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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 | | | MOLAPISI, Chrisphos Myra | 19 | A Seposengwe National Party supporter who was shot dead at her home in Mabopane, Bophuthatswana, on 6 February 1988 by a friend who was a member of the Bophuthatswana Police. The party had launched a campaign to isolate police members who had allegedly been terrorising the community. Ms Molapisi became increasingly concerned about her safety and was contemplating leaving the country to join MK in Zambia when she was shot eight times in the head, chest and abdomen. | References | | MOLAPO, David Motlalentoa | 19 | A COSAS member who was stabbed to death on 7 March 1990 in Katlehong, Tvl, allegedly by Inkatha supporters. | References | | MOLAPO, Dube | | Was stabbed and injured on 21 November 1993 in Motsweding, Taung, Bophutha-tswana, during conflict over the chieftaincy of the area. | References | | MOLAPO, Euphemia Dudu | | Was shot and stabbed to death by members of the IFP-aligned Toaster gang in Tembisa, Tvl, on 7 June 1992 during intense conflict between IFP and ANC supporters in the area. | References | | MOLAPO, Komape Davidson | 29 | A COSATU member who was shot in the shoulder and hand by members of the SAP in Namakgale, Lebowa, on 27 February 1986. The Namakgale Youth Congress held a meeting at the Lutheran Church where a woman was killed by police. The students regrouped at the Marula Hotel. Mr Molapo was injured when police dispersed the group at the hotel. | References | | MOLAPO, Matsie Amelia | 11 | Was shot and severely injured by members of the SADF in Pimville, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 16 June 1976, the first day of the Soweto uprising. Matsie was placed under police guard in hospital and made to sign certain papers. As a result of her injuries, Matsie is now wheelchair bound. In 1988, she had spinal rods inserted to stabilise her vertebral column. | References | | MOLAPO, Nokuthula Patricia | 14 | Was and injured by alleged SADF members at Lekazi Central High School in KaNyamazane, KaNgwane, during a school boycott on 7 May 1991. Pupils were protesting against the lack of science facilities at the school, when the SADF arrived and opened fire, injuring three pupils. | References | | MOLAPO, Rollen Zondi | | An MK operative who was shot and killed by unidentified members of the SAP in Katlehong, Tvl, on 26 July 1996. | References | | MOLAPO, S | | A member of the Lesotho National Security Service and a Basotho citizen, was abducted from Lesotho by members of the Security Branch in Ladybrand, OFS, on 22 March 1989. He was then taken to a farm outside Ladybrand where he was detained for nine days, interrogated and beaten by named and other Security Branch members, allegedly because he was thought to have ANC sympathies. | References | | MOLAPO, Silas Molapo | | An ANC supporter who was injured when he was stabbed and shot by members of the IFP-aligned Toaster gang at his home in Tembisa, Tvl, on 7 June 1992. Tembisa, like many East Rand townships, was embroiled in conflict between the ANC and IFP in the early 1990s. | References | | MOLAPO,Tshebang Witness | | An SAP member who was arrested and severely tortured by members of the SAP on 12 August 1986 in Springs, Tvl, following the death of his brother, an MK operative. Mr Molapo was summarily dismissed from the police force. | References | | MOLATSELI, Elias Enoch | 63 | Was shot by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Thaba Nchu, Bophuthatswana, in 1978. | References | | MOLATULI, Joyce | 24 | An ANCYL member who was detained and tortured by members of the SAP on 15 December 1990 in Makwassie near Wolmaransstad, Tvl, for trying to attend the rally for ANC leader Oliver Tambo at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg. | References | | MOLAUTSI, Mashala Sugar | 70 | Was severely beaten in Ga-Kibi, Lebowa, at a community meeting called to discuss grievances against self-appointed Chief Lebogo on 10 October 1986. The chief responded by using members of the police and SADF to disperse the meeting by sjambokking those attending. | References | | MOLEBALWA, Sootho Macdonald | 24 | Was severely beaten by named members of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force in Thaba Nchu, Bophuthatswana, on 12 November 1990. There were stayaways and boycotts in the area at the time as the ANC called for the re-incorporation of Bophuthatswana into South Africa, and protested against oppression in the homeland. | References | | MOLEBATSI, Daniel | | A SACTU member from Naledi, Soweto, Johannesburg, who was killed on 30 January 1981 in a raid by SADF Special Forces operatives on three houses in the Matola suburb of Maputo, Mozambique. Fifteen other South Africans, including several senior MK operatives, were killed in the attack. Three of the attackers (all ex-Rhodesian security force members) and a Portuguese citizen were also killed. | References | | MOLEBATSI, Fannie Solomon | | Was arrested by members of the SAP on 28 January 1986 in Khutsong, Carletonville, Tvl, while attending a mass funeral in defiance of a police ban. He has not been seen since. | References | | MOLEBATSI, Norah Goitsimang Meisie | 25 | Was severely beaten by named members of the SAP in Khutsong, Carletonville, Tvl, on 6 July 1986 while attending the night vigil of a `comrade` killed during the state of emergency. Police broke up the vigil by beating mourners with rifle butts. Ms Molebatsi was then detained for 16 days. | References | | MOLEBATSI, Sannah | 10 | Was severely beaten with sjamboks , batons, guns and rifles on 5 July 1986 in Khutsong, Carletonville, Tvl, by alleged members of the SAP, many of whom abused their powers during the state of emergency. | References | | MOLEBATSI, Tshotlego | 33 | Was severely beaten by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in detention at Lekubu, Bophuthatswana, in 1989. His arrest took place during conflict over the incorporation of Lekubu and Leeuwfontein into Bophuthatswana in 1989. | References |
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