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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 | | | MOTHIBI, Lucas Mareko | 17 | A youth activist who was severely beaten and tortured by members of the SAP in Huhudi, Vryburg, Cape, on 16 December 1985, in an attempt to force a confession of his participation in a `necklacing`. He was later acquitted of the charges. | References | | MOTHIBI, Samuel | | Was shot and injured by named members of the SAP in KwaKwatsi, Koppies, OFS, on 30 March 1990. | References | | MOTHIBI, Sylvia Potata | 21 | Was severely beaten and tortured by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Zeerust, Tvl, on 28 March 1989. | References | | MOTHIBI, TM | | A constable in the SAP who was injured when MK operatives attacked the Soekmekaar police station, Lebowa, on 4 January 1980. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0276). | References | | MOTHIBINYANE, Bothobile Dorah | 66 | Was severely beaten by Bophuthatswana Police during a meeting at Dryharts Bathlapin tribal office in Taung, Bophuthatswana, on 6 December 1990. Dryharts villagers had summoned chief Jerry Mahura to hear their grievances when police dispersed the crowd with teargas and sjamboks . | References | | MOTHIJOA, Samuel Tsediso | 23 | A UDF supporter who was detained several times between 1981 and 1986 in Kroonstad, OFS. He was repeatedly assaulted and tortured in detention, allegedly because he had been identified as a leader in the political conflict in Kroonstad. | References | | MOTHOA, Frans Monawa | | Was killed in a bomb blast in Roodepoort, Tvl, on 3 June 1988. In a submission to the TRC, the ANC claimed responsibility for the blast explaining that the original target was a nearby police station and not civilians. Five people were killed in the blast. | References | | MOTHOA, Kleinboy Masenten Yang | 60 | Was abducted from his home in Kgobokwane, KwaNdebele, on 1 January 1986 by Imbokodo vigilantes. At Siyabuswa community hall he and others were put in a room where the floor had been deliberately soaped to make it slippery and were sjambokked and beaten where they fell. Between 200 and 360 individuals were abducted and assaulted for about 36 hours. The attacks, led by named KwaNdebele government officials, were designed to suppress resistance to incorporation into KwaNdebele. | References | | MOTHOA, Paulos Papa | 26 | Was severely beaten with sjamboks and batons by members of the SAP on 8 March 1986 on the Dennilton road towards Kgobokwane, KwaNdebele, after attending a funeral during conflict around incorporation into KwaNdebele. Mr Mothoa had become an active UDF supporter after resigning from the police. KwaNdebele independence was cancelled in August 1986 because of Moutse resistance. | References | | MOTHOA, Rachel Mamothusi | 15 | Was shot with pellets by members of the SAP while standing in her yard in Phahameng, Tvl, on 18 April 1993. Police reportedly opened fire on a gathering of people on the eve of the funeral for assassinated SACP leader Chris Hani. | References | | MOTHOBI, Keletu Emma | 32 | She had her home demolished by members of the Bophuthatswana Police acting on an eviction order from the Bophuthatswana government in Sekampaneng, Hammanskraal, Tvl, on 8 February 1993. | References | | MOTHOBI, Molatelo Mary | 54 | Was detained, kept in solitary confinement and interrogated by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in November 1988 in Mafikeng, Bophuthatswana, because of the involvement of her son-in-law in a coup against the Mangope government. | References | | MOTHOGANE, Michael Ramohlabane | 24 | Was one of eighteen people injured in a limpet mine explosion at a bus stop near the Checkers shopping complex in Silverton, Tvl, on 4 July 1986. Four MK operatives were granted amnesty for the attack (AC/1999/0257). | References | | MOTHOKOAMA, Selloane Maria | 66 | An ANC supporter who was shot in the leg by members of the SADF in September 1984 during rent boycotts in Sharpeville, Vereeniging, Tvl, during the Vaal uprising. | References | | MOTHOKOANE, Rebecca | | She had her home in Mamelodi, Pretoria, petrol-bombed on an unspecified date between December 1986 and July 1988. One member of the Riot Police was refused amnesty (AC/1999/0026). | References | | MOTHOPENG, Bibi Urbanah | 57 | Was detained and held in solitary confinement at the Pietermaritzburg prison in 1976, allegedly because of her husband`s political activities. Her husband, Mr Zephania Lekoane Mothopeng, a PAC leader, was severely tortured for his part in the Sharpeville protest as well as the 1976 Soweto uprising. | References | | MOTHOPENG, Zephaniah | 48 | A founder member and later President of the PAC who was detained, tortured and jailed for two years in 1961, followed by a further three years in 1964, for PAC activities. From 1967 to 1971 he was placed under banning orders. He was again detained in August 1976 and severely tortured, spending three years in prison prior to his conviction in 1979 on terrorism charges in the `Bethal Trial`. See Bethal 18. He then served nine years of a 15-year prison term, being released in November 1988 due to serious illness. He died in October 1990. | References | | MOTHOPI, Paulos | | Was beaten with sjamboks and knobkerries on 8 March 1986 in Moutse, KwaNdebele, by members of the SAP who attacked a bus transporting mourners to a funeral at a time of intense conflict over incorporation into KwaNdebele. | References | | MOTHOWAGAE, Lerumo Ishmael | 55 | An ANC supporter who was beaten, subjected to electric shock torture and suffocated by members of the Bophutha-tswana Police in Zeerust, Tvl, on 4 March 1986. | References | | MOTHOWAGAE, Ramootshootswana Bob | 36 | Was arrested and severely beaten by Bophuthatswana Police on 1 July 1989 in Leeuwfontein near Zeerust, Tvl, during conflict over the incorporation of Mokgola village into Bophuthatswana. Nine soldiers were killed and several residents were assaulted during this attack. | References |
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