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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 | | | MOTAUNG, Joseph Makhwakhwa | 24 | Was shot and killed by members of the SAP in Sharpeville, Vereeniging, Transvaal, on 3 September 1984. A police officer`s house had been burnt down by youth in the township that day. | References | | MOTAUNG, Josphina Mamokete | 53 | She lost her three houses in an arson attack in 1976 at Maboloko, Bophuthatswana during conflict over the chieftaincy of the area. | References | | MOTAUNG, Judith Fikile | 28 | An ANC member who was detained in Wattville, Benoni, Transvaal, by members of the SAP from 16 June 1976 because of her participation in the Soweto uprising. | References | | MOTAUNG, Kgomotso Alfred | 16 | Was shot and paralysed in 1990 in GaRankuwa, Bophuthatswana, when members of the SAP opened fire on demonstrators protesting against the selling of land by the Bophuthatswana government. | References | | MOTAUNG, Khotso Joshua | 48 | He lost his house in an arson attack in 1976 at Maboloko, Bophuthatswana, during conflict over the chiefaincy of the area. | References | | MOTAUNG, Lekgotla Ezekiel | 17 | A COSAS member who was detained and tortured under the partial state of emergency in 1985 and again under the nationwide state of emergency in 1986 by named members of the SAP at the Houtkop police station in Sebokeng, Transvaal. | References | | MOTAUNG, Malefetsane Johannes | 20 | A COSAS member who was severely beaten with sjamboks and tortured by named SAP members in Petrus Steyn, Orange Free State (OFS), on 12 August 1987, allegedly because he had been participating in a protest during a school boycott. He has experienced a partial loss of sight and severe back problems, due to a spinal cord injury, since the beating. | References | | MOTAUNG, Maria | | She suffered severe ill-treatment and damage to property during the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty; a further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209). | References | | MOTAUNG, Mikia | 50 | He had his home in Maboloko, Bophuthatswana, burnt down during conflict over the chieftaincy in the area on 8 May 1977. | References | | MOTAUNG, Modiemi Elizabeth | 14 | Was shot dead by alleged IFP supporters in Boipatong, Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, in the Boipatong massacre on 17 June 1992. The attack was allegedly planned and carried out with the aid of the police. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty; a further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209). | References | | MOTAUNG, Morena Samuel | | Was shot dead by named IFP supporters in Sebokeng, Tvl, on 26 June 1993 during the `Vaal monster` reign of terror in the area. See Khetisi Kheswa gang. | References | | MOTAUNG, Ntamakhala Dyke | 33 | Was severely beaten on 24 July 1987 in Moutse, KwaNdebele, during conflict over incorporation into KwaNdebele. | References | | MOTAUNG, Paseka George | | Was assaulted and abducted, together with one other person, by a group of COSAS students in Sebokeng, Transvaal, on 15 October 1988. The two were allegedly state witnesses in trials against `comrades`. They escaped serious injury when the perpetrators were accosted by a police patrol. One COSAS member was granted amnesty (AC/2000/208). | References | | MOTAUNG, Petros | | Was severely injured during the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty; a further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209). | References | | MOTAUNG, Philemon | | He suffered injuries when the armoured vehicle in which he was travelling drove over and detonated a landmine in Messina, Transvaal, on 27 November 1985. The ANC landmine campaign was aimed at military patrols in the rural areas. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/093). See ANC landmine campaign. | References | | MOTAUNG, Rebecca | | Was severely injured during the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty; a further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209). | References | | MOTAUNG, Ruth | 14 | Was shot and injured by members of the SAP at Bela-Bela, Warmbaths, Tvl, while playing in the street with her friend in 1986. | References | | MOTAUNG, Sekonyela Gerald | 33 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead in Wadeville, Germiston, Transvaal, on 8 September 1993. Twenty five people were shot and killed while waiting at a taxi rank. | References | | MOTAUNG, Sello Paul | 58 | Was stabbed and shot by IFP supporters on 7 March 1993 in Sharpeville, Vereeniging, Transvaal, during intense conflict in the area between IFP-aligned hostel-dwellers and ANC- supporting residents. | References | | MOTAUNG, Teboho Esaia | | A member of the SAP who was shot dead by unidentified perpetrators in November 1990 while off-duty at Kagiso, Transvaal, after he complained about the conduct of fellow policemen. | References |
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