in Somerset East, Cape, and tortured in North End prison, Port Elizabeth. | References | | JACOBS, October | 22 | Was shot dead by a named farmer on 15 February 1992 on a farm in Nieu Bethesda, Cape. | References | | JACOBS, Paulus | 17 | Was shot and injured by a Municipal Police member in Barkly West, Cape, on 24 August 1990, while a group of Mataleng youth were toyi-toying in the township. About thirteen others were injured in the incident. | References | | JACOBS, Peter | | An MK operative who was detained in May 1987 in Cape Town and held under section 29 for six months. During his detention he was severely tortured by named Security Branch members. Mr Jacobs was sentenced to fourteen years’ imprisonment. Two members of the Security Branch were granted amnesty for his torture (AC/1999/0027 and AC/1999/028). | References | | JACOBS, Sarel | | Was arrested in Upington, Cape, on 3 December 1985, and spent long periods in custody during the trial of the Upington 26. At the conclusion of the trial, he was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment, overturned on appeal. | References | | JACOBS, Sebenzile Jackson | 18 | Was stabbed to death by a named perpetrator in Cradock, Cape, on 15 April 1984 during a school boycott in the area. | References | | JACOBS, Shahied | | Was shot dead by members of the SAP while in a protest march at Trafalgar High School in Cape Town, on 3 September 1976, during the Soweto uprising. | References | | JACOBS, Thandiwe Alinah | 21 | An ANC supporter who lost vision in both eyes after being shot in the face by SAP members in Rocklands, Bloemfontein, on 21 March 1990. Police reportedly fired shots at protesters commemorating the anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre. | References | | JACOBS, Thembekile John | | Was shot dead by members of the SAP during unrest in Uitenhage, Cape, on 4 May 1985. | References | | JACOBSON (nee Pincus), Sharon Eve | 23 | Was detained in solitary confinement and interrogated by members of the SAP at John Vorster Square, Johannesburg, between November and December 1971, reportedly because of her brief association with foreign press photographers. | References |
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