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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 D
| Name | Age | Description | | | DIOKA, Keodirileng | 25 | A UDF supporter who was repeatedly tortured during interrogations by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Thaba Nchu, Bophuthatswana, in 1986. | References | | DIPHOKO, Samba Joy | | Survived when shots were fired into the home of the Ntsime family at Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, during an attempted coup détat on 10 February 1988. Two Bophuthatswana Defence Force members were granted amnesty for their role in the attempted coup (AC/2000/044). | References | | DIPHOKO, Zayedwa | 41 | Diphoko died after being shot, allegedly by IFP supporters, in Katlehong, Transvaal, on 6 July 1993, while on his way to work. | References | | DIPICO, Sephiri Ignatius | 21 | A member of the Ikageng Civic Association who was arrested and assaulted by named members of the SAP in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, in May and June 1986. Mr Dipico had helped form a street committee and participated in the occupation of empty land. | References | | DIPPENAAR, Francois | | A member of the SAP who was shot at during an exchange of fire with an ANC member whom the police had come to arrest on 25 March 1993, in northern KwaZulu. The perpetrator was granted amnesty for the incident (AC/1999/0341). | References | | DIRANE, Jacob | | An ANC supporter who was shot dead by members of the SAP in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 5 November 1986 during the state of emergency. | References | | DIREKO, Lettie Maboleta | 62 | Was shot with a rubber bullet by members of the Bophuthatswana Police at GaRankuwa, Bophuthatswana, during a peaceful march by the community to deliver a memorandum to the magistrate on 7 March 1990. | References | | DISCO | | An unidentified askari who was stabbed to death by MK operatives who were attempting to escape from the covert Security Branch farm, Vlakplaas, Transvaal, over New Year in 1981. Two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/1999/215). | References | | DISEKO, George | 17 | An ANC supporter who was stabbed to death with a panga by named perpetrators in Khutsong, Carletonville, Transvaal, in November 1993 during conflict between COSAS and a newly-elected ANC branch committee in the area. | References | | DISEKO, Seipati Welheminah | 29 | Diseko lost her shack when it was burnt down by members of the SACP-supporting Shenxe vigilante group during violent political conflict in Khutsong, Carletonville, Transvaal, on 25 May 1993. | References | | DISEMBA, Totyi Sidwell | 39 | Was shot and seriously injured by members of the SAP in Crossroads, Cape Town, on 20 May 1993, during attempts by a named Crossroads leader to remove residents from Section 2 by force. | References | | DITHABE, Oupa Petrus | | Was killed at Masilo Location in Ventersdorp on 23 April 1993. The perpetrator was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment and denied amnesty (AC/96/0004). | References | | DITHEBE, Jacob | 17 | Was shot dead in Evaton, Transvaal, on 15 June 1992 on the eve of the sixteenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising. His brother also died in this attack. | References | | DITHEBE, John | 26 | Was shot dead in Evaton, Transvaal, on 15 June 1992, on the eve of the sixteenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising. His brother died in the same attack. | References | | DITHEJANE, Kelebogile Elizabeth | | Was beaten and then shot dead by a member of the SAP in Wolmaransstad, Transvaal, on 3 July 1990. | References | | DITHEKO, Daniel Mile | 24 | An ANC supporter who was shot and injured in Johannesburg, on 12 April 1993, en route to the memorial service for assassinated SACP leader Chris Hani. | References | | DITHIPE, Lucky Raymond | | An ANC supporter who was arrested in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, in February 1992 while cleaning graves with other ANC supporters. | References | | DITHIPE, William | | An ANC supporter who was arrested in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, in February 1992 while cleaning graves with other ANC supporters. | References | | DITSE, Randitshe Shadrack | 18 | Was severely beaten by a member of the SAP Riot Unit in Khutsong, Carletonville, Transvaal, in September 1989, and then placed under arrest for a day on a charge of stoning a Casspir. | References | | DITSEGO, Malekutu Johannes | 33 | An ANC supporter who was injured when a bullet aimed at a policeman hit him in Lebohang, Leandra, Transvaal, on 2 August 1993. At the time, police officers were attacked because they were seen as part of the apartheid state. | References |
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