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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 M
| Name | Age | Description | | | MAKAPELA, Zwelandile | 28 | Was shot dead 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 | | MAKAPHELA, Nomagubu Daphney | 20 | Was stabbed by members of the `Gadaffi` faction of the ANC-aligned Khutsong Youth Congress (KYC) in Khutsong, Careletonville, Transvaal, in November 1990 as she returned from the funeral of a member of the `Zim-Zim` faction of the KYC. | References | | MAKASI, Manfred Zolile | 28 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 28 August 1985, during the police crackdown on the Pollsmoor march. Twenty eight people were shot dead by police in the aftermath of the march and in the days that followed. See Pollsmoor march. | References | | MAKASI, Miliya Miriam | 15 | She had her head covered with plastic and was severely beaten by named members of the SAP at a hostel in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape, in June 1986. The torture was perpetrated in an attempt to find out the location of her boyfriend. | References | | MAKASI, Siphiwo | 17 | A UDF supporter who was shot and injured by members of the SAP, one of whom is named, during intense political conflict in Burgersdorp, Cape, on 20 June 1986. | References | | MAKASO, Thulani | | An MK operative who was detained and tortured at Protea police station, Bophuthatswana, in September 1987 after his arrest while entering the country via Botswana after military training in Angola. | References | | MAKATESI, Pumelele Action | 28 | A PAC supporter who was shot by police while participating in a Poqo march to the police station in Paarl, Cape, on 21 November 1962. Two Paarl residents were killed by the marchers and five marchers were shot dead. Mr Makatesi was then convicted of sabotage and sentenced to eighteen years` imprisonment on Robben Island, Cape Town. | References | | MAKATHINI, Wintombi Bongekile | 21 | She had her house burnt down by IFP supporters in Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 16 March 1994. See Sonkombo arson attacks. | References | | MAKATSHANE, Sampson Sandile Mshoniswa | 58 | An ANC supporter who was burnt to death in his car by Inkatha supporters in KwaMashu, Durban, on 11 March 1990. | References | | MAKAU, Lebohang Lucas | 26 | A NACTU member who was shot and severely injured by members of the SAP, one of whom is named, in Botshabelo, near Bloemfontein, on 30 August 1987, during a period of unrest following the community`s demand that the Special Branch leave Botshabelo. Mr Makau was permanently disabled by this shooting. | References | | MAKAULA, Monwabisi Gladwell | 41 | Was detained and tortured by named members of the Security Branch at Mortimer police station in Cradock, Cape, in March 1984, during an opposition campaign to Black Local Authorities. | References | | MAKAULA, Sindekile | 35 | An ANC supporter who was shot and killed in a dawn attack on the ANC stronghold of Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, on 16 February 1993, allegedly in internal conflict over access to resources and `muti`. Ten people were killed and thirty five houses were burnt down. | References | | MAKAWULO, Anna | 65 | An ANC supporter who lost two houses in an arson attack at Nqutu, KwaZulu, near Vryheid, Natal, on 20 April 1994 in the conflict between ANC and the IFP supporters in the run-up to the April 1994 elections. | References | | MAKAYI, Gideon | | Was hacked with pangas by hostel-dwellers in Mzimhlophe, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 24 August 1976 during conflict between residents and hostel-dwellers. Two of his brothers died with him when violence erupted after hostel-dwellers supported the state in their brutal suppression of the Soweto uprising. | References | | MAKAZA, Michael Mthetheleli | | He died four days after he was shot by members of the SAP while he was attending a night vigil in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape, on 14 January 1985. | References | | MAKAZA, Samuel James | 18 | Was severely tortured while in detention by named members of the SAP in May 1986 in Pearston, Cape. The police wanted him to admit to the killing of the mayor`s son and to submit the names of others who took part in the killing. | References | | MAKAZENI, Shuluthu | | An ANC supporter who was killed in KwaMakhutha, Amanzimtoti, near Durban, on 5 October 1991, allegedly by members of the KwaZulu Police. | References | | MAKEBE, Ramakhomane Adam Dipepe | 21 | An ANC supporter who was detained and severely beaten by members of the SAP at the Reddersburg police station, Orange Free State (OFS) in March 1988, after toyi-toying with others during a political demonstration. | References | | MAKEKE, Michael | 23 | Was shot in the leg by members of the SAP during intense public unrest in Duncan Village, East London, on 16 August 1985. See Duncan Village. | References | | MAKENA, Mapoti Stephen | | Was arrested by members of the SADF in Moutse, KwaNdebele, on 1 January 1986 and shot while in police custody. Many villages in the area were raided that day, allegedly to suppress resistance to incorporation into KwaNdebele. | References |
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