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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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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 | | | KOCK, MM | | 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 | | KOCK, Paul | | Was injured in a hand grenade explosion on 25 May 1993 in Kimberley, Cape, during an ANC protest march to the Bophuthatswana consulate. Two MK operatives threw a hand grenade at the building, but it bounced back into the crowd, killing one person and injuring forty one others. Two ANC members were wrongly convicted of the killing. Four MK operatives and ANC members, two of whom denied guilt, were refused amnesty (AC/2000/053 and AC/2000/241). | References | | KODISANG, Shadrack | 26 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP in KwaThema, Transvaal, on 9 July 1985 following tension between students and the SAP in the area. | References | | KODISANG, Sipho Adam | 17 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead by a named member of the SAP in Vosloorus, Transvaal, on 6 August 1993 when he mistook a toy gun Mr Kodisang was carrying for a real weapon and opened fire on him. An inquest was held but no one was found responsible for Mr Kodisang’s death. | References | | KOEE, Aobakwe Gilbert | 30 | Was hit on the head and threatened with death by Bophuthatswana Police at Taung, Bophuthatswana, in May 1988. Officials were searching for supporters of Chief Mankuroane who was in exile as a result of political differences with Chief Mangope. | References | | KOELMAN, Bernard ‘Besa’ | 20 | A UDF supporter who was detained in Oudtshoorn, Cape, in May 1985, and charged with public violence for which he was later acquitted. During his interrogation, he was assaulted at the Oudtshoorn police station by named members of the SAP. He was detained under emergency regulations in 1986 and again in 1988. See police brutality. | References | | KOELMAN, Noma-Efese Nielmary | 20 | Was detained under emergency regulations for a week in 1985 in Klipplaat, Cape, and thereafter transferred to Middelburg prison, Cape, for a further month. She was assaulted daily while in detention. See police brutality. | References | | KOEN, Christina Frederika | 42 | Her house was petrol bombed by APLA members in Ficksburg, Orange Free State (OFS), on 29 September 1992. Ms Koen was wounded by shrapnel during the attack. See APLA attacks. | References | | KOEN, Gabriel Johannes | 46 | His house was petrol bombed by APLA members in Ficksburg, Orange Free State (OFS), on 29 September 1992. See APLA attacks. | References | | KOENA, Anna | 33 | Was stabbed in the chest with a spear and hit with knobkieries by IFP supporters returning from a rally in White City, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 8 September 1991. Other residents in Ms Koena’s street were killed in the attack. | References | | KOENING, L | | 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 | | KOFANE, Thulani Walter | 25 | A UDF supporter whose house was burnt down and his minibus destroyed by Inkatha supporters at Ashdown, KwaZulu, near Pietermaritzburg, on 14 April 1987, in intensifying political conflict in the area. | References | | KOHL, Aliston Phillip | 17 | She died after being shot in the head by members of the SAP on 12 May 1986 while she was participating in a funeral procession in Joza, Grahamstown, Cape. | References | | KOHLA, Conrad Ncobela | 23 | Was shot dead when ANC security guards from the ANC headquarters at Shell House, Johannesburg, opened fire on a crowd of IFP marchers, on 28 March 1994. At least nine marchers were killed and at least one hundred were injured. Ten ANC security guards were granted amnesty (AC/2000/142). | References | | KOHLAKALI, Nontle | 12 | Was shot and injured on 6 October 1992, while asleep in his home in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Shortly before the attack, his mother’s life had been threatened, because of her prominent role in the ANC Women’s League. | References | | KOHLI, Qalisile John | 20 | An ANC supporter who was shot and severely injured by named members of the SAP in Elliot, Cape, in March 1992, while participating in a march to protest against conditions in the township. | References | | KOITENG, Moses Mothuphi | 31 | An APLA member who was shot dead by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Hammanskraal, Transvaal, on 29 March 1992 during a period of political repression in Bophuthatswana. | References | | KOJANE, Itumeleng Ernest | 15 | An ANC supporter who was shot and injured by an AWB member while participating in a march to the magistrate’s court in Hertzogville, Orange Free State (OFS), on 1 March 1994. The AWB had blocked the road in an attempt to prevent ANC supporters from reaching the court. | References | | KOKA, Maphutha Frans | 22 | Was beaten to death after he was abducted by two named members of the Lebowa Police in Pietersburg, Transvaal, on 8 May 1986. | References | | KOKI, George | | He sustained facial burns when his home was petrol bombed by IFP supporters at Ipelegeng, Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal, on 16 July 1993. | References |
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