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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 | | | GUNN, Haroon | 1 | Was taken from his mother while she was detained under section 29 of the Internal Security Act in a prison in Caledon, Cape. They were separated for eight days in July 1990. When Haroon was returned, his mother tried unsuccessfully to get him medical attention for the illnesses he had developed in her absence. | References | | GUNN, Shirley Renee | 35 | An MK operative who was detained under section 29 of the Internal Security Act for several months in 1985 and again from 25 June 1990 in Cape Town. During her second detention, her infant son was forcibly removed from her for eight days. She was falsely accused, by the Minister of Law and Order, of carrying out the Khotso House bombing in 1988. | References | | GUNUZA, Amos | | Was detained in 1960,and convicted and imprisoned on Robben Island, Cape Town, for his political activities. In 1965, Mr Gunuza’s family reportedly received a telegram from prison authorities informing them of his death. | References | | GUSH, Thembelihle Arnold | 30 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead by named members of the SAP near Vulindlela police station, Mdantsane, Ciskei, on 11 February 1990, while he and others were celebrating the release of Nelson Mandela. | References | | GUSHA, Ella Ntombekhaya | 28 | An ANC supporter who was injured while escaping from a packed hall into which SAP members had fired teargas in Plettenberg Bay, Cape, on 17 July 1990. Ms Gusha suffered a miscarriage soon afterwards. | References | | GUSHA, Siyabulela | 18 | An ANC supporter who was shot in the shoulder 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 what became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were refused amnesty for the shooting (AC/2000/122). | References | | GUYA, Mxolisi Timothy | 19 | An ANC supporter who died after he was shot in the head by members of the SAP at Ngcobo, Stutterheim, Cape, on 25 November 1985. Police opened fire on a group of people returning from a meeting of the Stutterheim Youth Congress. | References | | GUZANA, Moses Phakamile | 19 | An ANCYL member who was shot and injured when members of the SAP opened fire on a crowd of ANC supporters marching to the Koppies court in KwaKwatsi, Koppies, Orange Free State, on 30 March 1990. | References | | GUZANA, Onward | 36 | A colonel in the Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) who was shot dead at a CDF roadblock between Stutterheim and King William’s Town, Cape, on 27 January 1991. Together with former (CDF) commander, Major General Charles Sebe, Colonel Guzana left Transkei and drove to Ciskei with the intention of taking over Brigadier Oupa Gqozo’s government, unaware that they were being lured into a trap. The Guzana family claimed Colonel Guzana had been shot after arrest. The inquest court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to find criminal liability in the killing. | References | | GWABE, Mantanbama Sibongile | | Her house was burnt down and her livestock stolen in Empangeni, Natal, on 17 January 1994 in intense conflict between IFP and ANC supporters during the run-up to the April 1994 elections. | References | | GWABENG, Amos Msutu | 70 | Was severely assaulted, allegedly by IFP supporters, in Katlehong, Transvaal, on 24 June 1993 during an escalation of conflict on the East Rand following an ANC march past a Tokoza hostel on May 22 which precipitated clashes leading to more than eighty deaths. His home was also looted by the attackers during the attack. As a result of the intense conflict, his wife was afraid to seek medical assistance for Mr Gwabeng and he died two months later of stomach cancer. | References | | GWACELA, Priscilla | | Her house was damaged when a group of Inkatha supporters and Caprivi trainees attacked a UDF meeting in a house at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 18 January 1988. Nine people were killed and an estimated two hundred people were injured in the attack. The group went on to destroy around eight houses. One former Inkatha member was granted amnesty (AC/1999/0332). | References | | GWACELA, Richard | 15 | His family home was burnt down by UDF supporters at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, in 1988 in intense conflict between Inkatha and UDF supporters in the area. | References | | GWACELA, Sipho Johannes | | His house in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, was destroyed in an arson attack by UDF supporters during political conflict in 1988. | References | | GWADELA, Zibele | | Was injured in an attack on a friend’s home in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 21 January 1993, when members of a balaclava group opened fire and set the residence alight. Seven people died in the attack. | References | | GWADELA, Zingisile | | Was injured in an attack on a friend’s home in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 21 January 1993, when members of a balaclava group opened fire and set the residence alight. Seven people died in the attack. | References | | GWAJUZA, Busani Collin | | A UDF supporter who was shot and injured when a group of Inkatha supporters and Caprivi trainees attacked a UDF meeting in a house at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 18 January 1988. Nine people were killed and an estimated two hundred people were injured in the attack. The group went on to destroy around eight houses. One former Inkatha member was granted amnesty (AC/1999/0332). | References | | GWAJUZA, Doris Agnes | 41 | Was severely burned when her home was petrol bombed by Inkatha supporters in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 13 January 1990, in continuing political conflict in the area. One family member died in the fire. | References | | GWAJUZA, Elizabeth | 76 | Was severely burnt when her home in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, was petrol bombed by Inkatha supporters on 13 January 1990 in intensifying political conflict in the area. A child died in the attack and six family members were injured. | References | | GWAJUZA, Emmanuel Bongimusa | | A UDF supporter who sustained injuries when a group of Inkatha supporters and Caprivi trainees attacked a UDF meeting in a house at Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 18 January 1988. Nine people were killed and an estimated two hundred people were injured in the attack. The group went on to destroy around eight houses. One former Inkatha member was granted amnesty (AC/1999/0332). | References |
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