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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 Z
| Name | Age | Description | | | ZINGXONDO, Ntombizanele Elsie | 19 | Was detained on 17 June 1986 in Knysna, Cape. She was repeatedly interrogated and severely tortured by named members of the SAP. Her torture included the use of electric shocks and having her breasts crushed in a desk drawer. She was held under emergency regulations for one year. See police brutality. | References | | ZINYOSINI, Mnyenjelwa | | Was severely beaten by members of the SAP in 1960 in Bizana, Transkei, during the Pondoland revolt. See Pondoland revolt. | References | | ZIQUBU, Bheki Edward | 25 | A NUSAS member who lost his home when it was burnt down in an arson attack in Tokoza, Transvaal, in 1990. | References | | ZIQUBU, Danki Harriet | 54 | An Inkatha supporter whose house was burnt down in Madadeni, KwaZulu, near Newcastle, Natal, during a school boycott in 1985. Her relative, who was a teacher, had continued teaching when Inkatha youth left the classroom, and was therefore labelled a UDF supporter. Ms Ziqubu was therefore also mistakenly assumed to be a UDF sympathiser. | References | | ZIQUBU, Emmanuel | | An IFP supporter who was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Tokoza, Transvaal, on 13 June 1993, allegedly carried out by ANC supporters. | References | | ZIQUBU, Ethel Thokozile | 24 | An ANC supporter who survived being shot and stabbed by named IFP supporters during an arson attack on her home in Bruntville, near Mooi River, Natal, on 3 December 1993. Four people died in the attack. | References | | ZIQUBU, Fikile | | Was stabbed and injured by Inkatha supporters who attacked her home at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban in June 1988, during intense political conflict in the area. This incident followed an attack on Fikile’s brother, and his subsequent disappearance. | References | | ZIQUBU, Isaac Mjele | | An Inkatha-aligned Qonda self-protection unit member who was shot dead by members of an Inkatha faction within Qonda at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 18 October 1989. Mr Ziqubu was allegedly targeted because he had been seen taking injured UDF supporters to hospital. See self-protection units (SPU). | References | | ZIQUBU, Martha | 58 | Her house in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, was burnt down by Inkatha supporters in June 1988 during intensifying conflict between IFP and ANC supporters. The Ziqubu family appeared to have been specifically targeted, as this incident was one in a series of attacks on the family. | References | | ZIQUBU, Nonhlanhla Linah | 41 | Her house was burnt down by IFP supporters in Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 4 January 1994 in continuing conflict between ANC and IFP supporters in the area. | References | | ZIQUBU, Phetheni Catherine | 50 | An ANC supporter who had her house burnt down by Inkatha supporters in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban on 18 October 1989. Ms Ziqubu’s husband was killed that same day, allegedly because he had been seen transporting UDF supporters to hospital. About 1000 homes were badly damaged or destroyed in political violence in Mpumalanga during 1989, leaving many dead and thousands homeless. | References | | ZIQUBU, Simphiwe Bhekani | | Was shot dead when ANC security guards from the ANC headquarters at Shell House, Johannesburg, opened fire on a crowd of IFP marchers, on 28 March 1994. At least nine marchers were killed and around one hundred were injured. Ten ANC security guards were granted amnesty (AC/2000/142). | References | | ZIQUBU, Thembela | 6 | Was stabbed to death by named IFP supporters during an attack on the family home in Bruntville, near Mooi River, Natal, on 3 December 1993. Three others also died in the attack, which formed part of political conflict in the area. | References | | ZIQUBU, Violet | | Was stabbed to death by named IFP supporters in an attack on her home in Bruntville, near Mooi River, Natal, on 3 December 1993. Four people died in the attack, which formed part of political conflict in the area. | References | | ZITA, Alfred | | Was one of eleven people killed by Special Constables who attacked an all-night prayer vigil at Trust Feeds, New Hanover, Pietermaritzburg, on 3 December 1988. The station commander at New Hanover police station, who also chaired the local JMC, was granted amnesty for the attack (AC/1996/0011). See Trust Feeds massacre. | References | | ZITHA, Bafana Naphtal | 18 | Was detained, beaten and tortured by members of the SAP in Tembisa, Transvaal, in 1984. | References | | ZITHA, Buyelem Florence | 34 | An ANC supporter whose house in Nkwezela, Bulwer, Natal, was burnt down by IFP supporters on 30 May 1993, allegedly because she helped her ANC-supporting relatives who were hiding in the area, and gave them food. | References | | ZITHA, Fani Johannes | 42 | His house was burnt down at Enseleni, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal, on 18 July 1990 in intense conflict between IFP and ANC supporters in the area. | References | | ZITHA, John Dayson | | Was killed when members of the Orde Boerevolk opened fire with automatic weapons on a passenger bus in Durban on 9 October 1990. Seven people were killed and twenty seven injured in the attack. Amnesty was granted to two of the three applicants and refused to the leader of the unit (AC/1997/0053). See Putco bus attack. | References | | ZITHA, Jujwa Alfred | 68 | His house was burnt down by ANC supporters, one of whom is named, in Nelspruit, Transvaal, in June 1986. He was accused of practising witchcraft. | References |
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