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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 | | | GOREWANG, Isaac Mawele | 23 | Was detained for twenty nine days in May 1992 at Meyerton police station, in Vereeniging, Transvaal, where members of the SAP beat him extensively with guns and burnt him with cigarettes while interrogating him about a suspected arms cache. | References | | GOSENYEGANG, Joseph Thusitse | 42 | Was shot dead by a member of the SAP in Sebokeng, Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 3 July 1992 in a drive-by shooting. | References | | GOTYANA, Maratjie | | A UDF supporter who was severely beaten by members of the SAP at Alexandria, Cape, on 12 April 1986. | References | | GOUWS, Elize | 23 | Was injured when a limpet mine, planted by MK operatives, exploded during lunchtime at the Wimpy restaurant in Benoni, Transvaal, on 30 July 1988. One woman was killed and at least sixty six people were injured. Four MK operatives were granted amnesty for the planning and execution of the attack (AC/1999/0294). | References | | GOUWS, Mbombo William | 18 | An ANC supporter who was severely tortured by named SAP members in Knysna, Cape, in 1986. Although arrested on a non-political matter, he was tortured due to his known political activities. | References | | GOUWS, MM | | Was injured when members of MK’s Special Operations Unit detonated an explosive in a car outside the SADF Witwatersrand Command headquarters in Johannesburg on 30 July 1987. At least sixty eight people were injured. Three MK operatives and one UDF supporter linked to MK were granted amnesty for their roles in this attack (AC/2001/0003 and AC/2000/248). | References | | GOUWS, Tarina | 8 months | Was present when a limpet mine, planted by MK operatives, exploded during lunchtime at the Wimpy restaurant in Benoni, Transvaal, on 30 July 1988. One woman was killed and at least sixty six people were injured. Four MK operatives were granted amnesty for the planning and execution of the attack (AC/1999/0294). | References | | GOVA, Zwelindaba | | Was shot dead on 9 December 1982 in an attack by SADF Special Forces operatives on several ANC houses and a block of flats on Maseru, Lesotho. Thirty South Africans and twelve citizens of Lesotho were killed in the midnight attack. | References | | GOVANA, Wellington Mongezi | 33 | A supporter of Witdoeke vigilante leader Johnson Ngxobongwana who lost his home when it was burnt down in Crossroads, Cape Town, in 1990, by supporters of Jeffrey Nongwe, a former Witdoek member who had changed allegiance to the ANC. | References | | GOVENDER, Peter Ramakrishna | 41 | A supporter of the National Indian Congress who was repeatedly harassed, then detained and assaulted, by named members of the Security Branch at Port Shepstone, Natal, immediately before and after 7 May 1980. | References | | GOWANE, Nomachule Albertina | 48 | An Inkatha supporter whose house was burnt down by ANC supporters at Richmond Farm, near KwaMashu, Durban, on 11 February 1990. See Richmond Farm arson attacks. | References | | GQABI, Joe Nzinga | 51 | As the ANC’s chief representative in Zimbabwe, as well as its head of intelligence, and a NEC member, Gqabi was shot dead on 31 July 1981 while parking his car in his driveway in Harare, Zimbabwe. While the Commission was unable to establish the exact identity of the perpetrators, available evidence points to a SADF Special Forces hit squad commanded by a white former member of the Rhodesian Security Police. | References | | GQABI, Nomathamsanqa Princess | 17 | An ANC supporter who was beaten with sjamboks and batons by members of the SAP who entered her home in Uitenhage, Cape, on 17 January 1985 during a night vigil for a victim of police shooting. Police also fired teargas at the mourners. | References | | GQADU, Siphiyo Johannes | 17 | An ANC supporter who was detained and tortured, together with another ANC supporter, in Bethulie, Orange Free State, in October 1990. Both were charged with intimidation for allegedly forcing the children of police and government employees to leave school. They were both acquitted of the charges. | References | | GQAGQA, Nobakabona Ester | 38 | Her home was destroyed in an arson attack on 9 June 1986 in KTC, Cape Town, during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps by Witdoeke vigilantes, acting with the tacit approval and aid of the security forces. | References | | GQAYI, Zolile | | Was severely beaten and tortured by named supporters of a local Crossroads leader in September 1986 in Crossroads, Cape Town, because of his opposition to the rent system imposed on Crossroads residents. | References | | GQINEBE, Oupa John | | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in the street in Ratanda, near Heidelberg, Transvaal, on 19 March 1990 in a random shooting. | References | | GQIRANA (NANZE), Nomasomi | 38 | An ANC supporter whose home was destroyed in an arson attack by named perpetrators in Stutterheim, Cape, on 29 September 1992 during political conflict over the reimposition of the headman system. | References | | GQIRANA, Mongameli | | An ANC member from Port Elizabeth who was imprisoned for fifteen years on Robben Island in 1963. In February 1983 he disappeared during a trip to Maseru, Lesotho. | References | | GQOBANA, Wani | 16 | Was shot by a named member of the SAP in Steynsburg, Cape, on 6 April 1990, at a rally to commemorate Solomon Mahlangu day. | References |
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