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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 N
| Name | Age | Description | | | NDZUBE, Ntombi Monica | 17 | Was shot and injured by members of the SADF while on her way home from school in Port Elizabeth on 21 July 1986 during the state of emergency. | References | | NDZULE, Wellington Mxolisi | 23 | A PAC supporter and Rastafarian who was severely tortured by SAP members while in detention in Goodwood and Bishop Lavis police stations, Cape Town, on 3 March 1986. The police thought he had information about the Guguletu Seven. He was charged, but the case was later dismissed. | References | | NDZUMO, Kolisile Saul | | A former Transkei cabinet minister who died of excessive bleeding after he was detained by the Transkei Police in 1980 in Idutywa, Transkei. | References | | NDZUNGA, Tembisa | 2 | Was stabbed and injured by migrant workers from the hostels in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 26 December 1976, in political conflict between Nyanga residents and hostel-dwellers during the Christmas 1976 period. Twenty-nine people died in the clashes and many more were injured. | References | | NDZUNGU, Elvis Ngajuse | 29 | He disappeared from Ntshongweni, KwaZulu, near Hammarsdale, Natal, in March 1988, during intensifying conflict between UDF and Inkatha supporters. | References | | NDZUZO, Lulamile Dani | 17 | Was abducted and shot dead by a member of the SAP in Stutterheim, Cape, on 28 August 1988 during the state of emergency. Police claimed that Mr Ndzuzo had been trying to escape from the charge office when he was shot. See police brutality. | References | | NEBE, Wandile | 20 | An IFP supporter who was shot by members of the CDF in Bisho, Ciskei, on 7 September 1992 during an ANC protest march to demand free political activity in Ciskei. See Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were refused amnesty for the shooting (AC/2000/122). | References | | NEDE, Phillemon Nqaba | 75 | Was severely beaten by a named farmer in March 1990 in Elliot, Cape, allegedly because he attended an ANC march to register grievances and demands at the magistrate’s office. He later died of the injuries sustained during the beating. | References | | NEELS, Hendrik | 19 | Was arrested with ten other friends in Carnarvon, Cape, on 16 June 1986, for wearing black ties commemorating those who died in the Soweto uprising. He was repeatedly beaten by named members of the SAP at the police station and detained for 72 days under emergency regulations at Carnarvon and then at Victor Verster prison, Paarl, Cape. See police brutality. | References | | NEELS, Phillip Peter | 17 | Was arrested with ten other friends in Carnarvon, Cape, on 16 June 1986, for wearing black ties commemorating those who died in the Soweto uprising. He was repeatedly beaten by named members of the SAP at the police station and detained under the emergency regulations for 72 days at Carnarvon and then at Victor Verster prison, Paarl, Cape. See police brutality | References | | NEER, Dennis Sehloho | | An ANC supporter and trade union leader who was detained and severely tortured by the helicopter method, beating and attempted suffocation by named members of the Security Police at Louis le Grange Square police station, Port Elizabeth, in August 1985 during the partial state of emergency. See police brutality. | References | | NEFOLOVHODWE, Wildred | | He lost his home in an arson attack by a group of community residents in Venda on 10 March 1990. Nine people were killed and eleven houses were burnt down in attacks on people accused of practising witchcraft to impede the community’s campaign for re-incorporation of the homeland into South Africa. Two ANC supporters were refused amnesty (AC/2000/094). | References | | NEL, Anton | | A corporal in the South African Air Force (SAAF) who was killed when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty one people were killed and two hundred and seventeen were 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 | | NEL, GJ | | 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 two hundred and seventeen were 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 | | NEL, Jan Johannes | | He suffered severe trauma on 23 March 1993 when APLA operatives, armed with automatic weapons and hand grenades, stormed the Yellowwoods Hotel, in Fort Beaufort, Cape, and opened fire on staff and patrons. One person was shot dead in the attack. See APLA attacks. Three perpetrators were granted amnesty (AC/2000/225). | References | | NEL, Jeanne Yolette | | An employee of the National Peace Secretariat who suffered extensive shrapnel and brain injuries in a hand grenade explosion on 25 May 1993 in Kimberley, Cape, during an ANC protest march to the Bophuthatswana consulate. Two MK operatives threw a hand grenade at the building which bounced back into the crowd, killing one person and injuring 41 others. Two ANC members were wrongly convicted of the killing. Four MK operatives and ANC members, two of whom denied guilt, were refused amnesty (AC/2000/053 and AC/2000/241). | References | | NEL, Joachim Martinus | | A member of the SAP who was shot dead by a captured MK operative being transported in the back of a police vehicle in Messina, Tvl, on 26 December 1986. A colleague was shot dead in the incident. The MK operative escaped, was recaptured and sentenced to death, but was later released as a political prisoner. The MK operative was granted amnesty for the incident (AC/2001/093). | References | | NEL, Mhlabeni Jacob | 44 | An IFP supporter who was severely beaten by Amasolomzi vigilantes and members of the SAP as they searched for his daughter on 4 April 1986 in Zolani, Ashton, Cape. | References | | NEL, N | | 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 two hundred and seventeen were 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 | | NEL, Nomvula Margaret | 36 | Was severely beaten by Amasolomzi vigilantes and members of the SAP as they searched for her daughter on 4 April 1986 in Zolani, Ashton, Cape. | References |
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