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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 | | | MARWANQANA, Thandiswa | 32 | Was shot dead in an attack by SADF Special Forces operatives on several ANC houses and a block of flats in Maseru, Lesotho, on 9 December 1982. Thirty South Africans and twelve citizens of Lesotho were killed in the midnight attack. Ms Marwanqana`s father and brother were amongst those killed. Her six month old daughter survived. The family was from Port Elizabeth. | References | | MARWANQANA, Yolanda | 10 months | She survived an attempted killing when SADF Special Forces operatives attacked several ANC houses and a block of flats in Maseru, Lesotho, on 9 December 1982. Thirty South Africans and twelve citizens of Lesotho were killed in the midnight attack. Yolanda`s mother, grandfather and an uncle were among those killed. Her grandmother, brother, aunt and uncle survived the attack. The family was from Port Elizabeth. | References | | MARWEBU, Talente Mirriam | 62 | An IFP supporter who had her home at Richmond Farm, near KwaMashu, Durban, burnt down by ANC supporters on 3 July 1990. | References | | MARWESHE, Mahlaola Jeanet | 13 | Was shot and severely injured in Moutse, KwaNdebele, on 23 March 1992 when members of the SADF were called in by the local chief to quell political protests in the area. | References | | MARWEXU, Nosipho Blossom | 20 | A COSAS member who was beaten by members of the Security Police while in detention at Cambridge police station, East London, on 18 June 1986. She was accused of burning the homes of two police members during the 1986 state of emergency. See police brutality. | References | | MARX, Getruida | | She sustained damage to her property 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 | | MASA, Elizabeth | | Survived when shots were fired into the home of the Ntsime family at Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, during an attempted coup d`‚tat on 10 February 1988. Two Bophuthatswana Defence Force members were granted amnesty for their role in the attempted coup (AC/2000/044). | References | | MASABALALA, Sandra | 20 | She died after she was tear-gassed by members of the SAP in Port Elizabeth on 21 April 1986 during the state of emergency. See police brutality. | References | | MASAKALA, Jamina | 27 | Was burnt to death in an arson attack on her home in Tokoza, Transvaal, on 12 September 1990 during political conflict. Ms Masakhala`s husband was also killed in the attack. | References | | MASAKALA, Joshua | 27 | Was burnt to death in an arson attack on his home in Tokoza, Transvaal, on 12 September 1990 during political conflict. His wife was also killed in the attack. | References | | MASALA, Edith | | She had her shop looted and subsequently burnt down by `comrades` during a consumer boycott in September 1990 at Evaton, Transvaal. | References | | MASALA, Nicholus | 46 | A CAWU member who was shot and injured by members of the SAP during protests in Mdantsane, Ciskei, on 8 August 1987. | References | | MASALESA, Raisibe Albertina | 32 | She had her home demolished by members of the Bophuthatswana Police acting on an eviction order from the Bophutha-tswana government in Sekampaneng, Hammanskraal, Transvaal, on 8 February 1993. | References | | MASAMANZI, Mlungisi Samuel | 24 | A BCM member who was shot and severely injured by members of the SAP in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 11 August 1976. His left arm was amputated as a result of the shooting. | References | | MASANABO, Folobi Jacob | 32 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead by members of the SAP who opened fire on a crowd of people marching to the town council offices in Mamelodi, Pretoria, on 21 November 1985. The marchers were protesting against rent increases. | References | | MASANABO, Petrus Paulus | 30 | Was severely beaten and shot in the head by members of the SAP in Vlaklaagte, KwaNdebele, in April 1984 because he refused to join the Imbokodo vigilante group during conflict over incorporation. | References | | MASANABO, Simon Babili | | Was abducted and burnt to death by `comrades` in Siyabuswa, KwaNdebele, on 1 June 1986 during conflict over proposed independence which engulfed KwaNdebele between May and September 1986. | References | | MASANG, Ntombifikile Nesta | 41 | She had her home at Inanda, near KwaMashu, Durban, burnt down in June 1993 during intense conflict between ANC and IFP supporters in the area. | References | | MASANGANE, Mozi Benjamin | 48 | He had his house burnt down by `comrades` in Klau-Klau, White River, Transvaal, on 19 May 1986 because he was a friend of the local chief believed to be a puppet of the apartheid government. | References | | MASANGO, Aaron | | A UDF supporter who was abducted by Imbokodo vigilantes in 1986, and taken to Almansdrift Hall in KwaNdebele where he was beaten with sjamboks, in an attempt to force him to join Imbokodo. | References |
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