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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 L
| Name | Age | Description | | | LENTO, Jacob (aka ‘Motsheare’) | | Was shot and wounded by a member of the SAP in Mmamahabane, Ventersburg, Orange Free State (OFS), on 2 October 1993, allegedly while attacking the home of a policeman. An SAP member was refused amnesty for the shooting (AC/2000/0001). | References | | LENTSELA, Richard Bushi | | An MK operative who disappeared from Ipelegeng, Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal, on 1 July 1984. At the time he was believed to have been with his uncle. However, it was later alleged that Mr Lentsela was one of four MK operatives killed in Warrington during a struggle with the police. | References | | LENTSWE, William | | A NUMSA member who was imprisoned and tortured by the Bophuthatswana Police in Bafokeng, Bophuthatswana, in August 1991. Mr Lentswe was a founder member of the union at his workplace. | References | | LENTZ, Elwin | | A civilian who was injured when APLA operatives attacked members and guests at the King William’s Town Golf Club, Cape, on 28 November 1992. Four people were killed and seventeen were injured in the attack. Four APLA members were granted amnesty (AC/2001/182). See APLA attacks. | References | | LENTZ, Gale | | A civilian who was injured when APLA operatives attacked members and guests at the King William’s Town Golf Club, Cape, on 28 November 1992. Four people were killed and seventeen were injured in the attack. Four APLA members were granted amnesty (AC/2001/182). See APLA attacks. | References | | LENZI, Nzenzi | | An ANC supporter who was killed in Buyafuthi, Katlehong, Transvaal, in August 1990, allegedly by IFP supporters. | References | | LEOTLELA, Thapelo Favourate | | Was shot dead by members of the Khumalo gang in Tokoza, Transvaal, in 1993. Reverend Mbhekisini Khumalo’s IFP-aligned vigilante gang based in Tokoza was a significant participant in the conflict on the East Rand and was allegedly involved in the murder of key political leaders in Tokoza. The violence perpetrated by the gang reached its height in 1993 with eleven people reportedly killed in January. | References | | LEPAKU, Molate Violet | 60 | Was shot and severely injured by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Winterveld, Bophuthatswana, on 26 March 1986 during conflict over the area’s incorporation into Bophutatswana. | References | | LEPEE, Merriam Leya | 16 | Was shot in the leg by members of the SAP during the Sharpeville massacre in Sharpeville, Transvaal, on 21 March 1960. | References | | LEPHADI, Ishmael | 1 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Ikageng, Potchefstroom, Transvaal, on 12 March 1990 when police opened fire on a crowd who gathered after a consumer boycott in the area. | References | | LEPHADI, Jacob | 4 | Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Ikageng, Potchefstroom, Transvaal, on 12 March 1990 during a consumer boycott in the area. | References | | LEPHADI, Motshehwa Sinah | 24 | Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Ikageng, Potchefstroom, Transvaal, on 12 March 1990 during a consumer boycott in the area | References | | LEPHEANE, Seloane Louisa | 52 | She lost her house at KwaMashu, Durban, in an arson attack on 12 February 1990 in intense political conflict in the area. See Richmond Farm arson attacks. | References | | LEPHOTHE, Sello Michael | 24 | Was beaten by members of the SAP in Mamelodi, Pretoria, in July 1986, severely affecting his eyesight. | References | | LEPHUTING, Kenneth | 11 | Was stabbed by a member of the SAP and then his family’s home was burnt down in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on 22 April 1986. | References | | LEPITA, Erasmas Lesasa | 48 | An ANC supporter who was stabbed and severely injured in Inanda, near KwaMashu, Durban, in March 1988 during conflict between Inkatha and UDF supporters in the area. | References | | LEROBA, Thabiso Temple | 28 | Was shot dead, allegedly by IFP supporters, in Katlehong, Transvaal, in September 1993 during ongoing political conflict on the East Rand. | References | | LEROBANE, Bertha | 33 | Was assaulted and injured in the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven people seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty. A further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209). | References | | LEROBANE, Mamosenyehi Bellina | | Was stabbed to death in the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven people seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty. A further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209). | References | | LERUELE, Makgotle Samuel | 19 | An ANC supporter who was arrested on 16 August 1990 while attending a fellow ‘comrade’s’ court case in Tsineng Village, Bophuthatswana, and severely tortured at the Tsineng police station by members of the Bophuthatswana Police (BP). He was again arrested, with several others, while promoting a consumer boycott, and severely assaulted and tortured by named members of the BP, on 15 October 1992. | References |
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