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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 | | | POYO, Sicelo Commando | 19 | A UDF supporter who was shot in the head with pellets by members of the SAP in Burgersdorp, Cape, in August 1985. Mr Poyo was reportedly tortured in detention in March 1986. | References | | PRAM, Bongiwe Cynthia | 13 | Was shot in the leg by members of the SAP in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape in 1986. In April 1990 she was reportedly tortured in detention in Port Elizabeth while waiting for her family to raise bail. | References | | PRAM, Fezekile Melton | 23 | Was tortured in detention by members of the SAP on 20 May 1985 in Despatch, Cape. | References | | PRETORIUS, (first name not given) | | Was robbed of his vehicle by members of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) in Nigel, Transvaal, on 23 December 1991. One SDU member was granted amnesty (AC/1999/231). See self-defence units (SDU). | References | | PRETORIUS, HF | | 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 217 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 | | PRETORIUS, JEA | | 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 217 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 | | PRETORIUS, JH | | A brigadier in the SADF who was injured on 10 March 1989 when an MK operative detonated an explosive device planted at the SADF’s Natal Command headquarters in Durban. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2000/153). | References | | PRETORIUS, Johannes Didrick | | A farmer who was shot and injured on 15 February 1990, when a group of UDF supporters attacked his farm, Spes Bona, in Stutterheim, Cape. Five UDF supporters were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0277). | References | | PRETORIUS, Leonie | | A civilian who was killed in an attack by APLA operatives on her family’s farm, ‘Danside’, in Ficksburg, OFS, on 19 December 1992. Two perpetrators were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0182). See APLA attacks. | References | | PRETORIUS, Louis Jacobus | 21 | 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 217 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 | | PRETORIUS, Machiel Andries Stephanus | | A member of the SAP who was shot and injured when his SAP tracking unit ambushed an MK unit of seven members, in Ellisras, Transvaal, on 8 August 1988. One SAP member was killed and three others were injured in the confrontation. An MK operative was also killed. One MK operative was granted amnesty for this incident (AC/2000/081). | References | | PRETORIUS, Susanna | 44 | Was stabbed in the eye at Mohlakeng, Randfontein, Transvaal, in May 1993. Ms Pretorius and her husband were attacked by a group of youths who smashed the car windows during political conflict in the area. | References | | PRINGANE, Gladys | | An ANC supporter who lost her house, household possessions and a car, in an arson attack by migrant workers from the hostels in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 26 December 1976, during political conflict between Nyanga residents and hostel-dwellers over the Christmas 1976 period. | References | | PRINGANE, Mthozamo Theophilus | 23 | Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Nyanga, Cape Town, in May 1986, during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps by Witdoeke vigilantes, acting with the tacit approval and aid of the security forces. | References | | PRINS, Andre Peter | 17 | Was arrested on 16 June 1986 in Vredenburg, Cape, and accused of a petrol bomb attack at a primary school. In detention he was assaulted by members of the SAP and charged with being in possession of dangerous explosives. | References | | PRINSLOO, (first name not given) | | Was injured when members of MK’s ‘Dolphin Unit’ detonated an explosive in a car near the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s court and the adjacent police station, Transvaal, on 16 March 1988. Three people were killed and more than 20 were injured in the blast. Two MK operative were granted amnesty (AC/2001/003). | References | | PRINSLOO, Anna Christina Frederika | 42 | Was injured when two MK operatives detonated a bomb in a shopping centre in Amanzimtoti, near Durban, on 23 December 1982 in retaliation for a South African Special Forces attack on ANC members in Lesotho two weeks earlier, in which 42 people had been killed. The explosion killed five people and injured 61, including Ms Prinsloo’s eight-year-old daughter. One of the operatives was sentenced to death and later hanged. | References | | PRINSLOO, Anna Marina | | She suffered injuries when a limpet mine, placed in a pot plant, was detonated near the Juicy Lucy restaurant on the corner of Andries and Vermeulen Streets, Pretoria, on 26 May 1988. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2000/199). | References | | PRINSLOO, Ansie | | Was injured when two MK operatives detonated a bomb in a shopping centre in Amanzimtoti, near Durban, on 23 December 1982 in retaliation for a South African Special Forces attack on ANC members in Lesotho two weeks earlier, in which 42 people had been killed. The explosion killed five people and injured 61, includign Ansie’s mother. One of the operatives was sentenced to death and later hanged. | References | | PRINSLOO, L | | 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 217 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 |
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