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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 P
| Name | Age | Description | | | PHILLIPS, Ntsokolo Moses | 26 | An ANC supporter who was severely assaulted by two members of the Municipal Police, one of whom was his cousin, in Lephoi, Bethulie, OFS, on 17 April 1993. Mr Phillips’ uncle was a councillor whose house had been stoned that day by protesters demanding his resignation. The police intervened and forcibly drove away the protesters. | References | | PHINDA, Samuel Makwa (aka ‘Gibson Ncube’ and ‘Gibson Mondlane’) | 29 | An ANC member who died in 1987 in Mozambique as a result of drinking poisoned beer given to him by an informer. While the assassination was a Special Forces operation, a member of Military Intelligence was granted amnesty for supplying target information to Special Forces. (AC/2001/257) | References | | PHIRI, Atazaxes Adam ‘Atie’ | 20 | Was severely tortured by alleged members of the SAP after his arrest in August 1986 in Mohlakeng, Randfontein, Transvaal. He was allegedly arrested on suspicion of ‘necklacing’ two people. Phiri was kept in solitary confinement for six months and subjected to electric shocks, beatings and other forms of torture. | References | | PHIRI, Clifford | 19 | Was killed by IFP supporters in Soweto, Johannesburg, during an IFP march on 8 September 1991. Soweto was tense after clashes between IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers and ANC-supporting residents. | References | | PHIRI, Cresencia | 45 | An Inkatha supporter who suffered severe burns when UDF supporters poured paraffin over her and set her alight on 20 June 1985. Her house in Amaoti, Inanda, near Durban, was burnt down by UDF supporters on the same day. | References | | PHIRI, Enna | 38 | An ANC supporter who had her home petrol-bombed by Inkatha supporters at KwaSokhulu, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal, in July 1990. | References | | PHIRI, Jackie Sandile | 24 | Was severely assaulted by members of the SAP while in detention in Humansdorp, Cape, on 22 May 1986. He was forced to admit to involvement in incidents of public violence, was charged, convicted and sentenced to three years and six months’ imprisonment. | References | | PHIRI, Jacob | | He died when the car he was travelling in overturned in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on 18 June 1976 during the Soweto uprising. It is alleged that the accident happened because the driver was shot dead by police. | References | | PHIRI, Maart Matlakala | | Was beaten and had her possessions stolen and her house and car vandalised by AWB members in Tshing, Ventersdorp, Tvl, on 11 May 1991. Ms Phiri and others were accused of settling illegally in the area and the local town clerk pointed out shacks whose owners were in arrears. Police refused to intervene and the local hospital denied the injured medical attention. A number of AWB members were arrested but the case was withdrawn. | References | | PHIRI, Mbuyisela Nixon | 16 | A member of the ‘Gadaffi’ faction of the ANC-aligned Khutsong Youth Congress who died in police custody in Carletonville, Transvaal, on 16 January 1990. Police claim that he died after suffering an epileptic fit but his family denied he suffered from this condition. Witnesses detained with Mbuyisela claim he died after being severely beaten by named members of the SAP. | References | | PHIRI, Paulus Oupa | 36 | He disappeared in 1993 from Sebokeng, Tvl, and has not been seen since. Sebokeng was tense at the time due to ongoing clashes between IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers and ANC- supporting residents. | References | | PHIRI, Ramatsekane Elias | 19 | A COSAS and SAYCO member who was stabbed and beaten by a named member of the SAP in Botshabelo, near Bloemfontein, on 4 June 1990, allegedly because of his role in organising a bus boycott. | References | | PHIRI, Samson | | Was shot dead on 25 June 1993 in Katlehong, Tvl, during conflict between IFP and ANC supporters. | References | | PHIRI, Sephiri Mosoeunyana Petrus | 21 | An ANC supporter who was assaulted and detained by SAP members in Parys, OFS, in a general round up of UDF and ANC supporters in the area, during the 1986 state of emergency. | References | | PHIRI, Thomas | | A COSAS member who was recruited for military training by a Security Branch agent purporting to be an MK operative, and was killed in the Nietverdiend ambush near the Botswana border on 26 June 1986. Eight operatives from SADF Special Forces, Northern and Western Transvaal Security Branches were granted amnesty for the operation (AC/1999/0190; AC/1999/0192; AC/1999/0194; AC/1999/0031; AC/1999/0188; AC/1999/0030 and AC/1999/0197). | References | | PHIRI, William | 52 | Was severely injured at Orlando station, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 8 September 1993. See train violence. | References | | PHIRI, Wilson Mbuselo | 14 | An ANC supporter who died while in police custody in Khutsong, Tvl, on 17 February 1990. He had been arrested on suspicion of arson, and tortured with electric shocks. The official cause of death was stated to be an epileptic fit. It is alleged that police coerced his mother into signing a statement saying that he suffered from epilepsy. | References | | PHOFU, Florence | 46 | An Inkatha supporter who had her home at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, destroyed in an arson attack in intense conflict between Inkatha and ANC supporters in 1990. | References | | PHOKO, Makgabo Julia | 56 | She lost her home in an arson attack on 2 February 1980 at GaMatlala, Lebowa, allegedly by supporters of Chief BK Matlala, because she resisted Lebowa’s proposed independence from South Africa. | References | | PHOKOJE, Motsamai Andrew | 36 | Was detained at Batho police station in Bloemfontein in May 1980, after he had allegedly assisted police in moving a stone barricade while on his way home from the funeral of a political activist. He was charged and convicted with throwing stones at the police and was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in Bloemfontein prison. | References |
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