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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 | | | MAMPANE, Elias Mbopo | 40 | Was severely assaulted with a sjambok by members of the SAP in Moutse, KwaNdebele, on 1 January 1986 during conflict over incorporation into KwaNdebele. | References | | MAMPANE, Prince Seakgosing | 25 | a citizen of Botswana, was shot and severely injured, and his car destroyed, in Gaborone, Botswana, on 14 June 1985 in a cross-border attack launched by the SADF Special Forces, together with the Security Branch, on ANC offices and houses in Gaborone, Botswana. Twelve people were killed and six were wounded in the operation. See Gaborone raid. | References | | MAMPE, Bellington | 30 | a Poqo activist, was severely ill-treated while in detention in Worcester, Cape, during 1963. He died in hospital while in custody. | References | | MAMPHAGA, Mpho Winnet | | A UDF supporter who was detained and tortured by members of the Venda Police at Secunda, Venda, in January 1986. Mr Maphaga was involved in the formation of the Northern Transvaal Co-ordinating Committee, a UDF affiliate at a time when people were not allowed to participate in political organisations. | References | | MAMPOFU, Thobeka Elizabeth | 27 | An ANC supporter who was shot and injured by men clad in balaclavas on 10 September 1993 while attending a disco in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Three people were killed and five injured. The alleged perpetrators, some of whom are named, were members of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) that attacked other ANC supporters during conflict between ANC groups. See balaclava groups. | References | | MAMPURU, Jacob | | a Civi member, was shot in the stomach by unidentified men wearing balaclavas in Mamelodi, Pretoria, on 11 November 1986 after attending a political funeral. Mr Mampuru was hospitalised for 18 months. | References | | MAMPURU, Lillian Buyisiwe | 16 | Was severely beaten during June 1992 in Tokoza, Transvaal, allegedly by members of the SAP trying to find her brother, a COSAS member suspected of being an MK member. Lillian was seven months pregnant at the time and alleges the attack resulted in the premature birth of her baby. | References | | MAMPURU, Lucky Sibusiso | | A COSAS member who was shot dead by a named member of the SAP on 20 January 1993 in Tokoza, Transvaal, allegedly under suspicion of being an MK operative. | References | | MAMUSA, Amos Madala | 14 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Mabopane, Bophuthatswana, on 17 June 1976 in the wake of the Soweto uprising. | References | | MAMZI, Julia Khumbuzile | 24 | An IFP supporter who had her house in Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, burnt down by ANC supporters on 16 March 1994. See Sonkombo arson attacks. | References | | MAN, Thozama Phoebe | | Was shot dead by members of the SAP on 10 February 1987 in Port Elizabeth, allegedly because her boyfriend was a prominent UDF activist. | References | | MANA, Kholekile | 17 | An ANC supporter who died when he was `necklaced` by `comrades` on 4 November 1985 in Duncan Village, East London, allegedly because he was thought to be a collaborator. | References | | MANA, Mthetheleli Richard | 40 | an ANC/SACP supporter, was shot in the arm by a named PAC supporter in Fort Beaufort, Cape, on 21 February 1993 during political conflict. | References | | MANAKA, George Solly | 14 | A PAC member who was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Daveyton, Transvaal, in June 1986 during a night vigil for a UDF supporter. | References | | MANAKA, S | | 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 217 injured. The overall commander of MK`s Special Operations Unit and two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/003 and AC/2001/023). See Church Street bombing, Pretoria. | References | | MANAKA, Spokes | | Was shot dead by IFP supporters in Meadowlands, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 28 April 1991. Three family members died in the attack after the funeral of the slain IFP mayor of Soweto. | References | | MANAKAZA, Levinson Mandisi | | An ANC member from Soweto who was killed on 30 January 1981 in a raid by SADF Special Forces operatives on three houses in the Matola suburb of Maputo, Mozambique. Fifteen other South Africans, including several senior MK operatives, were killed in the attack. Three of the attackers (all ex-Rhodesian security force members) and a Portuguese citizen were also killed. | References | | MANAKE, Alfred | 21 | Was burnt to death in Jansenville, Cape, on 7 April 1985, allegedly because he was thought to be a police collaborator. | References | | MANALI, Laurence Nceba | | A UDF supporter who was shot dead by a member of the SAP in Tembisa, Transvaal, on 4 April 1986. Mr Manali was searching a shebeen for weapons with other UDF supporters when an off-duty policeman shot him. | References | | MANAMELA, Benjamin | 26 | Was detained in Quatro camp, Angola, in 1981 and was severely beaten and tortured by ANC security department members. A number of ANC members were detained, tortured and killed during a period of anxiety about infiltration by South African agents following the SADF bombing of Nova Catengue camp in 1979. | References |
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