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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 | | | MQALANGA, Tukie Joseph | | Was shot and 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 self-defence units to defend themselves against attacks by the IFP and Security Forces. The perpetrator threw the grenade after getting involved in an argument at a stokvel. Six people were killed and four were injured in the explosion. | References | | MQAMELO, Mongameli Aubrey Matoto | 27 | Was shot dead by members of the Transkei Police in Lusikisiki, Transkei, on 23 December 1980. | References | | MQATHI, Loza Geratina | 74 | An ANC supporter who had her house in Ncalu, Ixopo, Natal, burnt down on 28 July 1993 in intense fighting between IFP and ANC supporters, which allegedly started some two weeks previously when a woman in the IFP-dominated area of Maweni was shot dead by four youths, and several IFP homes were burnt down. More than 110 people fled the area after their homes were burnt down in the fighting. | References | | MQAYANA, David Zolisele | 41 | A PAC supporter who was killed by ANC supporters in Botshabelo, near Bloem-fontein, on 15 July 1992, at a time of political tension and conflict between the ANC and the PAC. Mr Mqayana was trying to prevent the perpetrators from burning down the family home. His mother died as a result of burns sustained in the fire. His brother was killed by ANC supporters at his mother`s funeral on 1 August 1992. | References | | MQAYANA, Isaac Madodana | 22 | A PAC supporter who was killed by ANC supporters while attending his mother`s funeral in Botshabelo, near Bloemfontein, on 1 August 1992, at a time of political tension and conflict between the ANC and the PAC. His mother and brother had died when ANC supporters burnt down the family home on 15 July 1992. | References | | MQAYANA, Martha Mannini | 56 | A PAC supporter who was burnt to death by ANC supporters who set her house alight in Botshabelo, near Bloemfontein, on 15 July 1992, at a time of political tension and conflict between the ANC and the PAC. Her son, aged 41, was also killed in this attack. Another son, aged 22, was killed by ANC supporters while attending her funeral on 1 August 1992. | References | | MQAYANA, Mpitizeli Peter | 72 | A PAC supporter who lost his house in an arson attack by ANC supporters in Botshabelo, near Bloemfontein, on 15 July 1992, at a time of political tension and conflict between the ANC and the PAC. His wife and 41-year-old son were killed in this attack. At his wife`s funeral on 1 August 1992, ANC supporters killed a younger son, aged 22. | References | | MQHANA, Msokoli | 51 | A UDF supporter who was arrested while attending the funeral of an ANC cadre in Bethelsdorp, Port Elizabeth on 23 April 1986. He was held without trial, and released three months later. | References | | MQIKELA, Mlandeli Walter | 19 | Was severely beaten by named members of the SAP in KTC, Cape Town, on 2 October 1985, while walking from school. | References | | MQIKELA, Mzandile | | An ANC supporter who was shot dead and burnt on 15 August 1990 when his home in the informal settlement, Crossroads, in Katlehong, Tvl, was attacked and set alight, allegedly by IFP supporters. Mr Mqikela was one of 24 people who died in a pre-dawn attack by hostel-dwellers on the Crossroads informal settlement on this day. | References | | MQIKELA, Zoleka Constance | 35 | An ANC supporter who was shot at and her home was burnt down during an attack on 15 August 1990 in the informal settlement, Crossroads, in Katlehong, Tvl, allegedly carried out by IFP supporters. Ms Mqikela`s brother was shot dead during the attack. He was one of 24 people who died in a pre-dawn attack by local hostel-dwellers on the Crossroads informal settlement on this day. | References | | MQOBONGO, Nontlupeko Maria | 46 | Was in the bedroom of her home in Jouberton, Klerksdorp, Tvl, on 4 August 1991 when named members of the SAP, searching for her son who was an ANC supporter, fired a shot which broke her bedroom window. | References | | MQOKOLO, Sindiswa Virginia | 26 | Was stabbed and seriously injured on 11 December 1990 in Tokoza, Tvl, allegedly by IFP supporters during ongoing political conflict in the area. | References | | MQOMA, Abel Mpazamo | | Was stabbed by IFP supporters in Ratanda, near Heidelberg, Tvl, on 3 December 1992 during a violent labour dispute between striking COSATU-affiliated FAWU workers and non-striking IFP-aligned UWUSA workers. | References | | MQOMA, Masesi Josephine | 36 | Was hacked and shot by IFP supporters in Ratanda, Heidelberg, Tvl, on 3 December 1992 during tension between IFP-supporting hostel-dwellers and ANC-supporting residents. | References | | MQOMEZULO, Petrus Mohau | 24 | An ANC supporter who was arrested and tortured by members of the SAP in Bethlehem, OFS, in 1984, allegedly because he had information about ANC activities. | References | | MQOMI, Bongani | | An ANC supporter who had his house burnt down in Sokhulu, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal, in July 1990. His house caught fire when IFP supporters petrol-bombed a neighbour`s house during the period of continued political conflict in the area. | References | | MQONI, Menziwa Voltaire | | Was stabbed to death by a group of `comrades` in Kagiso, Tvl, on 13 March 1986. | References | | MQUBULI, Mzukisi Thomas | 21 | A UDF supporter who was shot and injured after being assaulted and tortured by a member of the Municipal Police in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape, on 6 May 1986. The perpetrator had allegedly tried to extract information from him about a police officer that had been burnt to death. | References | | MQUDLWA, Pietman | | A member of a Crossroads committee led by Mr Memani who was one of seven men killed in Crossroads, Cape Town, on 11 April 1983, by supporters of an opposing committee led by Mr Ngxobongwana, during conflict arising from the struggle for housing. | References |
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