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Content
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 M
| Name | Age | Description | | | MAFA, Bantubonke | 40 | An ANC member who was attacked in his home with spears, shot in the leg and his house burnt by an Inkatha supporter in Orlando East, Soweto, Johannesburg, in 1984. | References | | MAFA, Ntembeko Oswald | 22 | An ANC supporter who was shot 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 200 people injured in the event which became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were refused amnesty for the shooting (AC/2000/122). | References | | MAFABATHO, Piet | 49 | A FAWU member who was shot and injured by members of the SAP while participating in a labour strike action in Viljoenskroon, Orange Free State (OFS), on 4 December 1992. Two police vans entered the work premises and police members opened fire on striking miners, injuring six. | References | | MAFAFO, Moloko Jarios | 48 | Was attacked with a hand grenade and shot by AZANLA members in Mahwelereng, Lebowa, on 5 March 1993 when investigating a shooting. | References | | MAFALALA, Sibongile Lennox | 19 | Was shot and injured in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 21 January 1993, when the house he was in was attacked by members of a balaclava group who shot at the occupants and set the house alight. Seven family members and friends died in the attack. | References | | MAFANYA, Ntambenkosi Davidson | 25 | Was severely beaten by members of the Ciskei Police and the Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) on 29 August 1983 at Mdantsane, Ciskei, during the Mdantsane bus boycott. See Mdantsane bus boycott. | References | | MAFATA, Habofanoe Daniel | 19 | Was arrested in Bloemfontein on 16 June 1987 and detained without trial for three months, during which time he was severely beaten and tortured by members of the SAP. | References | | MAFATLE, Simon Thabo | | A FAWUSA member who disappeared in Germiston, Transvaal, on 18 September 1993 during a strike. Mr Mafatle had accompanied a friend to buy a fridge. The fridge was delivered that day but the men never returned home. It is alleged that they were both shot by a named perpetrator and that their bodies were not identifiable. | References | | MAFATSHE, Johannes | | Was shot dead by Bophuthatswana Police in Phokeng, Bophuthatswana, on 21 March 1991 while taking part in a march led by pastors to the Governor`s office in protest against the deportation of the wife of the Bafokeng Chief. | References | | MAFENGU, Mabonjwa Nelson | 30 | Was severely assaulted by members of the SAP and the SADF in November 1960 in Bizana, Transkei, during the Pondoland revolt. See Pondoland revolt. | References | | MAFEREKA, Selleane Paulina | 15 | Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Sebokeng, Transvaal, on 26 March 1986 when she joined a protest march against high rents organised by the Vaal Civic Association. As a result of the shooting, Selleane is disabled and suffers from a psychological disorder. | References | | MAFFA, Mosima Elizabeth | 54 | She had her home in GaMatlala, Lebowa, burnt down by supporters of Chief BK Matlala on 2 February 1980, because she resisted Lebowa`s proposed independence from South Africa. | References | | MAFFODI, Jemina Maphuti | 26 | She had her home in GaMatlala, Lebowa, burnt down by supporters of Chief BK Matlala on 2 February 1980, because she resisted Lebowa`s proposed independence from South Africa. | References | | MAFHALA, Phineas | | Was killed by members of the SADF at Messina, Transvaal, in 1981 during a workers` march. | References | | MAFIKA, Daniel Moreno | 40 | Was shot dead by Inkatha supporters in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 28 December 1987. It is believed that Mr Mafika`s Sotho identity made him the target of a Zulu ethnic attack. | References | | MAFIKA, Lindiwe Sara Makazibuyile | 43 | An ANC supporter who fled her home in Folweni, KwaZulu, near Umlazi, Durban on 5 July 1992 because of political violence in the area. A week later, she returned to find her home had been destroyed, allegedly by IFP supporters. | References | | MAFIKE, Mmanini Martha | 69 | Was injured when her house was bombed by AWB members in Hoopstad, Orange Free State (OFS) in December 1993. The incident took place at a time when the AWB were carrying out random attacks in the province in retaliation for the PAC`s `one settler, one bullet` campaign and their attacks on white farmers. | References | | MAFILIKA, Mkanyeli Edward | 19 | A youth who was severely beaten by police on 20 November 1985 and again later in custody in Robertson, Cape, after being arrested with over seventy others. He then spent three months in prison awaiting trial on public violence charges, which were then withdrawn. He was again detained in June 1986 and held under emergency regulations for three months. | References | | MAFILIKA, Violet | 33 | An ANC supporter who was severely beaten with batons and sjamboks by members of the SAP in Robertson, Cape, during 1986. Police were forcing residents to clean Nkqubela township and many were beaten that day. | References | | MAFIRIKA, Telebo Johannes | | Was injured and suffered damage to property on 17 June 1992 in the Boipatong massacre in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, which left forty five people dead and twenty seven seriously injured. Thirteen perpetrators were granted amnesty, a further three applications were refused (AC/2000/209). | References |
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