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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 | | | MOEDERA, William | | Was injured in an attack on a house in Gaborone, Botswana, by SADF Special Forces operatives on 13 February 1985. Mr Moedera was not the intended target of the attack. The divisional commander of Western Transvaal Security Branch and four of his operatives, as well as the commander of Security Branch Headquarters, were granted amnesty for providing target intelligence to Special Forces (AC/2001/228). | References | | MOEKETSI, Dolly Dimakatso | 17 | An ANC supporter who was arrested, tortured and beaten by members of the SAP in July 1986 in Kagiso, Tvl, because he was accused of taking part in a consumer boycott. | References | | MOEKETSI, Kwape Mohdtiso | | Suffered injuries when members of MK`s Special Operations Unit detonated an explosive in a car outside the SADF Witwatersrand Command headquarters in Johannesburg on 30 July 1987. At least 68 people were injured. Three MK operatives and one UDF supporter linked to MK were granted amnesty for their roles in this attack (AC/2001/0003 and AC/2000/248). | References | | MOEKETSI, Tukunana John | | An ANC supporter who was shot in 1985 in Khayamnandi, Steynsburg, Cape during political conflict over the Black Local Authority. | References | | MOEKWA, Moses Thami | 35 | Was hit on his heel trying to evade IFP supporters attacking commuters at Braamfontein station, Tvl, on 13 October 1992. Between 1990 and 1993, 572 people died in train violence allegedly initiated by groups opposed to a democratic transition. | References | | MOELAJEE, Mansoor | | Was one of ten students arrested after a rally in Athlone, Cape Town, on 17 September 1985, and was then severely beaten by named and other members of the SAP at the Brackenfell police station. | References | | MOELE, Dina Elizabeth | | Was one of three civilians killed when a car bomb, planted by MK operatives, exploded outside the NBS building in Witbank, Tvl, on 24 October 1988. The building was used for commercial purposes, but also housed the Witbank Security Branch offices. Three people were killed and over 20 were injured, mainly civilians. Two MK operatives were granted amnesty for the bombing (AC/2000/055). | References | | MOELI, Johannes | 64 | An Inkatha supporter who had his home in KwaMashu, Durban, petrol-bombed on 28 April 1986 in intensifying political conflict between UDF and Inkatha supporters in the area. | References | | MOELOA, Mankuku | 69 | Was beaten with a sjambok and detained by members of the Bophuthatswana Police on 1 July 1989 in Leeuwfontein, Tvl, during conflict over incorporation into Bophuthatswana. | References | | MOEMA, Isaac | 23 | An MK operative who was killed by Vlakplaas operatives in Komatipoort, Tvl, on 15 March 1982. | References | | MOENA, Whitney | | Was shot by members of the SAP when they opened fire on a group of people marching and singing freedom songs in December 1985 in Bela-Bela, Warmbaths, Tvl, during a rent boycott. | References | | MOENG, Gideon | | A town councillor who died when he was beaten and set alight after being chased from his house by a group of youths in Tembisa, Tvl, on 7 May 1986. One UDF supporter was refused amnesty on the basis that he did not make a full disclosure of all relevant facts (AC/2001/270). | References | | MOEPI, Sengadi Lucas | 40 | An ANC supporter who was killed when he was stabbed and shot and his car was burnt by IFP supporters in Zonkizizwe, an IFP-aligned infomal settlement near Katlehong, Tvl, on 7 July 1993. Zonkizizwe was one of many informal settlements that became politically aligned in the early 1990s, resulting in violent political conflict between rival political parties. | References | | MOEPYE, Pheho Alpheus | 43 | He had his home burnt down in a petrol bomb attack by a named member of the SAP in KwaThema, Tvl, on 21 June 1985 because of his active involvement in the formation of SRCs. | References | | MOERANE, Eliazara Jakane | 53 | An SAP member who was shot dead in Pimville, Soweto, Johannesburg, while he was attending a party on 24 May 1991. | References | | MOERANE, Lenare | 17 | Was shot in the forehead when SAP members opened fire on protesters during a student boycott in Queenstown, Cape, on 30 September 1977. He died at Frontier hospital, Port Elizabeth on 4 October 1977. | References | | MOERANE, Modingwoa Edward | 16 | A UDF supporter who was severely tortured and suffocated by named members of the SAP in Thabazimbi, Transvaal, on 25 January 1986. The police wanted information from him about other political activists. | References | | MOETI, Aletta | | Was stabbed in Boipatong, Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992. Forty five people died and twenty seven were seriously injured when IFP-supporting residents of the KwaMadala hostel descended on the Boipatong community in the Boipatong massacre, allegedly planned and carried out with the aid of the police. | References | | MOETI, Dickson Butiyana | | A COSAS member who was detained for twenty one days without trial by members of the SAP in March 1984 during student unrest in Khutsong, Carletonville, Transvaal. | References | | MOETI, Mika Bennet | 25 | An ANC supporter who was arrested and assaulted during interrogations at various police stations in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, between 1990 and 1992. | References |
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