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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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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 V
| Name | Age | Description | | | VIDIMA, Tolakele Flora | | Her house was burnt down by Inkatha supporters in Trust Feeds, New Hanover, near Pietermaritzburg, in December 1988. She was forced to flee the area. Before the attack, her son, a UDF supporter, had been abducted and killed by Inkatha supporters. | References | | VIEIRA, JJ | | Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South Africa. | References | | VIEIRA, JJ | | 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 | | VILAKAZI, (first name not given) | | An IFP member who suffered an attempt on his life and damage to his motor vehicle when he was attacked by members of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) in Tokoza, Transvaal. SDU members were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0243). See self-defence units (SDU). | References | | VILAKAZI, (first name not given) | | An IFP member who suffered an attempt on his life and damage to his motor vehicle, when he was attacked by members of an ANC self-defence unit (SDU) in Tokoza, Transvaal. SDU members were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0243). See self-defence units (SDU). | References | | VILAKAZI, Abraham | 26 | Was shot dead in the vehicle in which he and nine other young men were travelling. | References | | VILAKAZI, Abraham | 26 | Was shot dead when the vehicle in which he and nine other young men were travelling was ambushed at Diepdale, near Ermelo, Transvaal, on 30 September 1993. The youths were returning from a court appearance in connection with the killing of a local chief when they were attacked, allegedly by the chief’s son and other IFP supporters. Four of the ten were killed and three others injured. | References | | VILAKAZI, Agnes | 48 | Was assaulted and injured by IFP members because she refused to attend their meetings at the Bester Location rent office, Durban, in 1988. Her two daughters also sustained injuries in this incident, and her house was burnt down by IFP supporters while she was recovering in hospital. | References | | VILAKAZI, Bongani | | Was stabbed to death at Mpophomeni, KwaZulu, near Howick, Natal, on 20 November 1991, in ongoing conflict between IFP and ANC supporters in the area. His family home was attacked repeatedly between 1990 and 1991. | References | | VILAKAZI, Bonginkosi Isaac | 23 | An IFP supporter who was killed by IFP supporters on 20 June 1993 following the launch of an ANC branch at Woodford Stadium, near Bergville, Natal. Mr Vilakazi had allegedly attended the launch meeting. See Bergville attack. | References | | VILAKAZI, Bukani | 29 | A UDF supporter whose house in KwaDweshula, Port Shepstone, Natal, was burnt down by Inkatha supporters on 26 January 1988. | References | | VILAKAZI, Christina | | Her home was lost in an arson attack by alleged IFP supporters during political conflict at Empangeni, Natal, on 22 November 1992. The perpetrators, who also assaulted her during the attack, were allegedly looking for her grandson. | References | | VILAKAZI, Dali Merika | 70 | Her house was set alight in 1991 by a gang calling itself the ‘Amakati’. | References | | VILAKAZI, Dali Merika | 70 | She had her house set alight in 1991 by a gang calling itself the ‘Amakati’ in Mpophomeni, KwaZulu, near Howick, Natal, in ongoing conflict between ANC and IFP supporters. | References | | VILAKAZI, Dudu Elsie | 26 | An ANC supporter whose house was destroyed in an arson attack by IFP supporters at Kwadimayimane, near Pietermaritzburg, in May 1993. | References | | VILAKAZI, Dumisani Paulos | 22 | He went missing from his home in Katlehong, Transvaal, in March 1993. His body was discovered at Germiston mortuary in June 1993. According to the death certificate Mr Vilakazi died of unnatural causes on 12 June 1993. His death occurred during ongoing political conflict on the East Rand. | References | | VILAKAZI, Ernerstina | 47 | An Inkatha supporter whose house in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, was burnt down by UDF supporters in September 1987. She was forced to leave the area. | References | | VILAKAZI, Goli | 50 | A COSATU member who was hacked to death by Inkatha supporters in KwaNdengezi, Kwazulu, near Pinetown, Natal, on 30 December 1987. | References | | VILAKAZI, Jabulani Samuel | 26 | An MK operative who died in police custody in Sasolburg, Orange Free State (OFS), on 8 April 1994. It is alleged that he was shot in a staged suicide to prevent him from revealing information about Security Branch activities. Mr Vilakazi had reportedly been detained and tortured in 1992 in a failed attempt to make him an informer. | References | | VILAKAZI, Jafta | 23 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead in an attack by IFP supporters on the house of an MK operative in Sharpeville, Vereeniging, Transvaal, on 19 April 1992. Five people died in the attack and three women were raped. | References |
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