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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 R
| Name | Age | Description | | | RAGAVEN, Chengiah Rogers | 27 | An ANC supporter who was repeatedly detained under the Suppression of Communism Act, harassed, and placed under restriction orders in Durban between 1960 and 1967. | References | | RAGOO, Ramola Devi Meena | 35 | Was severely beaten with batons and sjamboks by members of the SAP in August 1984 in Lenasia, Johannesburg, during a protest against the tricameral parliamentary system. | References | | RAGOPHALA, Motloga Andries | 25 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP on 4 May 1985 in KwaThema, Transvaal, following widespread unrest throughout the East Rand. | References | | RAIKANA, George | 24 | Was severely kicked and punched at Tlhabane police station, Bophuthatswana, by named members of the SAP in 1976 during political conflict. In 1992 he was severely beaten by members of the Bophuthatswana Police as a result of which he lost his teeth, developed speech problems and experiences loss of memory. | References | | RAISA, Nontembiso Lucy | | Was shot and injured by members of the SAP during a period of widespread protest in Colesberg, Cape, on 23 July 1985. She was then held for over five months facing charges that were eventually dropped. | References | | RAJBANSI, Amichand | | He had his house in Durban damaged in a limpet mine explosion on 4 August 1985. He was a Minister in the House of Delegates in the Tricameral Parliament at the time. Six MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/152). | References | | RAJOO, Sonny Jaffernath | 53 | A member of the Transvaal Indian Congress who was beaten, tear-gassed and sjambokked by members of the SAP in September 1984 in Lenasia near Johannesburg during protests against the tricameral parliament. | References | | RAKATE, Israel Kabelo | 30 | Was severely beaten and left for dead in Lehurutshe, Bophuthatswana, on 8 February 1993. Mr Rakate, a school principal, was accused of being a member of the Bophuthatswana Democratic Party by a mob of students. | References | | RAKHETSI, John Khawanyana | 10 | Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in 1984 in Bophelong, Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, because he attended a student meeting about political violence in the area. | References | | RAKHETSI, Mamathakase Motswepi Belina | | Suffered severe ill-treatment and damage to property during the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, 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 | | RAKITLA, Mtheriza Aaron | 44 | He had his home burnt down on 20 November 1992 in Ratanda, near Heidelberg, Transvaal. A labour dispute between striking COSATU-aligned FAWU workers and non-striking IFP-aligned UWUSA workers caused violent conflict in this area from July to December 1992. | References | | RAKOBO, Thabiso Isaac | | Was in a unit of five MK operatives active in the Eastern Cape when he was caught in a police roadblock near Elliot, in August 1981, and shot dead. Three others were killed in the ambush and a survivor was arrested. The bodies were secretly buried on a farm near Aliwal North, Cape, and exhumed by the Commission in 1997. | References | | RAKOMANE, Daniel Mosete | 28 | A UDF supporter who was tortured by named members of the SAP on 8 June 1986 at Dwaalboom, Transvaal. Police were reportedly trying to persuade him to become an informer. | References | | RAKOSA, Solomon Kgopi | | A COSAS member who was killed in a parcel bomb explosion on 1 November 1989 in Duduza, Nigel, Transvaall. Solomon was given a parcel that exploded in his hands. The perpetrator is named. | References | | RAKUDA, David | | Was beaten to death by his employer in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, on 13 September 1990 after Mr Rakuda objected to his employer making racist remarks. | References | | RAKWENA, Masilo Ephraim | 39 | Was assaulted and detained by members of the SAP in Letlhabile, near Brits, Transvaal, in September 1992 at a protest march against the presence of askaris in the area who were killing activists and raping women. | References | | RALANA, Merryman Anele | 20 | A student activist and East London Youth Organisation member who was tortured while in detention by named members of the SAP at Cambridge police station, East London, in June 1986, during the state of emergency. He was transferred to Fort Glamorgan prison, but was regularly taken to Cambridge police station for interrogation. After 180 days, Mr Ralana and others were redetained and held until June 1987. See police brutality. | References | | RALANE, Nomphelo Getrude | 16 | Was shot in the stomach with pellets by a named member of the SAP during political conflict in Steynsburg, Cape, on 22 July 1990. | References | | RALEBESE, Mpuse | 22 | A member of the Eagles Club who was severely beaten when ANC supporters attacked him and five other ‘Eagles Club’ members in Qhoweng, Reddersburg, OFS, in 1989, allegedly because of their involvement with the club. | References | | RALEBITSO, Anthony Samuel | 60 | A Lesotho government minister who survived a bomb attack on his home in Borogoaneng, Lesotho, in 1980. Well known as an ANC sympathiser, Mr Ralebitso is believed to have been attacked either by the South African security forces or by LLA members acting at their behest. His daughter was killed by South African Special Forces in a cross-border raid on Maseru in December 1982. | References |
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