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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 | | | MAHLANGU, Kedu Simon | | A member of the Kwa-Ndebele Legislative Assembly and Imbokodo who was burnt when `comrades` poured petrol over him and set him alight in KwaNdebele during conflict over proposed independence in 1986. | References | | MAHLANGU, Koos | | Was arrested by members of the KwaNdebele Police at Siyabuswa, KwaNdebele, on 4 September 1987 and detained without trial for eight months under emergency regulations. When he was finally charged along with three other detainees, the charges were dropped. | References | | MAHLANGU, Koos Mamekwa | | Was burnt to death by named `comrades` in Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal, on 1 September 1986 during conflict between the UDF and the Imbokodo over KwaNdebele independence. His wife was killed in the same attack. | References | | MAHLANGU, Kortman Shorty | 46 | A UDF supporter and businessman who was detained for seven months in 1986 in Siyabuswa, KwaNdebele, during conflict over KwaNdebele independence. | References | | MAHLANGU, Lahle Rosy | 56 | She had her home in Goederede, near Dennilton, KwaNdebele, damaged in an attack by supporters of Chief Jack Mphezulu Mahlangu in July 1975. Chief Mahlangu supported the incorporation of Goederede village into Lebowa but many residents resisted, which resulted in violent conflict. | References | | MAHLANGU, Letty | 19 | Was severely beaten by Imbokodo members in Siyabuswa, KwaNdebele, in 1986. The Imbokodo victimised the youth of Vlaklaagte because of their resistance to KwaNdebele`s independence. | References | | MAHLANGU, Litha Andries | 25 | Was abducted and beaten by Imbokodo vigilantes in Kwarrielaagte, KwaNdebele, on 31 December 1985 during conflict over KwaNdebele`s independence. | References | | MAHLANGU, Lizzy | 38 | Was harassed and sexually assaulted by members of the KwaNdebele Police in Moutse, KwaNdebele, in January 1986 because she was married to a known opponent of KwaNdebele`s independence. | References | | MAHLANGU, Lucas Silala | 20 | A Black Consciousness supporter who was arrested by members of the KwaNdebele Police at KwaNdebele in 1986 for intervening when they were assaulting his cousin. He was found dead a few days later. | References | | MAHLANGU, Magdelina | 30 | An ANC supporter who was severely injured after being shot twice in the hip by unidentified perpetrators outside her home opposite Mazibuko hostel in Katlehong, Transvaal, on 9 April 1994 during escalating political conflict in the run-up to the April 1994 election. | References | | MAHLANGU, Martha | | Was burnt to death by `comrades` in Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal, on 1 September 1986 during conflict between the UDF and the Imbokodo group over KwaNdebele independence. Her husband was killed in the same attack. | References | | MAHLANGU, Martin Patrick | | A member of the Mamelodi Civic Association who disappeared after his abduction from his home in Mamelodi, Pretoria, on 18 March 1986. An SAP official informed the family in 1995 that Mr Mahlangu could have been killed and his body blown up in a Vlakplaas operation. Vlakplaas commander Eugene De Kock was convicted for the incident. | References | | MAHLANGU, Mbhutini | 30 | An ANC supporter who was abducted, tortured, severely beaten, tear-gassed and imprisoned after members of the SAP opened fire on his house in Mzinoni, Bethal, Transvaal, in June 1989 while searching for weapons. | References | | MAHLANGU, Mbingweni Maria | | Was injured in an explosion near Tembisa, Transvaal, on 25 May 1985 when the minibus she was travelling in was bombed. | References | | MAHLANGU, Mbuyelwa Martha | 49 | She lost her home in Goederede, near Dennilton, KwaNdebele during resistance to the incorporation of the area into Lebowa. | References | | MAHLANGU, Menti Piet | 39 | Was abducted and severely beaten by Imbokodo members in KwaNdebele, on 26 December 1985 during conflict over the proposed independence of KwaNdebele. | References | | MAHLANGU, Mhlupheki Paulos | 25 | Was abducted in May 1986 and tortured for two days in the veld near Vaalbank, KwaNdebele, by named Imbokodo members, during local resistance to incorporation into an independent KwaNdebele. Mr Mahlangu`s brothers were among several others abducted and tortured with him. Some of the perpetrators were charged, but acquitted in a court of law. | References | | MAHLANGU, Mitah | 32 | Was severely assaulted when she was kicked and beaten with a knobkierie by a named member of the Imbokodo group in Katsibane, KwaNdebele, in May 1981 during conflict between the community and the tribal authority over the proposed independence of KwaNdebele. | References | | MAHLANGU, Mlotho Johannes | 50 | A UDF supporter who was assaulted with fists and pick handles by the KwaNdebele Police and Imbokodo members in Mbokola, Moutse, KwaNdebele, in January 1986. He was accused of assisting political `activists`. See Imbokodo. | References | | MAHLANGU, Mondlina Lina | 57 | She had her home in Dennilton, KwaNdebele, burnt down, allegedly by supporters of Chief Mahlangu in July 1975. Chief Mahlangu supported the incorporation of Goederede village into Lebowa but many residents resisted, which resulted in violent conflict. | References |
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