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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 B
| Name | Age | Description | | | BALOYI, Maphantshi Joseph | 46 | Was severely beaten by members of the SAP in Machadodorp, Transvaal, on 4 August 1992. Police suspected Mr Baloyi of involvement in a stayaway. | References | | BALOYI, Mashavela Jackson | | Was stoned to death by ANC supporters and residents of Gandlanani village, Giyani, Gazankulu, on 24 February 1990. His brother was injured in the attack. The applicants testified that they believed that Mr Baloyi’s brother was an inyanga, a sorcerer, and that witchcraft was used to impede the struggle for liberation. Two ANC supporters were granted amnesty for the attack (AC/2001/073). | References | | BALOYI, Mashavela Jackson | | Was stoned to death by ANC supporters and residents of Gandlanani village, Giyani, Gazankulu, on 24 February 1990. His brother was injured in the attack. The applicants testified that they believed that Mr Baloyi’s brother was an inyanga, a sorcerer, and that witchcraft was used to impede the struggle for liberation. Two ANC supporters were granted amnesty for the attack (AC/2001/073). | References | | BALOYI, Mashilile Wilson | 72 | Had his house destroyed by IFP supporters during the Boipatong massacre in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, which left 45 people dead and 27 seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty; a further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209). | References | | BALOYI, Mashilile Wilson | 72 | He had his house destroyed by IFP supporters 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 | | BALOYI, Patrick | 22 | Was killed by members of the SAP in Nelspruit, Transvaal, on 14 July 1988. | References | | BALOYI, Resimate Daniel | | Was detained for two weeks in Lebowakgomo police station in Pietersburg, Transvaal, allegedly by members of the SADF in August 1992. | References | | BALOYI, Robert | | Was one of eighteen people injured in a limpet mine explosion at a bus stop near the Checkers shopping complex in Silverton, Transvaal, on 4 July 1986. Four MK operatives were granted amnesty for the attack (AC/1999/0257). | References | | BALOYI, Selina Makao | 58 | The mother of a political activist who was severely burnt when members of the SAP petrol-bombed her home in Pretoria, on 11 April 1986. | References | | BALOYI, Solly Solomon | | Was killed by SADF members in Temba, Bophuthatswana, on 11 March 1994. Political tension was high in the area in the run-up to the April 1994 elections. | References | | BALOYI, William Willy | 18 | Was assaulted by members of the SAP in Pretoria, on 19 March 1986 during school boycotts because he was accused of having killed a policeman in Soshanguve, Pretoria. | References | | BALOYI, Yuza Mack | | He sustained injuries when he was stoned and his property burnt down by ANC supporters and residents of Gandlanani village, Giyani, Gazankulu, on 24 February 1990. Mr Baloyi’s brother was killed in the attack. The applicants testified that they believed that Mr Baloyi was an inyanga, a sorcerer, and that witchcraft was used to impede the struggle for liberation. Two ANC supporters were granted amnesty (AC/2001/073). | References | | BAM, John Nkunku | 22 | An ANC member who was detained and severely beaten by members of the SAP at Sebokeng police station, Transvaal, in 1992. The community had set up self-defence units to protect themselves against the IFP and the SAP, who they perceived as colluding with the IFP. | References | | BAM, Mlungisi David | 15 | A COSAS member who was detained by members of the SAP in September 1986. He was held for six months at the Vereeniging police station in the Transvaal, interrogated and severely beaten. Mlungisi was detained again in 1992. | References | | BAM, Setsibe Pinaar | 20 | Was shot dead in Kanana, Orkney, Transvaal, on 20 November 1990 by a named perpetrator. | References | | BAM, Setsibe Pinaar | 20 | Was shot dead in Kanana, Orkney, Transvaal, on 20 November 1990 by a named perpetrator. | References | | BAM, Sipho Noshongqo | 22 | An MK member from Mdantsane, Ciskei who was shot dead by ANC security while undergoing military training in Angola in 1983. The Commission was unable to find out the exact circumstances that led to his being shot dead. | References | | BAMBELO, September Funani | 19 | A UDF supporter who was detained in Prieska, Cape, and severely tortured at the police station by named and other members of the SAP, on 19 May 1986. He was released from custody in December 1986. | References | | BAMBISO, Khayeni Derrick Mtro | 18 | A UDF supporter who was tortured by named members of the Municipal Police and the Cradock Security Police members while in custody at the BAAB municipal o ffices in Bedford, Cape, on 13 June 1986. He was charged and convicted with the attempted ‘necklacing’ of the girlfriends of Municipal Policemen and when the sentence was suspended, was detained under the emergency regulations. | References | | BAMBO, Adriano Louis | | An informer who was shot dead by Vlakplaas operatives near Nelspruit during November 1991, allegedly because it was feared that he would disclose sensitive information about covert operations of the Soweto Security Branch. Mr Bambo, a Mozambican citizen, and several others had been apprehended by the SAP in the early 1980s as they crossed illegally into South Africa, and had been induced to work first for Koevoet and later for the Soweto Security Branch. Three Vlakplaas operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/252). | References |
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