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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 | | | LETSELE, George Mampala | | Was shot by IFP supporters in Johannesburg, on 3 March 1992 during conflict between hostel-dwellers and residents. He died later in hospital. | References | | LETSHETI, Ndaphulele | 31 | Was shot dead, allegedly by SAP members, in Tokoza, Transvaal, on 11 December 1990. The East Rand was a central site of political conflict from August 1990. | References | | LETSHOLO, Boetie Johannes | 46 | Was shot and severelyinjured by members of the SAP in Khutsong, Carletonville, Transvaal, on 5 January 1987 during the state of emergency after policemen had become the targets of community action. Mr Letsholo had taken part in stoning policemen’s houses. Three policemen were later killed and many left the township to live in barracks adjacent to the police station. | References | | LETSHOLONYANA, Elizabeth | 60 | Was detained by police in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, around 16 June 1984 and died in Leratong hospital on 18 June. Police claimed Ms Letsholonyana was detained for her own safety because of violence in the area at the time but police contacted her daughter to pay R300 bail to secure Ms Letsholonyana’s release from prison. Hospital authorities reportedly said that she died of subdural bleeding. | References | | LETSHOLONYANA, Jacob Nothi | | Was stabbed and shot dead by a named perpetrator and other UDF supporters who abducted him from his home in Mohlakeng, Randfontein, Transvaal, on 29 April 1986 during conflict between UDF and AZAPO supporters. | References | | LETSHOLONYANA, Jacob Ramosiko | | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Mohlakeng, Randfontein, Transvaal, on 22 November 1985 during intense political conflict between the Amabhaca and residents. | References | | LETSHOLONYANA, Maenia Dorothy | 34 | Was shot in the eye with a rubber bullet by members of the SAP in Mohlakeng, Randfontein, Transvaal, on 16 June 1985 during intense political conflict between the Amabhaca and residents. Ms Letsholonyana’s brother was shot dead by members of the SAP on 22 November 1985. See Amabhaca. | References | | LETSHWENI, Charles Letsatsi | 21 | Was severely assaulted with pick handles and sjamboks by Imbokodo members at his home in Moteti, Moutse, Transvaal, on 1 January 1986 because he resisted the incorporation into KwaNdebele. See Imbokodo. | References | | LETSIE, Augustina Mmapaniki | 64 | Her house was burnt down by alleged Inkatha supporters in Swanieville, near Krugersdorp, Transvaal, on 12 May 1990. | References | | LETSIE, Daniel Morabi | 14 | Was shot dead by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Shodintlhe school yard in Itsoseng, Zeerust, Bophuthatswana, on 10 August 1993 during conflict between police and scholars in the township. | References | | LETSIE, David Tebello | 23 | A self-defence unit (SDU) member who was stabbed to death, allegedly by IFP supporters, while patrolling Radebe section in Katlehong, Transvaal, on 7 August 1993. Conflict on the East Rand escalated after an ANC march past a Tokoza hostel on May 22 1993, precipitating clashes which led to more than eighty deaths. See self-defence units (SDU). | References | | LETSIE, Mampesa Betsi | | Was detained and interrogated about the disappearance of her husband, Steven Letsie, in 1979 in Lesotho. Ms Letsie had followed her husband who was in exile. | References | | LETSIE, Sanna Puleng | | Was killed when a petrol bomb was thrown at her uncle’s home in Mamelodi, Pretoria, by a covert unit of the Northern Transvaal Security Branch in 1987. Four Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives, including the divisional commander, and the deputy divisional commissioner of the SAP, were granted amnesty for the operation (AC/2001/061). | References | | LETSIE, Steven Tselakhosi | | Was arrested in 1979 with other Lesotho Liberation Army members in Odendaalsrus, OFS, and taken to Pretoria prison, allegedly by SAP members. It is alleged that he was sent back to Lesotho in an SA-Lesotho prisoner exchange, and killed there. | References | | LETSIRI, Callion Mokoena | 18 | Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Phiri, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 24 August 1976, during a stayaway organised by the Soweto Students Representative Council in the wake of the 1976 Soweto uprising. | References | | LETSOALO, B | | Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street , Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty one people were killed and two hundred and seventeen were injured. The overall commander of M K ’s Special Operations Unit and two MK operatives weregranted amnesty (AC/2001/003 and AC/2001/023). See Church Street Bombing, Pretoria. | References | | LETSOALO, Malenu Raesibe | 49 | She had her home in GaMatlala, Lebowa, burnt down by supporters of Chief BK Matlala on 2 February 1980, because she resisted Lebowa ’s proposed independence from South Africa. | References | | LETSOALO, Moshai Joseph | 21 | Was shot dead by members of the SADF during a stayaway in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on 30 March 1980. | References | | LETSOENYO, Tom Ratshabonyana | 28 | An ANC supporter who was severely assaulted by named members of the SAP in Parys, OFS, on 1 February 1985, allegedly because he was a UDF organiser and secretary of the Tumahole Civic Association. He was detained on 12 June 1986 under emergency regulations and beaten again in detention. On 16 August 1985, his house was burnt down in an arson attack by members of the A-Team and the police | References | | LETSOHA-MATSHAE, Maqueen Joyce | 24 | An ANC supporter who was shot by named perpetrators in Tweespruit, Orange Free State (OFS), on 15 July 1993. She was with an unnamed friend who was shot dead. | References |
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