Name | Age | Description | |
DYANTI, Mzwamadoda Tyhali | 17 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead by members of the Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) in Bisho, Ciskei, on 7 September 1992 during an ANC protest march to demand free political activity in Ciskei. Thirty people were killed and two hundred people injured in twhat became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were refused amnesty for the shooting (AC/2000/122). | References |
DYANTJIE, Nomkango Phumza | 26 | She had her home destroyed in an arson attack by Witdoeke vigilantes near Crossroads, Cape Town, on 17 May 1986. Witdoeke members carried out a mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps, with the approval and aid of the security forces. During the attack, Ms Dyantjie brought her six year old son to safety. He disappeared from her friend’s house and has never been seen since. | References |
DYANTJIES, Thami Goodenough | | A member of the SAP who was injured when MK operatives opened fire on and threw hand grenades at the Orlando police station in Soweto, Johannesburg, on 2 November 1979. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty for the attack (AC/2000/195). | References |
DYANTYI, Amos Similo | 39 | Was repeatedly detained and tortured by named Security Branch members between 1986 and 1988 in Wo rcester and Paarl, Cape. Mr Dyantyi was a civic activist and member of Worcester’s Council of Seven. | References |
DYANTYI, Angelina Ntombizodwa | 34 | Was severely beaten by IFP supporters while travelling on a train in Soweto, Johannesburg, on 30 April 1991. See train violence. | References |
DYANTYI, Basil | 39 | Was shot and injured by a named local councillor outside his home in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 25 October 1990. Mr Dyantyi’s brother was killed in the same attack. At least eight people were killed that day by police and supporters of the Lingelethu West Town Council, during and after a mass march to express community opposition to the Council. | References |
DYANTYI, Ernest | 30 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP during political unrest in Dordrecht, Cape, on 29 September 1985. | References |
DYANTYI, Fuzile Sidwell | 32 | An ANC member who was shot dead by members of the SAP in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on 18 March 1991 during ongoing political conflict in the area. | References |
DYANTYI, Mongezi Byte | 17 | A COSAS member who was assaulted by members of the SAP at Mhlotshana High School in Whittlesea, Ciskei, in 1980, during a school boycott. He was later charged, together with other students, with the stoning to death of a policeman, and was detained at Whittlesea police station for two weeks. Charges against the students were withdrawn in October 1981 and the case was dismissed. | References |
DYANTYI, Mpumelelo Manityi | 31 | Was shot dead by a named local councillor outside his home in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 25 October 1990. Mr Dyantyi’s brother was injured in the same attack. At least eight people were killed that day by police and supporters of the Lingelethu West Town Council, during and after a mass march to express community opposition to the Council. | References |
DYANTYI, Nokholekile | 31 | Her home was destroyed in an arson attack by Witdoeke vigilantes near Crossroads, Cape Town, on 23 May 1986. Witdoeke members carried out a mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps, with the approval and aid of the security forces. Over sixty people died and twenty thousand homes were destroyed during the attacks. | References |
DYANTYI, Sandile | | Was shot dead by members of the SAP while he was toyi-toying with youth during political unrest in Dordrecht, Cape, on 29 September 1985. | References |
DYANTYI, Sonwabile | 6 | He disappeared from the home of his mother’s friend in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 17 May 1986. Sonwabile’s mother had brought him to safety during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps by Witdoeke vigilantes. He has not been seen since. | References |
DYANTYI, Thanduxolo Lawrence | 25 | An MK member who was tortured in detention by members of the Security Branch at Protea police station, Soweto, Johannesburg, in 1988. | References |
DYANTYI, Toto | 56 | An ANC supporter who was assaulted by members of the Ciskei Police who were looking for his son in Cathcart, Cape, on 22 November 1992. | References |
DYANTYI, Wandile Leonard | 16 | His knee was injured when police fired shots into a crowd of demonstrating students during school boycotts in Adelaide, Cape, in March 1981. | References |
DYANTYI, Winnie ‘Mimizana’ | 15 | Was shot, injured and detained for a few days by SAP members following unrest in Worcester, Cape, in November 1985. | References |
DYANTYI, Zenzile Ephrite ‘Gumi’ | 24 | Was shot and beaten by a named off-duty Special Constable in Noupoort, Cape, in September 1987. At the time the perpetrator was under the influence of liquor. | References |
DYARVANE, Sonwabiso Linton | 27 | An ANC member who was detained, tortured and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in Bizana, Transkei, during 1960, for his involvement in the Pondoland revolt. See Pondoland revolt. | References |
DYASI, Ceswel | | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Soweto, Johannesburg, on 23 November 1993 while on his way home from work, during ongoing political violence in the area. | References |