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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 B
| Name | Age | Description | | | BARNARD, Frederick Jakobus | | Was injured when members of MK’s Special Operations Unit detonated an explosive in a car outside the SADF Witwatersrand Command headquarters in Johannesburg, on 30 July 1987. At least sixty eight people were injured. Three MK operatives and one UDF supporter, linked to MK, were granted amnesty for their various roles in this attack (AC/2001/0003 and AC/2000/248). See Church Street Bombing, Pretoria. | References | | BARNES, CE | | A sergeant in the SADF who was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) head-quarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty one people were killed and two hundred and seventeen 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 | | BARNES, Leslie Alfred | 34 | Was seriously injured in a limpet mine attack by APLA members at the Buffalo Springs Spur restaurant in Queenstown, Cape, on 3 December 1992. See APLA attacks. | References | | BARON, Roseline | 13 | Was shot and injured by named members of the SAP in Bellville, Cape Town, on 29 August 1985. The policemen hid in a garden and then leapt out, shooting indiscriminately at both protesters and bystanders. One person was killed and two seriously injured in the shooting. | References | | BARROW, Bradley | 17 | A UDF supporter and member of the BMW, was detained for three weeks in Pollsmoor prison, Cape Town. While under interrogation, he was beaten by a named member of a special police Unrest Investigation Unit. Numerous public violence charges against the perpetrator were later withdrawn. | References | | BARRY, Brendon | | A NUSAS official, was harassed and had his jaw broken when he tried to prevent Witwatersrand Security Branch operatives from disrupting a political gathering in 1985. One Security Branch operative was granted amnesty (AC/2001/0184). | References | | BARTLETT, Mogamat Nurudien | 21 | He lost an eye, three fingers and sustained severe burns in a limpet mine explosion outside the Bonteheuwel rent office, Cape Town, on 28 September 1988, when he picked up a milk carton containing a mine, positioned there by members of MK’s Ashley Kriel Detachment. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/048). | References | | BARTON, James Allan Petros | 31 | Was injured and permanently disabled after a bomb exploded near a taxi rank in Pretoria on 11 August 1990. Onlookers assaulted him with bottles and fruit in the mistaken belief that he had planted the bomb. | References | | BAS, Samuel | | Was arrested with ten other friends in Carnarvon, Cape, on 16 June 1986, for wearing black ties commemorating those who died in the Soweto uprising. He was repeatedly beaten by named members of the SAP at the police station and detained for 72 days under emergency regulations at Carnarvon and then at Victor Verster prison, Paarl, Cape. See police brutality. | References | | BASA, Mhlangabezi | 32 | Was severely beaten, allegedly by SADF members, at an army base in Tokoza, Transvaal, on 21 September 1992. Mr Basa was reportedly detained after members of the SADF searched his car but failed to find weapons. | References | | BASE, Petros Charlie | | An ANC supporter who was stabbed to death by named IFP supporters, in Ndaleni, Richmond, Natal, on 23 June 1991. Two others were killed in the attack. The perpetrators were found guilty in a court of law. | References | | BASE, Shoni | 80 | An ANC supporter who had his home near Richmond, Natal, burnt down by IFP supporters on 12 April 1994 in political conflict during the run-up to the April 1994 elections. | References | | BASE, Vanish | 49 | An ANC supporter who had her home at Gengeshe, Richmond, Natal, burnt down by IFP supporters on 4 April 1992. | References | | BASHE, Monwabisi Livingstone | 32 | Was disabled in September 1979 after being beaten by members of the SAP during his detention at Hillbrow police station, Johannesburg. Mr Bashe was detained for three months. | References | | BASHE, Mzikayise | 19 | Was shot dead by members of the Ciskei Police at a night vigil for a fellow student in Mdantsane, Ciskei, in September, 1985. Two others were killed in the attack. | References | | BASI, Charlie | | An ANC supporter who was killed when IFP supporters and Caprivi trainees carried out attacks on ANC supporters in Richmond, Natal, between 21 and 23 June 1991. One perpetrator was granted amnesty (AC/1999/217). See Richmond attacks. | References | | BASI, Khanyisile | | An ANC supporter who was shot dead in Umlazi, Durban, on 7 September 1992, when a crowd of IFP supporters from Unit 17 attacked residents in the adjacent Uganda settlement. | References | | BASI, Mdedelwa | | An IFP supporter who was shot dead by other IFP supporters on 16 November 1990 at Wembezi, KwaZulu, near Estcourt, Natal, because he was thought to be an informer for the ANC. | References | | BASI, Michael Mandlenkosi | 23 | An ANC supporter who was shot in the leg by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in front of his house in Vergenoeg, Upington, Cape, on 27 May 1993. Mr Basi had just returned from an ANC meeting. | References | | BASI, Mkhanyiselwa | | An IFP supporter who disappeared from Gengeshe, Richmond, Natal, during ongoing conflict between ANC and IFP supporters in April 1992. | References |
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