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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 | | | MARAIS, Ezekiel Domongo Matshidiso | 20 | An ANC member who was detained by members of the Fountain Security Branch in Bloemfontein on three separate occasions between January 1978 and June 1980. He was tortured in detention, allegedly for leading a rent boycott and for `furthering the aims of the ANC`. | References | | MARAIS, Philmarin Annelize | | Was one of eighteen people injured in a limpet mine explosion at a bus stop near the Checkers shopping complex in Silverton, Transvaal, on 4 July 1986. Four MK operatives were granted amnesty for the attack (AC/1999/0257). | References | | MARAKALALA, Dikeledi Johannes | 36 | Was beaten in Brits, Transvaal, in 1989 by a named perpetrator, allegedly a Vark Squad member. | References | | MARAKALALA, Josephine Mokgadi | 23 | Was tortured in detention by members of the SAP at Tembisa police station and Sun City prison, Transvaal, during the state of emergency in July 1986. Ms Marakalala was active in various community organisations. | References | | MARAKALALA, Makgaba Jeanette | 35 | An ANC supporter who was beaten by Vark Squad vigilantes at Oukasie, near Brits, Transvaal, on 30 October 1989. | References | | MARAKE, Paki George | 50 | A Dikwankwetla National Party (DNP) supporter and member of the QwaQwa parliament, had his house burnt down in Botshabelo, near Bloemfontein, on 19 August 1987. His home was again petrol-bombed in June 1990. | References | | MARAMBA, Zukiswa | 19 | An ANCYL member who was severely beaten and injured by members of the Ciskei Police on 24 October 1985 in Zwelitsha, Ciskei, while he was attending a funeral. | References | | MARANANA, Mr (first name not given) | | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in East London in March 1986. | References | | MARANXA, Pumla | 38 | A PAC supporter who was severely injured in Boipatong, Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 20 June 1990 when the SAP opened fire at a group of PAC supporters gathered where members of the SAP had shot a boy. Ms Maranxa was there to check if it was her son who had been shot when police opened fire. Ten pellets are still lodged in her back. | References | | MARAWU, Howard | | A church minister and trade unionist who lost his home in a petrol bomb attack in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 17 October 1979. Reverend Marawu had endured ongoing police harassment because of his political activity and had received telephonic death threats shortly before the attack. | References | | MARAWU, Mziwabantu Jafta | | Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in 1976, after which his house was petrol-bombed, allegedly by the SAP, in Guguletu, Cape Town, during 1979. Mr Marawu`s father was a prominent political activist who had received death threats before the attack. | References | | MARAYI, Florence Ntombizonke | 24 | A UDF supporter who was shot and stabbed, and had her house petrol-bombed, by Inkatha supporters at Inanda, near KwaMashu, Durban, in October 1989. | References | | MARCH, David | | Was abducted by members of the SAP in Alexandra, Johannesburg, in November 1993 during violence in the township. He has not been seen since and is presumed dead. | References | | MARCH, Joseph | | Was shot dead in his own front yard in Alexandra, Johannesburg, in June 1993 during conflict between IFP and ANC supporters. | References | | MARCH, Philip | | Was shot dead by members of the SADF and SAP inside school grounds in Alexandra, Johannesburg, in June 1976 after the Soweto uprising had spilt over into neighbouring areas. | References | | MARCUS, Lulamile Mandla | 21 | Was shot 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 200 people injured in the event which became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were refused amnesty for the shooting (AC/2000/122). | References | | MARE, Linus | 34 | Was killed when MK operatives detonated a car bomb using a remote control device outside the Ellis Park rugby stadium, Johannesburg, on 2 July 1988. Two spectators leaving the rugby match were killed and 37 others sustained minor and major injuries. Four operatives from MK`s Special Operations Unit, including its commander, were granted amnesty (AC/2001/161). | References | | MAREBODI, Thomas Mmereki | 15 | A UDF supporter and student leader who was shot dead by members of the SAP in Kimberley, Cape, on 11 April 1985, when police opened fire on student protesters. His funeral was tear-gassed and disrupted by police. | References | | MAREDI, Jacob Khomotso | 24 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead in Tembisa, Transvaal, on 1 May 1993 because of his political activities. | References | | MAREDI, Kgagudi Hesekia | 58 | An ANC supporter who was arrested and banished from his home in Sekhukhune, Transvaal, in 1956, and placed under house arrest at Grahamstown, Cape, until 1966. His arrest followed Sekhukhuneland resistance to self-government. | References |
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