| Name | Age | Description | |
| MAKUTWANA, Tapela Meshack | 17 | Was left permanently disabled after he was shot by police and then stabbed and severely burnt by migrant workers in Nyanga, Cape Town, on 26 December 1976, during political conflict between Nyanga residents and migrant workers from the hostels over the Christmas 1976 period. | References |
| MAKUYA, Nyatshisevhesingo | | Was abducted and shot dead by named perpetrators at Thohoyandou, Venda, on 1 April 1974 to remove her claim to the Makuya chieftaincy. The perpetrators were supporters of Chief Ngingideni who had taken the chieftaincy by force. | References |
| MAKWAE, Atella Sebolelo | 44 | She had her home damaged in an arson attack in Maboloka, Bophuthatswana, in 1976 during conflict over the chieftaincy. | References |
| MAKWALA, Christoper Sello | | Along with four other SADF members, he was attacked in the patrol vehicle by armed MK operatives in Rita township, Lebowa, on 16 June 1990. Two MK operatives were granted amnesty for the incident (AC/2000/98). | References |
| MAKWANA, Elizabeth | | She sustained extensive damage to her house in Tshehlewaneng village, Transvaal, during 1986, when it was petrol-bombed by two youth activists acting on the orders of COSAS. The intended target had been the house of the local headmaster who was believed to be an informer, but the wrong house was attacked. No one was injured. A COSAS member was granted amnesty for the attack (AC/1999/0326). | References |
| MAKWATA, Simon Basayi | 55 | Was severely beaten by members of the SAP in Bizana, Transkei, in 1962 during the Pondoland revolt. See Pondoland revolt. | References |
| MAKWAYIBA, Goliath | 30 | A PAC activist who was sentenced to twenty years` imprisonment during political unrest in Queenstown in 1963. He served his prison term on Robben Island and was released in 1984. | References |
| MAKWE, Aaron Benson | 27 | An ANC member who was shot dead by alleged members of the SAP in Rustenberg, Transvaal, in 1986. | References |
| MAKWELA, Lucas Mabule | 41 | Was severely beaten by alleged members of the SAP in Pietersburg, Transvaal, in 1971. | References |
| MAKWENA, Seema | | He had his house burnt down in GaMatlala, Lebowa, by supporters of Chief BK Matlala on 2 February 1980, because Mr Makwena resisted Lebowa`s proposed independence from South Africa. | References |
| MAKWETHU, Mabandla Clemence | 14 | He had his home demolished and his family forcibly removed on 22 December 1962 by members of the Transkei Tribal Authority in Cofimvaba, Transkei. | References |
| MAKWETHU, Vakele | | Was sentenced to three years` imprisonment for his political activities in July 1962 in Cala, Transkei. While he was in prison his home was demolished and his family forcibly removed from the area. | References |
| MAKWETU, Mandla Joseph | 17 | A member of the UDF-supporting AmaButho who was shot by members of the SAP while he was mobilising support for the UDF in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape, on 23 March 1985. See AmaButho. | References |
| MALACHI, Matches Edward | 25 | Was shot by members of the SAP in Phalaborwa, Gazankulu, on 15 February 1986 at a union meeting for mineworkers. | References |
| MALAKA, Johannah Mabolawo | | Was shot and severely beaten by members of the SAP and SADF at Moutse, KwaNdebele, on 17 December 1985 when a youth meeting at the Ntoane royal kraal was disrupted. The incident occurred during conflict in the area over proposed incorporation into KwaNdebele. | References |
| MALAKA, Motimedi Gabriel | 28 | An ANC supporter who was placed in solitary confinement in Sibasa, Venda, in January 1978. | References |
| MALAKOANE, Amos Bafana | 27 | An ANC supporter who was severely beaten and tortured by members of the Security Branch in Mapetla, Soweto, on 6 August 1984. | References |
| MALAKOANE, Maria | 36 | Was severely beaten by members of the SAP in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on 22 April 1986. She and her activist boyfriend were helping organise a mass funeral of nineteen people killed in clashes between township residents and hostel-dwellers. Ms Malakoane`s boyfriend was shot and ran into a house which was subsequently set alight. | References |
| MALAMBILE, Mzukisi Magenis | 25 | An ANC supporter who was shot and injured by members of the SADF in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape, on 28 May 1986, while on his way home from a soccer match during a period of protests in the area. Three people were shot dead and several injured in the shooting. | References |
| MALAN, Jeanne | | Was severely injured when members of MK`s `Dolphin Unit` detonated an explosive in a car near the Krugersdorp Magistrate`s court and the adjacent police station, Transvaal, on 16 March 1988. Three people were killed and more than 20 were injured in the blast. Two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/003). | References |
