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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 | | | MOKOENA, Busisiwe | 10 | Busisiwe was from Leslie,Transvaal, and was shot and injured on 14 June 1985 in a cross-border attack launched by the SADF Special Forces, together with the Security Branch, on ANC offices and houses in Gaborone, Botswana. Twelve people, including her grandfather, were killed, and six, including her grandmother, were wounded in the operation. See Gaborone raid. | References | | MOKOENA, Clinton | | Was beaten to death by Inkatha supporters in KwaMashu, Durban, in August 1985, in intensifying political conflict in the area. | References | | MOKOENA, Dan Elias | 5 | Was severely injured when his home was set alight by members of the SAP in Leeuwfontein, Tvl, in July 1986. Police allegedly came to the house looking for a political activist. When they could not find him, they set the house alight. | References | | MOKOENA, Daniel | 21 | He disappeared on 19 August 1990 after being abducted by IFP supporters from the Mapetla hostel, Soweto, Johannesburg. On that day, hostel-dwellers were on the way to attack residents in Mapetla township when police arrived and fired at residents confronting the hostel-dwellers. Mr Mokoena is thought to have disappeared in the confusion that followed. | References | | MOKOENA, David | | Was killed when a hand grenade detonated by a named MK operative exploded in Sebokeng, Tvl, on 27 November 1992. MK and APLA members had returned from exile and were training members of the community to defend themselves against attacks by the IFP and Security Forces. The perpetrator allegedly threw the hand grenade after getting involved in an argument at a stokvel. Six people were killed and four were injured in the explosion. | References | | MOKOENA, David Monaheng | 59 | Was shot and severely injured by members of the SAP on 4 September 1990 in Sebokeng, Tvl, when IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers attacked ANC-aligned township residents who had trapped the hostel-dwellers in Hostel No 3. The SAP and SADF were summoned and shots were fired at the residents from IFP supporters inside and security forces outside the hostel. Forty-two people were killed, four of them by security forces. | References | | MOKOENA, Elias | | Was arrested in 1987 in Waterval-Boven, Tvl, after the funeral of a person killed during clashes between Imbokodo vigilantes and people opposed to KwaNdebele independence. | References | | MOKOENA, Elizabeth | | Was stabbed to death after being raped by named perpetrators in Bethlehem, OFS, on 11 January 1986. The perpetrators reportedly stated that they had attacked Ms Mokoena because she was not carrying her Pass. | References | | MOKOENA, Elliot | | Was severely assaulted with rifle butts and kicked by Bophuthatswana Police in April 1989 at Zeerust, Tvl, during conflict over incoporation into Bophuthatswana. He was arrested and detained for a week. After his release, he was stabbed with a spear in the left leg and disappeared from home. He has not been seen since. | References | | MOKOENA, Ephraim Phakiso | 19 | An ANC supporter who was stabbed to death by IFP supporters on 4 September 1990 in Sebokeng, Tvl, when IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers attacked ANC-aligned residents who had trapped the hostel-dwellers in Hostel No 3. The SAP and SADF were summoned and shots were fired at the residents from IFP supporters inside and security forces outside the hostel. Forty-two people were killed four of them by security forces. | References | | MOKOENA, Erick | | Was shot dead by members of the SADF in KwaNdebele, KwaNdebele, on 1 June 1986. | References | | MOKOENA, Evelina | | Was shot by a member of the SAP at Naledi, Soweto, Johannesburg, in June 1993 during a march protesting the assassination of Chris Hani. | References | | MOKOENA, Fanyane Sophonia | 40 | Was hacked and stabbed to death on 9 November 1992 in Katlehong, Tvl, during conflict between hostel-dwellers and township residents. | References | | MOKOENA, Grace | 49 | She had her home damaged in an arson attack by a named perpetrator on 1 November 1989 in Ratanda, near Heidelberg, Tvl, because her son had organised a worker`s rally on the same day that the UDF had organised a rally for Walter Sisulu. | References | | MOKOENA, Isaack Raditsela | 37 | Was severely beaten with rifles and sjamboks by members of the SAP in Khutsong, Carletonville, Tvl, on 16 June 1986. | References | | MOKOENA, Jack | | Was shot dead on 1 March 1990 at his grandparents` home in Crossroads informal settlement, Khutsong, Carletonville, Tvl, by members of the SAP following conflict between rival factions of the ANC-aligned Khutsong Youth Congress. On 15 July 1988, Mr Mokoena was shot, arrested and detained in the same area. | References | | MOKOENA, Jan Mojalefa | 34 | Was injured when a hand grenade was thrown at his shack in Daveyton, Tvl, on 17 September 1991 during conflict between ANC and IFP supporters in the area. | References | | MOKOENA, Jeremia | | Was injured during the Boipatong massacre by IFP supporters in Boipatong, near Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, on 17 June 1992, 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 | | MOKOENA, John | | Was necklaced by `comrades` in Tweefontein, KwaNdebele. He was accused of being an informer. | References | | MOKOENA, Joseph | 30 | Was shot and injured when named IFP supporters opened fire on the minibus in which he was travelling on 15 June 1992 in Evaton, Tvl, during conflict between IFP and ANC supporters. | References |
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