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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 N
| Name | Age | Description | | | NYALELA, Nonyentse | 32 | A PAC member who was severely assaulted by the supporters of Chief KD Matanzima in November 1961 in Tshanyana Village, near Cofimvaba, Transkei. | References | | NYALENDE, Lawrence Jacey | 29 | A PAC supporter who was one of four political activists ambushed and burnt to death in a minibus by Vlakplaas operatives in Nelspruit, Tvl, in March 1992. Three of the perpetrators applied for amnesty for the killings. | References | | NYALUNGA, Frank | | He died after he was attacked by known ANC supporters at a community meeting in Kabokwane, KaNgwane, on the 24 March 1991. Mr Nyalunga was invited to the meeting but was killed because of his support for a chief to whom ANC supporters were opposed. One of the perpetrators applied for amnesty. | References | | NYAMAKAZI, Khayalethu | | Was severely beaten and tortured by members of the SAP in Alicedale, Cape, in October 1986 during the state of emergency. See police brutality. | References | | NYAMAKAZI, Mziwamadoda | 27 | An ANC supporter who was assaulted outside his home by members of the Ciskei Police during a consumer boycott in Dimbaza, Ciskei, in August 1985. | References | | NYAMAMBI, Mvunyelwa | 29 | An iKongo member who was detained and beaten in January 1961 in Lusikisiki, Transkei, during the Pondoland revolt. See Pondoland revolt. | References | | NYAMANKULU, Jongisizwe | 20 | Was shot and injured in Crossroads, Cape Town, on 14 March 1993, during an attempt by a named Crossroads leader to remove residents in Section 2 by force. | References | | NYAMANKULU, Songile | 25 | A PAC supporter who was detained and severely beaten by police in Paarl, Cape, on 22 November 1962, after the Poqo clash with police and Paarl residents in which seven people died. After seven months in custody he was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on Robben Island. He was then banished to the Transkei for two years. He lost his home in an attack in 1976 in Crossroads, Cape Town. | References | | NYAMEKA, Sandile Learnard | 42 | An ANC supporter who was shot and injured by members of the SAP in KTC, Cape Town, on 16 May 1992. | References | | NYAMENDE, Mxolisi Abedinigo | 20 | Was shot by members of the SADF during intense public unrest in Duncan Village, East London, on 12 August 1985. He was detained and beaten on 24 September 1985 in East London. | References | | NYAMFU, Lulama Christian | 38 | Was shot by members of the CDF in Bisho, Ciskei, on 7 September 1992 during an ANC protest march to demand free political activity in Ciskei. Thirty people were killed and 200 people injured in the event which became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were refused amnesty for the shooting (AC/2000/122). | References | | NYANDA, Zwelibanzi | | The commander of MK’s Natal military machinery, and one other were shot dead by a Joint Vlakplaas and Eastern Transvaal Security Branch team in Manzini, Swaziland, on 22 November 1983. One member from Security Branch Headquarters, responsible for authorising the attack, and four Eastern Transvaal and three Vlakplaas operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2000/086 and AC/1999/031). | References | | NYANDENI, Thandi Dorcus | 32 | An ANC supporter who had her house burnt down by IFP supporters during political conflict between the ‘Red’ and ‘Green’ factions in Bhambayi, near KwaMashu, Durban, on 6 April 1993. | References | | NYANE, Tina Matsilo | | She suffered severe ill-treatment and damage to property 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 | | NYANGA, George Mojanaka | 23 | A PAC member who was shot dead by members of the SAP in Mafikeng, Bophuthatswana, in June 1990. | References | | NYANGANA, Wele Edmund | | A member of the Transkei Police who was shot and killed during a joint AWB/ IFP attack on the Flagstaff police station, Transkei, on 6 March 1994. Five of the perpetrators, who applied for amnesty, testified that their intention was to steal arms and ammunition to arm the IFP against ANC attacks. They were granted amnesty (AC/1998/0015). | References | | NYANGENI, Mzwabantu Eric | 29 | A UDF supporter who was shot dead on 19 July 1986 by a named member of the SAP during conflict between AZAPO and UDF supporters at Feltdry in Veelplaas, Port Elizabeth. | References | | NYANI, Khongozela Elliot | 55 | An ADM supporter who lost his house when it was burnt down by ANC supporters on 12 September 1992 at Tendergate, Queenstown. He was among those accused of killing ANC supporters in the area during conflict between the two organisations. | References | | NYASULU, Vincent Timmy | 21 | An MK operative who was arrested in 1981, kept in solitary confinement and subjected to electric shock torture at John Voster Square, Johannesburg. As a result of his torture he has been hospitalised for psychiatric problems. | References | | NYATHELA, Phindile | 18 | A COSAS supporter who was shot dead by a named member of the SAP in Port Alfred, Cape, on 1 June 1986. | References |
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