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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 | | | MAKGANYE, Morongwana Snowball | 30 | Was severely beaten by named members of the police in Lehurutshe, Bophuthatswana, in April 1993 after a community meeting in Braklaagte. Mr Makganye raised a clenched fist and was accused of being an ANC member. | References | | MAKGATA, Nixon Nkwane | 31 | Was shot dead by members of the Lebowa Police in Pietersburg, Transvaal, on 23 December 1989 during a protest march against the local chief. | References | | MAKGATHO, Edward Tsaitsai | 25 | A PAC member who was severely assaulted and tortured in detention, and later killed in an alleged staged accident by members of the Venda police on 13 June 1986 in Vleifontein, Transvaal. Mr Makgatho was chosen by the community to lead resistance to Vleifontein`s incorporation into Venda. | References | | MAKGATHO, Rufus Ramaboya | | Was killed in Ivory Park, Tembisa, Transvaal, on 23 October 1993 while looking for a hijacked vehicle with colleagues. They met two parties during a violent taxi dispute. Mr Makgatho`s group was mistaken for the police, and were fired at. | References | | MAKGATHOLELA, Mpijana | | Was severely beaten by members of the SAP at Moutse, KwaNdebele, on 8 March 1986 after attending a mass funeral of three `comrades` killed during resistance to incorporation into KwaNdebele. | References | | MAKGATI, Mathibe Philemon | 26 | A UDF supporter who was arrested and tortured by named members of the SAP in Nebo, near Pietersburg, Transvaal, during 1986. Mr Makgati was in the forefront of a UDF campaign to isolate policemen in the community and was implicated in a politically motivated arson attack. | References | | MAKGETE, LD | | Along with other SAP members, Makgete survived an explosion when the armoured vehicle in which they were travelling detonated a landmine in Mamelodi, Pretoria, on 16 February 1986. One MK operative was granted amnesty for his part in causing the explosion (AC/2000/195). See ANC landmine campaign. | References | | MAKGOBA, Ramakone Tlou | 33 | She had her home at GaMatlala, Lebowa, burnt down at GaMatlala, Lebowa, by supporters of Chief BK Matlala on 2 February 1980, because she resisted Lebowa`s proposed independence from South Africa. | References | | MAKGOBA, Solomon Maphuti | 17 | He had his home in GaMatlala, Lebowa, burnt down at GaMatlala, Lebowa, in GaMatlala, Lebowa, by supporters of Chief BK Matlala on 2 February 1980, because Mr Makgoba resisted Lebowa`s proposed independence from South Africa. | References | | MAKGOBOTLOU, Johannes | 62 | An ANC activist who was handcuffed, assaulted and threatened with death by members of the SAP in Louis Trichardt, Transvaal, in March 1992. | References | | MAKGOLO, Victor Manase | 16 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Meadowlands, Soweto, on 16 June 1986 during a three-day stayaway to protest against the apartheid government. Police were also present when Victor was buried. | References | | MAKGOMOLA, Frans Masidi | 27 | Was shot and injured by members of the SAP at Naboomspruit, Transvaal, on 20 April 1993 during unrest after the killing of SACP leader Chris Hani. He was detained for two months and denied medical treatment. The bullets were never removed. | References | | MAKGOTHI, Henry Gordon | 33 | An ANC member from Orlando, Soweto, Johannesburg, who was arrested in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) by the British colonial authorities in 1962 and handed back to the South African authorities. Mr Makgothi was detained and subjected to torture. He was sentenced to two years` imprisonment for leaving South Africa illegally, and later to a further six years for offences under the Suppression of Communism Act. | References | | MAKGOTLHO, Dikene Joshua | 39 | A chairperson of the UDF-affiliated Krugersdorp Residents` Organisation who was detained in 1981 in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, and tortured by members of the SAP wanting information about bus boycott organisers. Mr Makgotlho was eventually charged with sedition, but charges were later dropped. | References | | MAKHABANE, Petrus | | Was shot dead by members of the SAP on 16 June 1976 during the Soweto uprising. | References | | MAKHALE, Ratselane Joshua Moholo | 43 | An ANC and SAMFU member who was shot and severely injured by members of the SAP in Ladybrand, Orange Free State (OFS) in March 1992, when police opened fire on striking workers protesting outside the municipal offices in Ladybrand. | References | | MAKHALEMELE, Goodman | | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Duduza, Nigel, Transvaal, on 23 May 1985 during unrest in the area. | References | | MAKHALEMELE, PT | | A member of the SAP who was shot dead in Rockville, Soweto, Johannesburg, in October 1987 by an MK operative escaping from his custody. The MK operative was granted amnesty for the killing (AC/2000/150). | References | | MAKHANYA, Badiniwe | 49 | An supporter who had her house burnt down by IFP supporters in Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 16 March 1994. See Sonkombo arson attacks. | References | | MAKHANYA, Beauty | 48 | Was harassed in July 1993 in Folweni, KwaZulu, near Umlazi, Durban, by three civilians and three members of the KwaZulu Police who were looking for her son, who was an active ANC member. | References |
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