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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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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 | | | MTSHEKETSHE, Nomonde | 20 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP while participating in a demonstration at Aliwal North, Cape, on 22 August 1985. See Aliwal North shootings. | References | | MTSHEKETSHE, Pumla | 15 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP while participating in a demonstration at Aliwal North, Cape, on 22 August 1985. See Aliwal North shootings. | References | | MTSHEWI, Gijimane Jacob | | An Imbokodo vigilante who lost his house in an arson attack by `comrades` in Moutse, KwaNdebele, on 18 June 1986. The area was tense due to the proposed incorporation into KwaNdebele. See Imbokodo. | References | | MTSHILITA, Lindela Orsmond | 27 | An ANC supporter who was detained on 19 September 1986, and assaulted and subjected to electric shocks and other forms of torture at Louis le Grange police station and later St Alban`s prison in Port Elizabeth. The perpetrators included a named member of the Special Branch. He was later arrested and tortured while trying to leave the country. | References | | MTSHINTSHI, Ntini | 47 | Was shot dead in his vehicle by named WEBTA members in Philippi, Cape Town, on 8 July 1991. Mr Mtshintshi was the driver for prominent political activist and taxi conflict negotiator, Michael Mapongwana. Mr Mapongwana, the target of the attack, was also shot dead. See taxi violence. | References | | MTSHISELWA, Xolile | 23 | A UDF activist who was shot dead by members of the SAP during protests in Mlungisi, Queenstown, Cape, on 6 July 1985. | References | | MTSHONTSHI, Ezra Zeera | | A PAC supporter who was arrested in 1963 in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) when he was twenty six, and handed over to the South African security authorities. He served a two-year sentence for leaving the country illegally. On 6 June 1976, he was detained in the Transkei and tortured. In 1980, he was forced to flee his home in the Transkei to avoid being served with a banishment order from the Transkei. | References | | MTSHOTWANA, Nonzwakazi | | Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 26 December 1976, when police opened fire on a crowd during political conflict between Nyanga residents and migrant workers from the hostels over the Christmas 1976 period. | References | | MTSHUGWANA, Mzoxolo | | An APLA operative who was killed in a shoot-out with the police at Dimbaza police station, Ciskei, on 9 October 1993. One perpetrator was granted amnesty (AC/1999/0333). | References | | MTSHWENE, Bateng Sarah | 40 | She lost her home and possessions in an attack by supporters of Chief Jack Mahlangu in July 1975 at Goederede, near Dennilton, KwaNdebele, during conflict over incorporation into Lebowa. Chief Mahlangu supported incorporation because it would grant him chief rule but many residents resisted. | References | | MTSHWENI, Congress | | A member of COSAS who was killed when a booby-trapped limpet mine exploded in his hands on 25/26 June 1985, in Duduza, Transvaal. The limpet mine had been provided by a Vlakplaas operative purporting to be an MK operative, who had also provided other COSAS members with booby-trapped hand-grenades. See Operation Zero Zero. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation (AC/2001/058). | References | | MTSHWENI, Elias | | Was killed by Imbokodo members on 1 January 1986 in Moutse, KwaNdebele, during conflict over incorporation into KwaNdebele. | References | | MTSHWENI, Hendrick Petros | 56 | An Imbokodo vigilante who was necklaced in Siyabuswa, KwaNdebele, in 1986 by `comrades` who accused him of trying to save the home of a leading supporter of KwaNdebele independence and Moutse incorporation after they had set it alight. Mr Mtshweni died of burn wounds a week after the attack. See Imbokodo. | References | | MTSHWENI, Jacob | | He had his home damaged in an arson attack by `comrades` in KwaNdebele, in 1986. KwaNdebele was tense following government proposals to grant the area independence. | References | | MTSHWENI, Mbatha Casselius | 30 | Was shot dead in Tokoza, Transvaal, on 18 September 1993 during ongoing political conflict on the East Rand. | References | | MTSHWENI, Piet | | Was burnt to death by `comrades` who were opposed to the Imbokodo in 1986 at Siyabuswa, KwaNdebele. He was attacked after trying to extinguish a fire in the shop of an Imbokodo member. | References | | MTSHWENI, Siponono Anna | | She had her home damaged in an attack by supporters of Chief Jack Mahlangu in July 1975 at Goederede, near Dennilton, KwaNdebele, during conflict over incorporation into Lebowa. Chief Mahlangu supported incorporation because it would grant him chief rule but many residents resisted. | References | | MTSWENI, Buti Mathews | 24 | An ANC supporter who was severely beaten by a named IFP supporter in Kwadela, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu, near Durban, on 27 January 1991. | References | | MTSWENI, Dick Mkukwana | 70 | An ANC member from Leslie, Transvaal, who was shot dead 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 were killed in the operation and six were wounded, including his wife and grand-daughter. See Gaborone raid. | References | | MTSWENI, Emmah | | Was interrogated and then burnt to death by ANC supporters and local residents on top of a mountain at Pietskraal, KwaNdebele, on 1 January 1991. Ms Mtsweni was believed to be using witchcraft to harm two persons. Five ANC supporters were granted amnesty (AC/2000/131). | References |
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