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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 | | | LWANA, Mcpherson | | He lost his spaza shop in arson attacks by ANC members at Esikhumbeni, near Bizana, Transkei, in March 1960 during the Pondoland revolt. | References | | LWANA, Nimrod | 32 | Was assaulted, detained and tortured by members of the SAP in May 1985 in Paterson, Cape. | References | | LWANA, Thomas | | Was detained by named members of the SAP at Welverdiend police station, Carletonville, Transvaal, on 8 April 1989 during a consumer boycott. Several youths were shot and others detained and tortured during this campaign. | References | | LWANA, Xolile Nicholas ‘Nyhobo’ | 17 | A UDF supporter who was left physically and mentally disabled after being shot and injured by SAP members in Bongolethu, Oudtshoorn, Cape, on 17 June 1985, during the fatal shooting of the Bongolethu Three. Three children were killed and several others injured in the shooting. | References | | LWANE, Joshua | 33 | Was shot and injured by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Rustenburg, Transvaal, on 1 July 1993. It is alleged that police shot randomly at participants in a protest march. | References | | LWAZINI, Nontetho | 17 | Was suffocated while trying to flee after the police fired teargas into a church during a political church service in Bongolethu, Oudtshoorn, Cape, during July 1987. | References | | LYLE, Kerry Anne | | Was injured when an MK operative detonated a limpet mine at the SAP Single Quarters, CR Swart Square, Durban, on 7 April 1989. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2000/153). | References |
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