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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 B
| Name | Age | Description | | | BLAIR, Michael | | Was injured in what became known as the Magoo’s Bar Bombing in Durban on 14 June 1986. The explosion killed three women and injured at least seventy four other people. Seven MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/128). | References | | BLAKE, Michael | | Was injured when an explosive device was detonated at a CNA news agent in Pinetown, Natal, on 7 October 1988. One MK operative was granted amnesty (AC/2000/159). | References | | BLAKE, Stanko | | Was beaten to death while in police custody at Jamestown police station, Cape, in 1991. | References | | BLAYI, Welile Dindala | 30 | A PAC supporter who was charged with sabotage in 1963 and imprisoned for 15 years on Robben Island, Cape Town, for his Poqo activities. On his release he was banished to the Transkei. | References | | BLEKI, Mntwabukho Oswel | 34 | A member of the Ciskei Police who was shot dead in a drive-by shooting while he was on duty at the Potsdam police station in Mdantsane, Ciskei, on 12 April 1993. The attack on the police station occurred during political conflict following the assassination of the SACP leader, Chris Hani. | References | | BLESS, Mnyamezeli | | A corporal in the Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) who died after being stoned and burnt by a crowd of UDF and ANC supporters at the funeral of UDF leader, Victoria Mxenge, near King William ’s Town, Cape, on 11 August 1985. | References | | BLESS, Raymond Mthetheleli | 19 | An ANC supporter who was shot in the leg by members of the CDF in Bisho, Ciskei, on 7 September 1992 during an ANC protest march to demand free political activity in Ciskei. Thirty people were killed and two hundred people injured in the event which became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were refused amnesty for the shooting (AC/2000/122). | References | | BLOCK, John | | Was injured in a hand grenade explosion on 25 May 1993 in Kimberley, Cape, during an ANC protest march to the Bophuthatswana consulate. Two MK operatives threw a hand grenade at the building which bounced back into the crowd, killing one person and injuring forty one others. Two ANC members were wrongly convicted of the killing. Four MK operatives and ANC members, two of whom denied guilt, were refused amnesty (AC/2000/053 and AC/2000/241). | References | | BLOEM, Trevor | | Was detained by members of the Security Branch in Johannesburg, in 1975 and charged under the Terrorism Act. Mr Bloem was active in the BCM and assisted in the formation of the ‘Brotherhood ’, an organisation opposed to the state sponsored Coloured Representative Council. | References | | BLOEM, WJ | | 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 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 | | BLOM, Ernest | | An ANC supporter who was detained on 21 January 1981 and held without trial for eight months in King William’s Town, Cape. During his detention, he was tortured. | References | | BLOM, Mgcineni Jackson | 34 | An ANC supporter who was shot in the arm by members of the CDF in Bisho, Ciskei, on 7 September 1992 during an ANC protest march to demand free political activity in Ciskei. Thirty people were killed and two hundred people injured in the event which became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were refused amnesty for the shooting (AC/2000/122). | References | | BLOM, Sindiswa | 25 | Blom, whose husband was a member of the SAP, was injured when her home was attacked during protests in Cradock, Cape, on 1 January 1984. | References | | BLOSE, Bahlamukile Thembeni | 44 | Her house was burnt down by IFP supporters on 16 March 1994 at Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, in intense political conflict in the area. See Sonkombo arson attacks. | References | | BLOSE, Bangizwe | 73 | Had his house burnt down by IFP supporters on 16 March 1994 at Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, in intense political conflict in the area. See Sonkombo arson attacks. | References | | BLOSE, Bongi Jahephi | 29 | An ANC supporter who had her house burnt down by IFP supporters on 16 March 1994 at Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, in intense political conflict in the area. See Sonkombo arson attacks. | References | | BLOSE, Bukisisani | 38 | An ANC supporter who had his house burnt down by Inkatha supporters at Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, during March 1989, in intensifying political conflict in the area. | References | | BLOSE, Chrisostomus Thamsanqa | 30 | A member of the SAP, and a UDF supporter, who was killed by a fellow SAP member while at work in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg, on 21 April 1988. | References | | BLOSE, Florence Lethiwe | 29 | Had her house set alight by ANC supporters at Ntuzuma, near Durban, on 11 February 1990, in political conflict following the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. | References | | BLOSE, Funebona Anthony | 27 | Had his house destroyed in an arson attack during intense conflict between ANC and IFP supporters at Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban, in 1994. See Sonkombo arson attacks. | References |
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