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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 | | | MASANGO, Andile Geoffrey | 23 | Was detained for four months at Oudtshoorn, Cape, in 1985, after being implicated in the killing of a local councillor. | References | | MASANGO, Aubrey Benjamin Mzukisi | 25 | Was arrested during political conflict at Oudtshoorn, Cape, during 1985, and detained for six months. | References | | MASANGO, Bettie Bacedeni | 43 | Was abducted by Imbokodo vigilantes in 1986, and taken to Almansdrift Hall in KwaNdebele where she was beaten with sjamboks, in an attempt to force her to join Imbokodo. | References | | MASANGO, Bheki Moses | | An ANC activist who was shot dead by alleged members of the SAP in Belfast, Transvaal, during a mass meeting about rent problems on 4 January 1986. | References | | MASANGO, David | | 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 | | MASANGO, Dina Jeli | 69 | A UDF supporter who had three rondawels in Swayimane, Table Mountain, near Pietermaritzburg, burnt down by Inkatha supporters in 1989. | References | | MASANGO, George | | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Siyabuswa, KwaNdebele, in July 1986 during clashes over the proposed independence of KwaNdebele. | References | | MASANGO, Herbert Mnindwa | 20 | Was shot and severely injured by Imbokodo vigilantes in KwaNdebele in 1986 on a bus taking protesters back from a rally against the employment of kitskonstabels. Resistance to incorporation forced vigilantes and KwaNdebele officials to flee the area in July 1986. KwaNdebele police then regrouped vigilantes as kitskonstabels, legitimising their activity in a second drive for independence. | References | | MASANGO, Johannes | 45 | Was beaten to death by members of the SADF near the Moloto military base at Walmansthal, Transvaal, on 3 February 1981 for allegedly being in a place reserved for `whites`. | References | | MASANGO, Lindiwe Susana | | Was shot dead, by members of the SAP, in Tsakane, Brakpan, Transvaal, on 22 July 1985, the day of a COSAS member`s funeral in Tsakane. Police claim they opened fire because mourners began destroying property. | References | | MASANGO, Mandla Mbhekiseni | | Was shot and wounded when ANC security guards opened fire from the ANC headquarters at Shell House, Johannesburg, on a crowd of IFP marchers, on 28 March 1994. At least nine marchers were killed and around 100 injured. Ten ANC security guards were granted amnesty (AC/2000/142). | References | | MASANGO, Michael Phakama | 24 | Was shot in the left hip in Mamelodi, Pretoria, when members of the SADF opened fire on participants in a march protesting against high rents on 21 November 1985. | References | | MASANGO, Mirriam Nomzi | 51 | A UDF supporter who was beaten by named members of the SAP after she and other parents had attempted to intervene in a clash between police and school children at Bongolethu, Oudtshoorn, Cape, on 29 April 1985. She was then arrested and tear-gassed in her cell at the police station. | References | | MASANGO, Ronnie Buyaphi (aka 'Singer Ranhloba') | 18 | An MK member who was incarcerated by ANC security on several occasions between 1983 and 1990 in both Angola and Tanzania. During his incarceration he was severely tortured. | References | | MASANGO, Samuel Dingaan | 36 | 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 | | MASANGO, Shevula | 46 | Was stabbed and severely injured in the right hand by alleged members of the SAP in Duduza, Nigel, Transvaal, on 26 July 1985 while attending a night vigil of a student killed by police. Mr Masango`s hand was paralysed as a result. | References | | MASANGO, Wele Archibald | 58 | A clergyman and a UDF supporter who was beaten by named members of the SAP after he and other parents had attempted to intervene in a clash between police and school children at Bongolethu, Oudtshoorn, Cape, on 29 April 1985. He was then arrested and tear-gassed in his cell at the police station. Mr Masango experienced ongoing harassment and arrests by police thereafter. | References | | MASANGO, William Velaphe | | An ANC member who was detained and beaten by members of the SAP in Zola, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 1 January 1960 because he burnt his Pass book. He was sentenced to three years in prison which was suspended. | References | | MASANGU, Paul | 78 | Was shot dead in Katlehong, Transvaal, on 27 July 1993 during political conflict in the area. | References | | MASE, Ncedani | 20 | Was severely beaten by a group of named Amasolomzi vigilantes in Ashton, Cape, on 4 November 1985. During the attack he fatally stabbed one of his attackers. He was taken to the police station and beaten unconscious by the same perpetrators. He then served a nine-year sentence for public violence and culpable homicide. | References |
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