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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 G
| Name | Age | Description | | | GIJIMA, Mnyamezeli | 47 | Was severely harassed, assaulted with a gun, arrested on a number of occasions, and had his house burnt down by SAP and Inkatha supporters at Ezimbokodweni, Umbumbulu, KwaZulu, near Durban, in January 1986. Mr Gijima was allegedly victimised because had refused to join Inkatha. | References | | GILAU, Gert Cornelius Johannes | | An employee of the South African Railway Services who was shot by two MK operatives during an attempted car robbery at Cordelfos railway station in Pretoria, on 9 January 1990. One MK operative was granted amnesty (AC/2000/081). | References | | GILBERT, George Oupa | 18 | A UDF supporter who was shot dead by members of the SAP during protests in Graaff-Reinet, Cape, on 27 July 1986. | References | | GINA, Bernard | 29 | Was stabbed and severely injure d by IFP supporters in Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, in 1993 in intense political conflict between the ‘Red’ and ‘Green’ factions in the area. | References | | GINA, Cebile Irine | 32 | An ANC supporter whose home was destroyed in an arson attack by an IFP supporter in Inanda, near KwaMashu, Durban, on 25 June 1991. | References | | GINA, Ethel Fikile | 37 | A UDF supporter who was intimidated and forced by Inkatha supporters to leave her house in Hambanathi, near Verulam, Natal, in August 1984 during intense conflict between JORAC and Inkatha supporters over the incorporation of Hambanathi into KwaZulu. See Verulam attack. | References | | GINA, Fikile | | Was shot on 28 November 1993, when IFP supporters from Ndabayakhe opened fire on ANC supporters attending a cultural ceremony at Iniwe, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal. Eight people, including two children, believed to be ANC supporters, were killed. | References | | GINA, John | 59 | Was shot dead by an ANC supporter at Inanda, near KwaMashu, Durban, on 20 February 1994 in political conflict between IFP and ANC supporters during the run-up to the April 1994 elections. | References | | GINA, Johnson Myengeni | 68 | An IFP supporter who was stabbed to death by an ANC supporter in Empangeni, Natal, on 26 April 1994, the day before the April 1994 elections. | References | | GINA, Mbengeza | 71 | Was shot dead by IFP supporters at Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, on 13 November 1993. About five political killings were recorded at Bhambayi that day in retaliatory attacks by both IFP and ANC supporters. | References | | GININDA, Zodwa | | An ANC supporter who was shot and severely injured by members of the SAP in KaNyamazane, KaNgwane, on 16 June 1986 during a commemoration of the Soweto uprising. | References | | GINYA, Tebogo Aaron | 22 | Was severely beaten by IFP supporters while travelling on a train in Johannesburg, on 3 July 1993. See train violence. | References | | GIOSE, Gerald Herman | 32 | An MK operative who was detained and harassed by Security Police in Cape Town in 1963. He then tried to leave South Africa but was arrested on a Sweden-bound ship in Walvis Bay, Namibia. After refusing to give evidence against his fellow ANC members, Mr Giose was severely beaten and tortured in Cape Town. His incarceration and torture resulted in a severe mental breakdown and several years in a psychiatric hospital. | References | | GIQI, Simon | | His home was destroyed in an attack by iKongo members in Bizana in 1960. The iKongo accused him of supporting tribal authorities during the Pondoland revolt. See Pondoland revolt. | References | | GISHI, Elsie Liziwe | 51 | Was shot and injured by SAP members in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 26 December 1976. The shooting took place during political conflict taking place over the Christmas period between Nyanga residents and migrant workers from the hostels. Her husband was killed in the conflict that day. | References | | GISHI, Jackson | 67 | Was beaten to death in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 26 December 1976, when he was attacked outside his home by migrant workers from the hostels. Political differences between Nyanga residents and the hostel-dwellers escalated into conflict over the Christmas 1976 period. | References | | GIWALA, Theni Louis | | A UDF supporter whose house was looted and set alight on 6 April 1990 when a group of Inkatha supporters attacked UDF supporters and residents at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, in spite of a heavy police and military presence. Fourteen people were killed and at least one hundred and twenty homes burnt down. One former IFP member was granted amnesty (AC/1999/0332). | References | | GIWU, Jostinah ‘Tina’ | 68 | Was severely beaten by members of the SAP who burst into her home while on patrol in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 2 October 1985. She and her two teenage granddaughters were sjambokked. | References | | GIWU, Nomvuzo Grace | 15 | Was severely beaten by members of the SAP who burst into her home while on patrol in Guguletu, Cape Town, on 2 October 1985. She was sjambokked, together with her sister and her grandmother. | References | | GIYO, Sibidiyela | | An iKongo member who was assaulted with iron bars by members of the SAP on 7 June 1960 in Flagstaff, Transkei, in the aftermath of the Ngquza Hill massacre. See Pondoland revolt. | References |
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