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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 | | | MAFISA, Mapuleng | | Was shot dead on 9 December 1982 in an attack by SADF Special Forces operatives on several ANC houses and a block of flats on Maseru, Lesotho. Thirty South Africans and twelve citizens of Lesotho were killed in the midnight attack. | References | | MAFOBOKWANE, Letsatsi Elias | 66 | An ANC supporter who had his house damaged in a petrol bomb attack by alleged members of the SAP in Duduza, Nigel, Transvaal, in August 1985 because he was involved in the burial of people who died during political conflict in the area. | References | | MAFODI, Chuene Maria | 46 | She had her home in GaMatlala, Lebowa, burnt down by supporters of Chief BK Matlala on 2 February 1980, because she resisted Lebowa`s proposed independence from South Africa. | References | | MAFODI, Mmaphuti Maria | 43 | She had her home in GaMatlala, Lebowa, burnt down by supporters of Chief BK Matlala on 2 February 1980, because she resisted Lebowa`s proposed independence from South Africa. | References | | MAFODI, Phuti Matlou | 32 | She had her home in GaMatlala, Lebowa, burnt down by supporters of Chief BK Matlala on 2 February 1980, because she resisted Lebowa`s proposed independence from South Africa. | References | | MAFOLO, Khabonina Naomi | 19 | Was severely beaten by named perpetrators for resisting Chief Daniel Mahlangu in Nylstroom, Transvaal, on 18 May 1980. | References | | MAFONGOSI, Gqili Compton | 21 | Was shot in the head by members of the SAP and the SADF on 21 September 1976 in Port Elizabeth in the wake of the 16 June Soweto uprising. Mr Mafongosi spent two months under police guard at Livingstone Hospital and was charged with public violence for which he served three years. | References | | MAFORA, Abel | 17 | Was arrested with his cousin in November 1980 and tortured at Protea police station, Soweto, Johannesburg. He was later taken to John Vorster Square, Johannesburg, where he was beaten, suffocated and subjected to electric shocks because police suspected them of illegally crossing the border and concealing information of a political nature. | References | | MAFORA, Mabotse Selepinah | 54 | She had her house burnt down by supporters of Chief William Shongoane at Ga-Shongoane, Ellisras, Transvaal, on 6 March 1981 because she supported Chief Simon Shongoane during a dispute over the chieftainship of this tribal community. | References | | MAFOYI (MNGADI), Victor (aka `Daniel Neto`) | | An MK operative who was shot dead by security forces on 14 November 1982 shortly after crossing the border from Swaziland. Two other MK operatives died in the incident and a fourth member of the unit was arrested and imprisoned. Mr Mafoyi`s remains were exhumed from a cemetery in Piet Retief and reburied by his family. | References | | MAFREKA, Ramphuthing Elias | 17 | Was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting in Sebokeng, Transvaal, on 18 April 1993 during a memorial service for assassinated SACP leader Chris Hani. Several others were killed or injured in random shootings that day. The perpetrators were allegedly IFP supporters and members of the security forces. | References | | MAFU, Musa | 18 | An IFP supporter who was shot and injured, allegedly by ANC members, at Nyangwini, Port Shepstone, Natal, on 4 September 1992. See Nyangwini attack. | References | | MAFU, Nyamleko Chemiston | 61 | An ANC supporter who was severely beaten 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 | | MAFU, Previous Mlungisi | 24 | An ANC supporter who was stabbed to death by named Inkatha supporters at Port Shepstone, Natal, on 16 January 1990. | References | | MAFU, Sidawa | 25 | An IFP supporter who was shot dead by ANC supporters in Phatheni, Richmond, Natal, on 12 February 1993 while riding on a truck on her way to work. The perpetrators allegedly targeted the truck because Ms Mafu and other passengers lived in Phatheni, an IFP stronghold. Three people were shot dead. | References | | MAFULANE, Frans | | Was assaulted and his home set alight by a large crowd of youths at HaMphego, Thohoyandou, Venda, on 4 February 1990, in attacks on people accused of practising witchcraft to impede the community`s campaign for the re-incorporation of the homeland into South Africa. Mr Mafulane managed to escape the group after the assaults. One perpetrator was granted amnesty (AC/2000/094). | References | | MAFUMANA, Tolika | 42 | He disappeared during extensive unrest in Langa, Cape Town, in August 1976. The Commission determined that he may have been burnt to death in Langa Bazaar during extensive arson attacks on 12 August 1976 on shops in Langa. | References | | MAFUNA, Pat | | Was shot dead by a Vlakplaas askari at a taxi rank at the Barangwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, on an unspecified date between 1982 and 1986. Mr Mafuna was allegedly a former askari who had defected and was thus targeted for killing. The perpetrator was granted amnesty (AC/2000/231). | References | | MAFUNDA, Wellington | 16 | Was shot and killed by a named member of the SAP in Prieska, Cape, on 19 September 1990, when a group of youths raided a beerhall in protest against the sale of liquor. | References | | MAFUNDITYALA, Lawrence Mxolisi | 41 | A member of the Witdoeke vigilantes who was shot and injured in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 9 June 1986, during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps by the Witdoeke, acting with the tacit approval and aid of the security forces. | References |
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