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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 | | | MOSWEU, Jacobus | 30 | Was detained and tortured by members of the Bophuthatswana Police on 15 February 1993 in Taung, Bophuthatswana, after he had held an ANC meeting at his house to discuss conflict over the chieftainship of Taung. | References | | MOTALE, Sibongile Anna | 21 | A Kagiso Youth Congress (KAYCO) member who was repeatedly punched, kicked and sjambokked by members of the SAP and a named member of the Security Branch at Krugersdorp police station, Tvl, on 15 October 1986. Her injuries caused profuse bleeding through her ears and vagina. Ms Motale was detained with other women under emergency regulations and was released in July 1987. Police wanted information about KAYCO`s involvement in organising bus and consumer boycotts. | References | | MOTANG, Alexandra | 20 | Was shot dead by gunmen who fired at him from a passing car on 12 July 1993 in Sebokeng, Tvl, during conflict between IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers and ANC-supporting residents. See drive-by shootings. | References | | MOTASI, Busi Irene | | Was shot dead by Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives at Temba, Bophuthatswana, on 1 December 1987. Her husband, also killed, was an SAP member who had laid charges of assault against a white SAP officer. Four Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives, including the second in command, were granted amnesty for the killings (AC/2001/010, AC/1999/030 and AC/1999/32). | References | | MOTASI, Richard | | An SAP member who was shot dead by Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives at Temba, Bophuthatswana, on 1 December 1987. Sergeant Motasi had been suspended after laying charges of assault against a white SAP officer. Four Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives, including the second in command, were granted amnesty for the killings. They testified that they had conducted the operation on the instructions of the divisional commissioner of police, who had told them that Sergeant Motasi was a double agent (AC/2001/010, AC/1999/030 and AC/1999/32). | References | | MOTASI, Rita | | An ANC supporter who was arrested on 4 November 1985 in Zolani, Ashton, Cape, and held in custody for many months. She was later convicted of public violence. | References | | MOTASI, Sedito Charles | 3 | He suffered severe ill-treatment when he was left throughout the night with the bodies of his parents who had been shot dead by Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives at Temba, Bophuthatswana, on 1 December 1987. The boy and his mother had been locked in a bedroom until his father returned home. Four Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives, including the second in command, were granted amnesty for the killings (AC/2001/010, AC/1999/030 and AC/1999/32). | References | | MOTAU, Abednigo Botiki Leu | 19 | An ANC supporter who was shot and severely injured by members of the SAP in 1986 in Bela-Bela, Warmbaths, Tvl. Mr Motau was involved in organising a rent boycott at the time of the shooting. | References | | MOTAU, Josephine | | 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 | | MOTAU, Peter Sello (aka `Paul Dikaledi`) | 32 | An MK commander from Soweto, Johannesburg, who was shot dead in an ambush by named members of the Eastern Transvaal Security Branch on 9 July 1987 at Lobamba, Swaziland. An ANC NEC member and senior MK commander, Mr Job Tabana (`Cassius Make`) and a Mozambican woman Ms Eliza Tsinini, were killed in the same operation. | References | | MOTAU, Refilwe Gift | 13 | Was sjambokked and assaulted by members of the Lebowa Police in 1985 in Duiwelskloof, Lebowa, because of his involvement in forming an SRC. The launch of the UDF in 1983 led to an underground core of activists in the area organising pupils to replace the prefect system with more democratic SRCs. This met with strong government disapproval and resulted in the detention and assault of many pupils by the Lebowa Police. | References | | MOTAU, Tagishe Willkie | 28 | An SAP member who lost his house in an arson attack in July 1990 in Siyathuthuka, Belfast, Tvl, because people thought he was a police informer. | References | | MOTAU, Thomas Tommy | | An ANC supporter who died mysteriously after he was arrested and sentenced to six years for public violence in Bela-Bela, Warmbaths, Tvl, in 1986. He was active in the local organisation which campaigned for a rent boycott. | References | | MOTAUNG, Adeline | | A UDF supporter who had her house damaged when it was attacked by Inkatha supporters during political violence at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 14 November 1987. One perpetrator was granted amnesty (AC/1999/0332). | References | | MOTAUNG, Diratsagae Winston | 32 | Was severely beaten and subjected to electric shock torture by members of the SAP, two of whom are named, after his arrest on 7 May 1991 in Vanderbijlpark, Tvl. Mr Motaung was arrested because of his participation in a rent boycott. | References | | MOTAUNG, Ephraim | 40 | He disappeared in Natalspruit, Vosloorus, Transvaal, in June 1993 during conflict between the ANC and the IFP supporters in the area. He has not been seen since and is presumed dead. | References | | MOTAUNG, George Samuel | 26 | He died after being stabbed, hacked and thrown from a moving train by IFP supporters at Ikwezi, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 14 October 1993. Between 1990 and 1993, 572 people died in train violence initiated by groups opposed to a democratic transition. | References | | MOTAUNG, Hendrick Oupa | | He died three days after he was abducted from his home and set alight, allegedly by ANC supporters, on 27 November 1986 in Katlehong, Tvl, during political conflict in the area. | References | | MOTAUNG, Henry Moloantoa | 41 | Was shot and injured by a member of the SAP on 8 September 1980 in Odi, Ga-Rankuwa, Bophuthatswana, during political conflict in the area. | References | | MOTAUNG, Jacob Moganeliwa Didae | 25 | A member of the Eagles Club who was severely beaten when ANC supporters attacked him and five other `Eagles Club` members at Qhoweng, Reddersburg, Orange Free State (OFS), in 1989, allegedly because of their involvement with the club. | References |
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