| Name | Age | Description | |
| KELEMI, Lesley Sindephi ‘Basi’ | 13 | He lost an eye after being shot with rubber bullets by members of the SAP in De Aar, Cape, on 1 July 1985. Mr Kelemi was reportedly arrested on charges of public violence and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. | References |
| KELEWU, Buyile Robert | 27 | A member of the Ciskei Police who was shot dead on 14 August 1992 when his police vehicle was ambushed in Mdantsane, Ciskei. At the time, police were perceived as collaborators with the Gqozo regime in the Ciskei. | References |
| KELI, Emily Mkajela | 41 | Was assaulted and detained by a named member of the SAP during protests in Port Elizabeth in 1985. | References |
| KELLEM, Jongisiswe Witness | 23 | Was shot dead by a named member of the SAP in Beaufort West, Cape, on 4 August 1992, during a three-day national strike called to break the deadlock in national political negotiations. | References |
| KEMP, Johannes Cornelius | | A civilian who died from multiple stab wounds sustained in a random attack on whites by PAC supporters on the Durban beachfront on 9 October 1990. Two perpetrators were granted amnesty (AC/2000/144). | References |
| KEMP, M | | Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty one people were killed and two hundred and seventeen injured. The overall commander of MK’s Special Operations Unit and two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/003 and AC/2001/023). See Church Street Bombing, Pretoria. | References |
| KEMP, Stephanie Sachs | 23 | A member of the African Resistance Movement who was detained on 4 July 1964 and held for several months in solitary confinement in Cape Town. During her detention she was severely beaten by named Security Branch members at Caledon Square police station. She was convicted of sabotage and served two years of a five-year prison sentence. She sued the Minister of Justice and a member of the Security Branch for the assault and the case was settled out of court in her favour. | References |
| KEMPELE, Vuyisile | 41 | An ANC supporter whose house was damaged in a hand grenade attack by members of the Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) in Dimbaza, Ciskei, on 21 September 1992, in the wake of the Bisho massacre. | References |
| KEMPENAAR, Aletta Johanna | | Was severely injured when members of MK’s ‘Dolphin Unit’ detonated an explosive in a car near the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s court and the adjacent police station, Transvaal, on 16 March 1988. Three people were killed and more than twenty were injured in the blast. Two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/003). | References |
| KENALEMANG, Kelebile Wagon | 24 | Was stabbed and severely injured by a fellow worker at the Stilfontein hospital, Transvaal, on 21 December 1972. Mr Kenalemang opposed Chief Mangope’s regime and was labelled a ‘terrorist’ by the superintendent. | References |
| KENNING, C | | Was injured in what became known as the Magoo’s Bar Bombing in Durban on 14 June 1986. The explosion killed three women and injured at least seventy four other people. Seven MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/128). | References |
| KERAETSWE, Kebitsamang Serurubele Agnes | 30 | Was subjected to ongoing abuse and harassment by police from 1974. This included being sjambokked and kicked by named Bophuthatswana Police and members of the SAP on several occasions near Vryburg, Cape. The police targeted her as they were searching for her husband, who was an ANC activist. | References |
| KERCHHOFF, Peter Campbell | 52 | Was detained under emergency regulations in June 1986 and held for ninety seven days without trial. For thirty two of those days he was kept in solitary confinement. A Supreme Court injunction eventually forced the police to grant Mr Kerchhoff access to a lawyer. | References |
| KERLEN, J | | Was injured in what became known as the Magoo’s Bar Bombing in Durban on 14 June 1986. The explosion killed three women and injured at least seventy four other people. Seven MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/128). | References |
| KESWA, Bongani | 11 | Was shot dead in Pimville, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 5 November 1986 when members of the police driving a bus fired on a group of children playing next to the road. A stayaway had been organised that day and the children had allegedly stoned the bus. | References |
| KESWA, Rodney Goba Eleazor | 45 | A commander in the Transkei Defence Force (TDF) who was tortured in detention on 27 May 1981 in Engcobo, Transkei. He had travelled to foreign countries to seek military assistance. On his return he was accused of meeting with the ANC and was branded as a communist. | References |
| KETANI, Patricia Nontsikelelo | 36 | A SACCAWU member who was beaten and kicked by members of the Ciskei Police in Ciskei during the Mdantsane bus boycott in August 1983. See Mdantsane bus boycott. | References |
| KETLHAPILE, Elizabeth Serufo | | Was severely beaten and teargassed by Bophuthatswana Police in Zeeru s t , Transvaal, on 19 May 1989 during conflict over the proposed incorporation of the Bafurutshe people’s land into Bophuthatswana. | References |
| KETLHAPILE, Lucas Poloko | | Was detained, handcuffed and severely beaten by Bophuthatswana Police in Zeerust, Transvaal, on 19 May 1989. Mr Ketlhapile resisted the incorporation of Mokgola into Bophuthatswana. | References |
| KETLHAPILE, Nkele | 23 | Was severely beaten and tear gassed by Bophuthatswana Police in Zeerust, Transvaal, on 19 May 1989 during conflict over the proposed incorporation of the Bafurutshe people’s land into Bophuthatswana. | References |
