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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 T
| Name | Age | Description | | | THABETHE, Mduduzi Dennis | 41 | An ANC supporter who was stabbed and shot dead by named and other IFP supporters at his home in Umkomaas, near Durban, on 18 October 1992. | References | | THABETHE, Mzimela Absolom | | An IFP supporter who was shot dead by unidentified people in a bus in Pietermaritzburg on 7 May 1992, in ongoing conflict between ANC and IFP supporters. | References | | THABETHE, Mzwandile | | Was shot and injured by IFP supporters in Taylors Halt, KwaZulu, near Pietermaritz-burg, on 24 January 1991 in political conflict in the area. Two family members were killed in the attack | References | | THABETHE, Ncane Eunice | 17 | Was shot and injured by IFP supporters in Taylors Halt, KwaZulu, near Pietermaritzburg, on 24 January 1991 in political conflict in the area. Two family members were killed in the attack. | References | | THABETHE, Nothami | | Was shot and injured by IFP supporters in Taylors Halt, KwaZulu, near Pietermaritz-burg, on 24 January 1991 in political conflict in the area. Two family members were killed in the attack. | References | | THABETHE, Sthembile | 21 | An IFP supporter who was shot and injured by fellow IFP supporters who attacked her home in Esigodlweni, Estcourt, Natal, on 28 October 1990. The attackers were allegedly looking for her brothers, whom they believed to be ANC supporters. Ms Thabethe’s mother was also shot and injured in the attack. | References | | THABETHE, Thabisile | | Was stabbed and severely injured on 30 October 1993, when her employer’s house, in an IFP stronghold in Mevamhlophe, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal, was attacked by ANC supporters who accused them of storing IFP weapons. Her employer was killed in the attack, and two other people were stabbed and severely injured. | References | | THABETHE, Vivian Mjabuliswa | 23 | Was one of thirteen people killed in an attack by UDF and ANC supporters on Inkatha supporters in the Mahwaqa area, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 24 March 1990. Two UDF supporters were granted amnesty (AC/2000/041). | References | | THABETHE, Vusi Dick | 44 | An ANC supporter who had his home in Folweni, KwaZulu, near Umlazi, Durban, destroyed by IFP supporters on 26 July 1992. See Folweni massacre. | References | | THABETHE, Zikhono | | Was shot and injured by IFP supporters in Pietermaritzburg on 24 January 1991 in ongoing political conflict. | References | | THABO, Mack | | Was shot and injured by a member of NUMSA during a strike at the Haggie Rand factory in Tembisa, Johannesburg, on 22 February 1990. Amnesty was granted to one NUMSA member (AC/1999/0296). | References | | THABO, Veto | 23 | An ANC supporter who was shot in the back and severely injured by members of the SAP when he and his friends were returning from a party in Walmer, Port Elizabeth, in May 1986, during a state of emergency. See police brutality. | References | | THABULEKA, Peter | | Was abducted, interrogated and tortured by Security Branch operatives in Pretoria during June 1988. His abductors, who suspected him of being an MK operative, used the ‘tubing’ method of torture (suffocation using a rubber tube). An askari was granted amnesty (AC/2000/229). | References | | THAFENI, March | | A UDF supporter who was severely beaten by members of the Railway Police in Noupoort, Cape, in July 1985. He was accused of instigating people to join UDF and keeping petrol and tyres used in ‘necklacing’ people in his garage. | References | | THAFENI, Zwelinzima Joseph | | Was shot by IFP supporters in Sebokeng, Tvl, on 4 September 1990 when IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers attacked ANC-aligned residents who had trapped the hostel-dwellers in Hostel No 3. The SAP and SADF were summoned and shots were fired at the residents by IFP supporters inside the hostel and security forces outside. A total of 42 people were killed, four by security forces. | References | | THAGE, Joseph Masale | | Was abducted from his home in Siyabuswa, KwaNdebele, and tortured by Imbokodo vigilantes on 1 January 1986. At Siyabuswa community hall, he and others were put in a room where the floor had been deliberately soaped to make it slippery. Mr Thage and others 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 | | THAHETSI, Moeketsi Walter | 17 | An ANC supporter who died hours after being first stabbed by members of the Diboka Gang and then shot by SAP members in Masilo, Theunissen, OFS, on 21 May 1990. The Diboka Gang was a vigilante group supported by the police and opposed to the UDF and ANC. | References | | THAISI, Matamo William | 19 | Was severely beaten by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Thaba Nchu, Bophuthatswana, in 1990. He was accused of being a student activist. | References | | THAISI, Moramang David | 57 | A councilor and a member of the Dikwankwetla National Party (DNP) who was seriously injured when he was stabbed, beaten and burnt by ANC supporters in Botshabelo, near Bloemfontein, on 29 January 1990. DNP members were frequently attacked at this time, allegedly because of the party’s support for the QwaQwa homeland government. | References | | THAISI, Tello Maria | 51 | A supporter of the Dikwankwetla National Party (DNP) who lost her home in an arson attack and was burnt when petrol was thrown at her and she was set alight by ANC supporters in Botshabelo, near Bloemfontein, on 29 January 1990. DNP members were frequently attacked at this time, allegedly because of the party’s support for the QwaQwa homeland government. | References |
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