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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 | | | MELUBA, Edward | | Was killed when the vehicle in which he was travelling detonated a landmine in Messina, Transvaal, on 26 November 1985. The driver of the vehicle was also injured in what was part of an ANC landmine campaign aimed at military patrols in the rural border areas. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/093). | References | | MELWANE, Borolo Godfrey | 27 | The chairperson of a local PAC branch who was detained in Cape Town in March 1963. He was charged with furthering the aims of a banned organisation and was sentenced to three years` imprisonment on Robben Island, where he was frequently beaten by prison warders. | References | | MEMA, Alfred Wilson Jabu | | Was shot and killed in Tembisa, Transvaal, on 4 September 1992 during conflict between ANC-supporting residents and IFP-supporting Vusumuzi hostel-dwellers. | References | | MEMA, Mzamo | 47 | An ANC member who was severely assaulted by members of the CDF during conflict between ANC and ADM supporters at KwaMasele, near King William`s Town, Cape, on 27 December 1991. | References | | MEMANI, Caroline Nanziwe Mambathane | | An ANC supporter who experienced severe harassment by police after her son was shot dead in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 10 September 1980, during school and bus boycotts. Her home was raided and children arrested, the funeral was placed under restriction orders that she defied, and their home was tear-gassed after the funeral on 20 September 1980. | References | | MEMANI, Lennox Themba Kokinana | 18 | Was shot dead when Riot Police, hidden in a bus, fired birdshot at a group of youths during a bus boycott in Guguletu, Cape, on 10 September 1980. | References | | MEMANI, Mzenzi Griffiths | 39 | Was shot and injured by a Special Constable in Plettenberg Bay, Cape, during 1989. | References | | MEMANI, Peggy Nontuthuzelo Suzie | 16 | An AZAPO supporter who was assaulted with batons by members of the SAP in Queenstown, Cape, in 1985, when police disrupted an AZAPO gathering. In June 1985 she was also assaulted with a blunt instrument by UDF supporters in Port Alfred, Cape. | References | | MEMANI, Sebenzile Oliver | 42 | He had his house destroyed in an arson attack in Crossroads, Cape Town, in April 1983. His house was again destroyed by Witdoeke vigilantes in KTC, Cape Town, in 1986, during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps. | References | | MEMANI, Toti James | 67 | Was injured in a shooting by members of the Ciskei Police in August 1983 in Mdantsane, Ciskei, while on his way to catch a train during the Mdantsane bus boycott. | References | | MEMANI, Zenzile William | 34 | Was severely beaten by members of the SAP who arrested him in September 1978 for resisting forced removal from Crossroads, Cape Town. In 1983 he lost his home in an arson attack in Crossroads. | References | | MEMELA, Bernard Jabulani | 26 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead by IFP supporters in Murchison, near Port Shepstone, Natal, in August 1993. | References | | MEMELA, Bhekani Nelson | 21 | An ANC supporter who was killed by a named IFP supporter in Murchison, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 24 December 1991. | References | | MEMELA, Caselinah Situkulu | 50 | She had her house at KwaShange, KwaZulu, near Pietermaritzburg, burnt down on 27 March 1990 in intense political conflict between Inkatha and UDF supporters following the unbanning of political organisations in February. | References | | MEMELA, Christophora | 68 | A UDF supporter who lost her house at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, in an arson attack by Inkatha supporters on 29 November 1988 in intense political conflict in the area. | References | | MEMELA, Daniel Mthungathi | | Was severely beaten by members of the SAP while in detention in 1965 in Bizana, Transkei, during the Pondoland revolt. See Pondoland revolt. | References | | MEMELA, Helen Lindiwe | 25 | Was severely injured when members of the Orde Boerevolk opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and 27 injured in the attack. See Putco bus attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit (AC/1997/0053). | References | | MEMELA, Lucy Nomajamane | | A UDF supporter who was shot and killed on 6 April 1990 when a group of Inkatha supporters attacked UDF supporters and residents at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, in spite of a heavy police and military presence. Fourteen people were killed and at least 120 homes burnt down. One former IFP member was granted amnesty (AC/1999/0332). | References | | MEMELA, Madoti | 65 | An ANC supporter who was shot and killed by IFP supporters in KwaMagoda, Richmond, Natal, on 28 January 1991. | References | | MEMELA, Mkwe | | An ANC supporter who was shot dead by members of the SAP at Umgababa, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 4 May 1992 during political conflict in the area. Police allegedly sided with IFP supporters in the conflict. | References |
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