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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 G
| Name | Age | Description | | | GLABA, Nomusa Badingile | 45 | An ANC supporter whose home was burnt down by IFP supporters on 16 March 1994 at Sonkombo, Ndwedwe, KwaZulu, near Durban. See Sonkombo arson attacks. | References | | GOBA, Bongani Selby | | A UDF supporter who was abducted from his home at Inanda, New Town, Durban, and stabbed to death on 17 September 1988 by AmaButho members. This took place during a terror campaign to force residents to pay the gang a R5 self-defence fee. | References | | GOBA, John | 37 | Was severely injured when AWB members detonated a car bomb in Bree Street, Johannesburg, on 24 April 1994, in an effort to disrupt the electoral process. Seven people were killed and thirteen injured in the blast. Two perpetrators were granted amnesty (AC/1999/0342). See right-wing attacks. | References | | GOBA, Mzwamandla | 43 | A police reservist who died of multiple stab wounds in Umlazi, Durban, on 8 July 1988 in intensifying political conflict in the area. He was repeatedly harrassed and accused of being a UDF supporter. His sons were accused of being amaqabane . | References | | GOBINGCA, Bhabha Nonyaniso Trusma | 39 | Was shot and injured in the mouth in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 6 September 1989, by persons linked to the Lingelethu West Town Council. Ms Gobingca was attacked because of her husband’s involvement in a local leadership conflict. | References | | GOBINGCA, Prince Nkosekhaya | 33 | A former Witdoeke vigilante leader whose home was destroyed both in 1987 and 1990 in arson attacks launched by his former political allies in Crossroads and Khayelitsha, Cape Town, respectively. He was shot and injured in the 1987 attack. He was also the target of a shooting attack on his Khayelitsha home on 6 September 1989 by persons linked to the Lingelethu West Town Council. His mother-in-law was killed and his wife injured in this attack. | References | | GOBIZEMBE, Albertina Nombuyiselo Pamini | 18 | An AZAPO member who was severely assaulted when UDF supporters attacked an AZAPO meeting in Port Alfred, Cape, in June 1985. | References | | GOBIZEMBE, David | 30 | An exiled ANC member who was shot and stabbed by MK members during a mutiny in a military camp in Zimbabwe in 1984. | References | | GOBODO, Gordon | | An ANC supporter who was stoned and fatally stabbed, allegedly by IFP supporters, in Vosloorus, Transvaal, in August 1991. | References | | GODANA, Mzingaye Joseph | 43 | A NUM supporter who was shot dead by a named member of the SAP during political conflict in Stutterheim, Cape, on 13 January 1986. | References | | GODDA, Rose | | Was beaten with knobkerries and later hacked and stabbed to death with pangas and spears by Inkatha supporters near Merafe station in Soweto, Johannesburg, in September 1989. She worked in a factory where there was conflict between the Inkatha-aligned UWUSA and COSATU-aligned NUMSA unions. | References | | GODLIMPI, Robert | | Was severely assaulted on 19 March 1960 in Bizana, Transkei, after addressing people at a meeting in Isikelo Village about the advantages of Transkei being a self-governing state. | References | | GODOLA, Samson | 27 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Cookhouse, Cape, on 12 August 1988 during the state of emergency. See police brutality. | References | | GODOLA, Xolile Simon Magaqa | 36 | An ANC supporter who was shot and killed by a named member of the SAP in Cwaka Street, Cookhouse, Cape, in 1989. In July 1985, Mr Godola had been arrested and detained for three months, allegedly for being in possession of a firearm. | References | | GODOLOZI, Qaqawuli | 29 | A member of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO) who was abducted with two other PEBCO members from the Port Elizabeth airport in a joint Eastern Cape and Vlakplaas operation on 8 May 1985. The PEBCO Three were severely assaulted, and then shot dead. Their bodies were doused with diesel fuel, set alight and burnt, and their remains were thrown into the Fish River. Five Eastern Cape Security Branch operatives, including the divisional commander, and four Vlakplaas operatives applied for amnesty. Two of the applications were granted and six were refused (AC/1999/0223 and AC/2001/064). | References | | GOGA, Temba | | Was killed on 15 October 1992 after he was thrown out of a moving train near Mlamlakunzi station, Soweto, Johannesburg, by perpetrators allegedly linked to the IFP. Two people were killed in the attack and eight were wounded. See train violence. | References | | GOGE, Tiko Juditha | 67 | Her home was burnt down by Inkatha supporters at Caluza, KwaZulu, near Pietermaritzburg, on 2 April 1990, during the Seven Day War. | References | | GOGO, Bongokwakhe Moses | 33 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead on 3 January 1991 when Inkatha supporters attacked a group of about twenty people at Swayimane, Table Mountain, near Pietermaritzburg. Eight people were killed and one was seriously injured. | References | | GOGO, Saraphina | 54 | She lost her house in an arson attack in Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, in 1993 in intense political conflict between the ‘Red’ and ‘Green’ factions in the area. | References | | GOGOLA, Sipo Michael | 46 | Was tortured on 5 August 1986 by members of the Security Police through attempted suffocation and electric shocks while he was in detention in Port Elizabeth. | References |
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