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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 MB
| Name | Age | Description | | | MBATA, Thenjiwe Ennet | | Was shot and killed by members of the IFP-related `Khumalo Gang` at Ngema Tavern, Natalspruit, Transvaal, on the 22 January 1993. Many people were killed and injured in the attack. Three perpetrators applied for amnesty. Two perpetrators were refused and one was granted amnesty (AC/2000/198). See Khumalo gang. | References | | MBATA, Vusi Samson | | Was shot dead on 22 November 1993, allegedly by IFP supporters, during political conflict which led to the deaths of at least sixteen thousand people before the first democratic election of 1994. | References | | MBATHA (KAMAVUSO-MBATHA), Khosi | | Was arrested, detained and tortured, along with her husband and their three-year-old son in Dube, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 22 October 1981. | References | | MBATHA, (first name not given) | | Was shot dead in Dube, Soweto, Johannesburg, in 1993 when a named IFP leader ordered an attack on the shop where Mr Mbatha worked because his employer was an ANC supporter. | References | | MBATHA, (full names not given) | | An ANC supporter who suffered damage to property in political conflict between Inkatha and UDF supporters at KwaMashu, Durban, in the late 1980s. One perpetrator was granted amnesty (AC/2000/054). | References | | MBATHA, Abel Mgedi | | Was killed with his father-in-law in Zonkiziswe, Katlehong, Transvaal, on 23 May 1993. Their charred bodies were found in the boot of their car the next day. The incident occurred after an ANC march past a Tokoza hostel on 22 May 1993 led to a dramatic escalation of political violence on the East Rand, leaving at least eighty people dead. Mr Mbatha and his father-in-law were allegedly killed because they were Zulu-speaking and their attackers therefore assumed that they were IFP supporters. | References | | MBATHA, Adelina Nobelungu | 58 | Was beaten by members of the SAP in Prieska, near Upington, Cape, in 1986. | References | | MBATHA, Africa Dumisani | 37 | An ANC supporter who lost his house in an arson attack by unidentified Inkatha supporters at Inanda, near KwaMashu, Durban, in 1989 during intensifying political conflict in the area. | References | | MBATHA, Alex | | Was detained and severely beaten by members of the SAP in Dube, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 21 October 1981 and released on 13 April 1982. He and his family were continually harassed by Security Police who showed them weapons allegedly found in their house. | References | | MBATHA, Alexander Eli | | Was detained and tortured by named policemen at Protea police station, Soweto, Johannesburg, and at John Vorster Square, Johannes-burg, in 1977. During his detention he was kept naked and in solitary confinement for six months. In 1981, Mr Mbatha, his wife and their three-year-old daughter were arrested. He was tortured in various police stations in the Transvaal, and deprived of food and medical attention. | References | | MBATHA, Alois Sibeko | 68 | An IFP supporter who was shot dead by ANC supporters, some of whom are named, in Esikhawini, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal, on 26 January 1992. | References | | MBATHA, Anna Ncanyana | | She suffered severe ill-treatment and damage to property on 17 June 1992 in the Boipatong massacre in Boipatong, near Vanderbijl-park, Transvaal, 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 | | MBATHA, Archie | | Was arrested in Duduza, Nigel, Transvaal, on 28 February 1985. Duduza residents had demanded a modern sewerage system instead of the bucket system. Youths targeted policemen`s houses as part of the protest and many were beaten when taken to Dunnottar police station. | References | | MBATHA, Bacinile Bessie | | She had her home burnt down in March 1990 in KwaShange, KwaZulu, near Pietermaritzburg, during the Seven Day War. | References | | MBATHA, Bernard | 23 | Was stabbed, stoned and hacked to death by named Inkatha supporters in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 24 May 1988, in intense political conflict in the area. | References | | MBATHA, Bhekinkosi | 32 | An ANC supporter who was stabbed to death by IFP supporters in Matshana, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal, on 1 August 1992. | References | | MBATHA, Bhekinkosi | 42 | Was severely beaten by IFP supporters at Dumbe, Paulpietersburg, Natal, in April 1994 in political conflict preceding the April 1994 elections. | References | | MBATHA, Bongani | | An IFP supporter who was shot and injured when members of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) opened fire on IFP supporters on their way to a meeting at the Tokoza stadium on the East Rand, Transvaal, on 8 September 1991. Sixteen people were killed and ten were injured in the attack. One SDU member was granted amnesty for the attack (AC/1999/00225). See Tokoza attacks. | References | | MBATHA, Bongani Jeremiah | 17 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead by a named IFP supporter in Umlazi, Durban, on 2 April 1991. | References | | MBATHA, Bongini Besta | 43 | An IFP supporter who had her house burnt down by ANC supporters in Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 20 October 1991. The perpetrators were allegedly looking for her nephew, an active IFP supporter. | References |
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