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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 K
| Name | Age | Description | | | KASANA, Suzan | | An ANC supporter who was shot and injured in an attack on her family by members of the A-Team in Thabong, Welkom, Orange Free State (OFS) in 1985. | References | | KATAMZI, Lindela | 45 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead by IFP supporters in Folweni, KwaZulu, near Umlazi, Durban, during the Folweni massacre on 26 July 1992. See Folweni massacre. | References | | KATANA, Sipho Edwin | 23 | Was shot and injured by members of the Ciskei Police in Mdantsane, Ciskei, on 22 July 1983 during the Mdantsane bus boycott. He was tortured in detention in 1987 on suspicion of political involvement. See Mdantsane bus boycott. | References | | KATANE, Dederick Baleseng | 37 | Was hacked to death by IFP supporters in Kagiso, Transvaal, on 22 August 1990 during conflict between ANC and IFP supporters. | References | | KATI, Nomajipethe Doris | 21 | Was tortured by members of the SAP while visiting her father who was being held in Butterworth prison, Transkei, in 1987. Ms Kati’s father was an ANC activist who had undergone a series of banning orders and detentions since 1962. | References | | KATI, Zamiwonga James | 38 | An ANC member active in Transkei opposition politics who was detained in 1962 in the Eastern Cape and was severely beaten by police. He then served eight years on Robben Island from 1964. After his release in 1972 he was banned. In 1977 he was detained and tortured in Cape Town. He was detained in 1980 in the Transkei for his ongoing activity in opposition politics. In 1981 he was again detained in the Transkei and severely tortured there and in East London, after which he served an effective six year prison sentence for terrorism. | References | | KATYWA, Thobeka | 21 | He lost the use of an eye when she was severely beaten with sjamboks and sticks by members of the Ciskei Police in Tshabo, Berlin, Cape, on 21 September 1985 during political conflict. Several other residents were injured. | References | | KAU, Jan Debelaetsane | 24 | An ANCYL member who was shot dead by a member of the SAP in Sebokeng, Vereeniging, Transvaal, on 4 December 1992 during conflict between IFP-aligned hostel-dwellers and ANC-supporting residents. | References | | KAULELA, Mzamo Louis | | An AmaAfrika member who disappeared from Uitenhage, Cape, on 24 September 1990 during conflict between the UDF and AmaAfrika. Mr Kaulela had allegedly heard rumours that he would be ‘necklaced’ by ‘comrades’. See AmaAfrika. | References | | KAUMA, Mcedisi Johannes | | A UDF official who was stabbed to death by Inkatha supporters in KwaShange, KwaZulu, near Pietermaritzburg, in March 1988. | References | | KAWA, Zayo Jackson | 63 | Was detained on 13 March 1986 and held for a month in Stutterheim, Cape. Mr Kawa, who had been a leader in a consumer boycott, was released on bail and had to report at the police station for the next three years. | References | | KAWULE, Bajaswa Lena | | Was severely beaten by supporters of Chief Mahlangu in Goederede, near Dennilton, Transvaal, in July 1975. Chief Mahlangu stood to benefit from the incorporation of Goederede into Lebowa, and his supporters launched widespread attacks on residents who resisted incorporation. | References | | KAWUSE, Vumani | 54 | Was shot and injured during political conflict in Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, in March 1993. At least eighteen people were killed in political violence in Bhambayi this month. Seventy five homes were burnt down. | References | | KAYE, Hendrina Magdelena ‘Babetjie’ | 39 | Was shot in the leg by members of the SAP in Wolseley, Cape, on 24 November 1990. Residents had staged a legal protest when police opened fire, killing one person and injuring others. | References | | KAYOLA, Kgape | 7 | Was seriously injured when he was shot in the head by members of the SAP in Emdeni South, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 6 April 1991 after an IFP rally was held in the vicinity. He and his mother were visiting a relative when neighbours saw members of the SAP attack the house. Two others were injured in the attack. | References | | KAZI, Ivan | | Was arrested in Upington, Cape, on 3 December 1985, and spent long periods in custody while on trial for the crowd killing of a Municipal Policeman. One of the Upington 26, Mr Kazi was given a suspended sentence, which was later overturned on appeal. | References | | KAZIUA, Willoughby | | A member of the SAP who survived an armed attack on the Orlando police station in Soweto, Johannesburg, on 2 November 1979. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty for the attack (AC/2000/195). | References | | KEANE, Susan-Anne | 39 | The Secretary-General of the Johannesburg-North ANC who was killed 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 | | KEARNEY, Gerald Patrick | 43 | A UDF supporter and director of the religious organisation Diakonia who was arrested in Durban on 26 August 1985 for organising resistance against conscription. He was detained under the Internal Security Act and kept in solitary confinement for seventeen days. | References | | KEARNEY, Helen | 42 | Was severely injured in what became known as the Magoo’s Bar Bombing in Durban on 14 June 1986. The explosion killed thre e women and injured at least seventy four other people. Seven MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/128). | References |
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