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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.

TRC Victims - Letter B

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NameAgeDescription
BOESAK, AllanA church leader and a patron of the UDF who was harassed by the Witwatersrand Security Branch between 1982 and 1986. Two Witwatersrand Security Branch operatives were granted amnesty for this harassment, while another Security Branch operative based at Security Branch Headquarters was granted amnesty for the abusive humiliation of Dr Boesak during his detention in 1985 (AC/2001/0184 and AC/1999/0029).References
BOGACU, Steven Modisaotsile41An MK operative who was shot dead by named SAP members outside Ficksburg, Orange Free State, on 24 May 1988. Accompanied by a self-confessed police informer, Bogacu was lured into an ambush by police shortly after crossing the Lesotho border into South Africa.References
BOHLAKO, Puleng EmmaWas injured and had her property damaged during the Boipatong massacre in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty; a further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209).References
BOHOLO, Malefetsane William 33Was assaulted and arrested in Vosloorus, Transvaal, on 16 June 1976. Mr Boholo was charged with public violence for the burning of a bottle store and sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment. He was released after serving fourteen years and twelve days. See Soweto uprising. References
BOIKANYO, Joseph33As the Chair of the Madibogpan ANC, Boikanyo was detained and assaulted by named members of the Bophuthatswana Police after an arson attack on his home in Mafikeng, Bophuthatswana, on 21 January 1994.References
BOIKANYO, Kedineetse Memory25An ANC supporter who was shot and injured when police opened fire on protesters returning from an ANC-organised march in Ditlhake, Koffiefontein, Orange Free State, in April 1990.References
BOIKHUTSO, Thokozile49Was detained for a month in 1990 in Mabopane, Bophuthatswana, for allegedly forming an ANC branch in the area. This detention followed several other detentions and beatings, as well as police harassment over a period of twenty years. Ms Boikhutso was targeted because her husband Festus Boikhutso was an ANC member killed in combat in Zimbabwe in 1968.References
BOILANE, Bangiso Petros25An ANC member from Botshabelo near Bloemfontein who was held in custody by the ANC, first in Tanzania in June 1985, and later in Zambia and Angola. In Angola he was first held at the Viana transit camp and then at Quibaxe. While in custody he was subjected to torture over a prolonged period.References
BOINAMO, Gaolathle George36Was arrested in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, on 1 June 1983 and again in Mafikeng, Bophuthatswana, on 15 January 1984, and severely tortured by members of the Security Branch because of his opposition to the Mangope regime.References
BOJOSI, Grace2Bojosi was suffocated when a teargas canister was thrown into her home in Kuruman, Cape, during December 1991 by named members of the Bophuthatswana Police. The incident occurred when police fired teargas and rubber bullets at a crowd singing revolutionary songs in a stadium.References
BOJOSI, Tshepo1Was severely affected, became ill and later died after members of the Bophuthatswana Police fired teargas at a group of soccer spectators who were singing revolutionary songs at Tsineng Village, near Kuruman, Cape, in December 1991. Bojosi's sister Grace, aged two, also died in the same manner.References
BOKABA, Lucas ShemaneWas killed when a bomb planted by AWB members exploded at a taxi rank on the corner of Odendaal and Victoria Streets in Germiston, Transvaal, on 25 April 1994. Ten people were killed and nine were injured in the blast. Four perpetrators were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0342). See right-wing attacks.References
BOKABA, Solomon Monko27A student leader who was severely beaten by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, on 7 May 1993 at a protest against the Mangope government at the University of Botswana.References
BOKHALE, Buti Herbert23Was shot in the hand while attending a stokvel (informal savings syndicate) on 25 July 1993 in Daveyton, Transvaal. On the same day, several people were killed or injured during conflict between IFP and ANC supporters in the township.References
BOKHATSI, Lhlohonolo Edward18An ANC supporter who was tortured by members of the SAP while in detention in QwaQwa, on 3 December 1990. The police alleged he had been involved in an arson attack on the home of an SAP member.References
BOLELWANG, Solly Saul NukukiWas shot dead in Tembisa, Transvaal, on 26 December 1990.References
BOLOFO, Michael Ntjanyana18Was shot and injured by a member of the SADF in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on 14 June 1986 soon after a national state of emergency had been declared.References
BOLOKA, Matome PhilemonWas severely beaten by members of the SAP in Pietersburg, Transvaal, on 10 October 1986. Mr Boloka was attending a community meeting to voice dissatisfaction with the local chief, when members of the SAP attacked those at the meeting.References
BOLOSHA, Tembela RowenaA UDF supporter and executive member of the National Education Union of South Africa who was tortured by Security Branch operatives in Bloemfontein, in August 1986, and had her house at Kasinong, Orange Free State (OFS), petrol-bombed on 3 February 1987. An OFS Security Branch operative was granted amnesty for his role in the petrol-bombing (AC/1999/0025).References
BOLOTSHWA, Mcekiswa 62He had his house destroyed in an arson attack at Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, in March 1993, in intensifying political conflict between the ‘Red’ and ‘Green’ factions. References
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