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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 S
| Name | Age | Description | | | SENOKOANE, Gadio Elias | | Was shot dead in Sebokeng, Tvl, on 15 June 1992 during conflict between ANC-supporting residents and IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers. | References | | SENOKOANE, Kebogiloe Joyce Mapule | 32 | A member of the SAP who had her house at Tumahole, Parys, OFS, set alight three times in attacks by members of the ANCYL, on 28 July 1990, 10 January 1991 and 24 April 1993, allegedly because she was regarded as an enemy of the ‘comrades’. The house was destroyed in the third attack. | References | | SENOKOANE, Kharametsa Jacob | | A COSAS member who was detained several times in 1985 at Tumahole, Parys, OFS. While in detention he was severely beaten by members of the SAP. One of a group of students involved in protests, he was charged under Section 29 of the Security Act. | References | | SENOKOANE, Mpho Tsietsi Jacob | 38 | Was shot dead in Evaton, Tvl, on 15 June 1992 when IFP supporters, some of whom are named, opened fire on a taxi he was travelling in between Sasolburg and Evaton. Evaton was tense after clashes between IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers and ANC-supporting residents. | References | | SENOKOANE, Sefularo Walter | 8 | He lost his family home in Tumahole, Parys, OFS, when it was burnt down by alleged ANC supporters on 24 April 1993. The family was targeted because his parents were members of the SAP. | References | | SENOTSI, Daniel | 25 | Was shot in the buttocks by members of the SADF on 9 September 1986 in Rockville, Soweto, Johannesburg, during the state of emergency | References | | SENTENTE, Francis | 19 | A prominent COSAS member who was tortured by a named SAP member and a councillor after he was arrested in KwaThema, Tvl, on 20 June 1985. Mr Setente received a prison sentence after being found guilty of arson. | References | | SENTOEDI, Elias Oupa | | Was severely beaten and tortured by members of the SAP in June 1986 at Maboloka, Bophuthatswana. Mr Sentoedi was a member of the SACC and was arrested because of a crackdown on activists during school boycotts. | References | | SENYANE, Lydia | 47 | Was stabbed to death by IFP supporters on 11 September 1990 in Katlehong, Tvl, following numerous clashes between IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers and ANC-supporting residents in the area. | References | | SEOKAMO, Thankie | | A citizen of Botswana who was shot dead in an attack by SADF Special Forces operatives on a house in Phiring, near Gaborone, Botswana on 28 March 1988. A senior MK commander and two other Batswana women died in the raid. After being shot, the victims were doused with petrol and set alight. The head of C-Section at Security Branch headquarters and other Security Branch members were refused amnesty for arranging a bogus arms cache to be ‘discovered’ as a pretext for the raid. (AC/2000/228) | References | | SEOKOLO, Serai Israel | | Was shot dead on 4 March 1986 at his home in Kanana, Orkney, Tvl. | References | | SEOKOLO, Thabang | 3 | Died as a result of a teargas canister thrown by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Kuruman, Cape, in February 1992 during a funeral service for a ‘comrade’. | References | | SEOKOLO, Thatayaone | 2 | Died as a result of a teargas canister thrown by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Kuruman, Cape, in February 1992 during a funeral service for a ‘comrade’. | References | | SEOLWANE, Rosina Mokgadi | 36 | She had her house burnt down by IFP supporters in Kagiso, Tvl, in August 1990 during conflict between IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers and ANC-supporting Kagiso residents. | References | | SEOPA, Elizabeth Chuene | 26 | She had her home burnt down on 2 February 1980 in GaMatlala, Lebowa, allegedly by supporters of Chief BK Matlala, because she resisted Lebowa’s proposed independence from South Africa. | References | | SEOPA, Mamoloko Jacob | 54 | An ANC supporter who was severely beaten by named members of the Lebowa Police in GaMatlala, Lebowa, on 26 December 1979 because he resisted Chief Matlala’s rule and an independent Lebowa. Mr Seopa’s home was reportedly burnt down the following year and he was assaulted again. | References | | SEOPA, Maphuti Abner | | He lost his home in an arson attack on 2 February 1980 at GaMatlala, Lebowa, allegedly by supporters of Chief BK Matlala, because Mr Seopa resisted Lebowa’s proposed independence from South Africa. | References | | SEOPA, Ramakone Machuene | 45 | She had her home burnt down on 2 February 1980 in GaMatlala, Lebowa, by alleged supporters of Chief BK Matlala because she resisted Lebowa’s proposed independence from South Africa. | References | | SEOPELE, Daniel Sebile | 48 | Was severely beaten by Imbokodo vigilantes on 1 January 1986 in Moutse, KwaNdebele. At Siyabuswa community hall Mr Nkadimeng and others were put in a room where the floor had been deliberately soaped to make it slippery and were then sjambokked and beaten where they fell. Between 200 and 360 individuals were abducted and assaulted for about 36 hours. The attacks, led by named KwaNdebele government officials, were designed to suppress resistance to incorporation into KwaNdebele. | References | | SEOTHAENG, Kagiso Joseph | 55 | Was subjected to electricc shock torture by members of the Bophutha-tswana Police while in detention on 25 September 1991 in Taung, Bophuthatswana. His arrest occurred during political conflict between the Bophuthatswana government and Chief Mankuroane. | References |
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