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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 C
| Name | Age | Description | | | CHOLO, Tlou Theophilus | 46 | An MK operative who was arrested in a Northern Transvaal Village in August 1972 and was subjected to severe and repeated torture and deprivation while under interrogation at the Security Branch’s head office in Pretoria. After six months in detention he was tried for terrorism in 1973 and was imprisoned for fifteen years on Robben Island. | References | | CHOMA, Sydney Sekwati | 21 | An ANC member who was detained and tortured in February 1977 in Sekhukhuneland, Lebowa, and in Groblersdal, Transvaal. In November 1979 he was found guilty of high treason in Pietermaritzburg and sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment on Robben Island. | References | | CHONCO, Balephi Erica | 50 | An ANC supporter who was shot and injured on 8 March 1993 when the bus in which she was travelling was ambushed by IFP supporters at Swayimane, Table Mountain, near Pietermaritzburg. See Table Mountain bus attacks. | References | | CHONCO, Boy | | He died after being shot in police custody in Umbumbulu, near Durban, on 12 June 1991. Three of Mr Chonco’s employees, all members of the Mkhize family, were also shot dead in police custody at the time, allegedly in an effort by the security forces to kill members of the prominent, ANC-supporting Bhengu and Mkhize families. | References | | CHONCO, Christine | | Was shot and wounded 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 injured. Ten ANC security guards were granted amnesty (AC/2000/142). | References | | CHONCO, Debra Thembeka | 24 | An IFP supporter who had her home and possessions burnt by ANC supporters at Richmond Farm, near KwaMashu, Durban, in August 1992. | References | | CHONCO, Hendrick | | A UDF supporter who was shot at by Inkatha supporters during political violence at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 30 August 1988. One perpetrator was granted amnesty (AC/1999/0332). | References | | CHONCO, Hendrieta Nokuthokoza | | A UDF supporter who was shot and injured by Inkatha supporters during political violence at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 30 August 1988. One perpetrator was granted amnesty (AC/1999/0332). | References | | CHONCO, Hilarius Budabuphangwa | 37 | An ANC supporter who died after being shot by IFP supporters in an ambush in Umbumbulu, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 5 August 1991. Mr Chonco had allegedly switched allegiance from the IFP to the ANC. | References | | CHONCO, Nhlanhla Zepried | 36 | Her home was burnt down by an unidentified group of mourners returning from a funeral near Eshowe, Natal, on 10 April 1994 during political conflict that took place in the run-up to the April 1994 elections. | References | | CHONCO, Sifiso | 26 | An ANC supporter who died after being shot on 10 December 1992 near Mooi River, Natal. Mr Chonco and six others, including three Chonco brothers, were allegedly targets of an IFP hit squad. | References | | CHONCO, Thembeni Beauty | 36 | An ANC supporter whose home at Ekuthuleni, Umlazi, Durban, was burnt down by IFP supporters on 2 February 1992. See Ekuthuleni attacks. | References | | CHONCO, Wiseman Sifiso | 19 | A UDF supporter who was shot and stabbed to death by named Inkatha supporters and the SAP in Greytown, Natal, on 13 July 1988. | References | | CHONGO, Siwakhile Paulos | | Was injured in a shooting on 10 December 1992 near Mooi River, Natal. Mr Chonco and six others, including three Chonco brothers, were allegedly targets of an IFP hit squad. | References | | CHRISTIANS, Andrew Saul | 17 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Elsies River, Cape Town, on 17 June 1980, during a stayaway held to commemorate the 1976 Soweto uprising. | References | | CHRISTIE, Daniel Johannes | | Was shot in the arm during the Silverton bank siege, Pretoria, when three MK members held him hostage during a raid on the bank on 25 January 1980. Five people, including the three MK operatives, were killed during a gunfight after police stormed the bank. Several others were injured. | References | | CHRISTIE, Magrietha Johanna | 26 | Was shot and injured during the Silverton bank siege, Pretoria, when three MK operatives held her hostage during a raid on the bank on 25 January 1980. Five people, including the three MK operatives, were killed during a gunfight after police stormed the bank. Several others were injured. | References | | CHUENE, Victor | | Was one of three people injured in a limpet mine explosion at the Tembisa police station barracks, Transvaal, on 10 October 1988. Two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/132). | References | | CHUMA, Douglas Ndumiso | 22 | An AZAPO supporter who was stabbed to death by an ANC supporter in Bekkersdal, Transvaal, on 28 February 1990 during conflict between AZAPO and the ANC in the area, arising out of historical tensions between AZAPO and the UDF. | References | | CHUMA, Nozimo Elsie | 54 | Chuma lost her house in an arson attack in Bekkersdal, Transvaal, in March 1990 during conflict between AZAPO and the ANC in the area, arising out of historical tensions between AZAPO and the UDF. | References |
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