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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 | | | DLAMUKA, Velaphi Phillip | 42 | An Inkatha supporter whose house and tuck shop were burnt down by ANC supporters in Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, during May 1990. | References | | DLANGA, Dennis Bantu | 23 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Langa, Cape Town, on 27 December 1976. The shooting took place when political conflict between Nyanga residents and migrant workers from the hostels that had started over the Christmas 1976 period spread to Langa. | References | | DLANGAMANDLA, Khanya | 27 | An ANC supporter who was tortured in detention in 1961 in Bizana, Transkei, after escaping from the Ngquza Hill raid during the Pondoland revolt. See Pondoland revolt. | References | | DLANGAMANDLA, Sipho | 40 | Was shot by members of the SAP in Khutsong, Carletonville, Transvaal, on 4 March 1990 while he was attending a protest march. Police opened fire when the crowd was already dispersing. | References | | DLANGISA, Samukelisiwe Cynthia | 21 | An Inkatha supporter whose home was destroyed in an arson attack in Richmond Farm, KwaMashu, Durban, on 11 February 1990, during intense political conflict in the area. See Richmond Farm arson attacks. | References | | DLANJWA, Albertina Nontsikelelo | | A UDF supporter who died eleven days after a petrol bomb was thrown into her home by ANC supporters on 29 July 1986 at Port Elizabeth. | References | | DLELAPHANTSI, Nomthetho Prudence | 30 | Her home in KTC, near Guguletu, Cape Town, was destroyed on 10 June 1986, during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps by Witdoeke vigilantes, acting with the tacit approval and aid of the security forces. Over sixty people died and twenty thousand homes were destroyed in the attacks. | References | | DLEPHU, Busisiwe Emmah | | A civilian who was traumatised when the vehicle in which she was a passenger was hijacked at gunpoint by APLA operatives at Herschel, near Lady Grey, Orange Free State, on 19 November 1992. Two APLA members were granted amnesty (AC/2001/134). See APLA attacks. | References | | DLEPI, Welcome | 20 | An ANC supporter who was assaulted with rifle-butts by named members of the SAP in Duncan Village, East London, on 18 June 1986. Mr Dlepi was then detained for four months in Fort Glamorgan prison, East London. | References | | DLEPU, Joseph | | An ANC supporter who was shot dead by a named member of the SAP in Bethulie, Orange Free State, in April 1991. At the time, Mr Dlepu was defending his family home from an attack by members of the SAP, aided by a named former councillor. The house was destroyed in the attack. | References | | DLEPU, Limakatso Elizabeth | 48 | An ANC supporter whose home at Bethulie, Orange Free State, was destroyed in an attack in April 1991 by named SAP members and a named former councillor. She and her children were shot at during the attack, and one son was shot dead. On reporting the matter to the police, Ms Dlepu and her pregnant daughter were detained without trial for a week, where they were beaten. | References | | DLEPU, Liza | 31 | Was detained for a week and severely assaulted when she went to the police station with her mother to report an arson attack on her home by police and a named former councillor, at Bethulie, Orange Free State, in April 1991. She was pregnant at the time. Her brother was shot dead in the attack and their home was destroyed. | References | | DLEZI, Ganta | 55 | Her house was burnt down by ANC supporters near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 5 March 1994, during political conflict between ANC and IFP supporters in the run-up to the April 1994 elections. | References | | DLEZI, Mziwabantu | 46 | Was hacked to death by Inkatha supporters at his home in KwaMakhutha, Amanzimtoti, near Durban, on 23 January 1986 in intensifying conflict between UDF and Inkatha supporters in the area. | References | | DLEZI, Zandile Irene | 34 | Her home was burnt down by IFP supporters in Murchison, near Port Shepstone, Natal, in March 1993 in continuing conflict between IFP and ANC supporters in the area. | References | | DLHAMINI, Bafana | | A Soweto Student Congress member who was shot dead by named gang members in Emdeni, Soweto, Johannesburg, during political conflict in the area in 1989. | References | | DLODLO, Busisiwe | 58 | An ANC supporter whose house was destroyed in an arson attack by a named perpetrator near Empangeni, Natal, on 26 March 1992 in continuing conflict between IFP and ANC supporters in the area. | References | | DLODLO, Linda | | Was severely beaten by a named member of the SAP while in detention in Soweto, Johannesburg, on 15 August 1982. Ms Dlodlo was arrested in an attempt to extricate information about the whereabouts of her sister, a political activist who had gone into exile. | References | | DLODLO, Mbongeni Mqavi | 49 | An IFP supporter who was severely assaulted by other IFP supporters near Empangeni, Natal, on 27 September 1993. He later died in hospital. Mr Dlodlo had given testimony at the trial of IFP members accused of killing ANC youths. | References | | DLODLO, Theophilus Sidima (aka ‘Viva’) | 29 | He was the head of MK’s Natal military machinery in Swaziland. He was shot dead on 22 May 1987 in a night-time ambush of his car by named members of the Eastern Transvaal Security Branch in Mbabane, Swaziland. Two other people were killed and two were injured in the operation. | References |
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