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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 Q
| Name | Age | Description | | | QODASHE, Zukile Sidion | 19 | Was tortured in detention in Zolani, Cape, on 22 November 1985. Mr Qodashe was accused of burning down the houses of suspected informers. He was charged with public violence, but eventually acquitted. | References | | QOGOTA, Zwelifile Bothman | 34 | A NACTU member who was severely assaulted by a mine security employee in Sasolburg, OFS, on 2 November 1987, while participating in a march by striking workers. | References | | QONGWANA, Selina | 17 | An ANC supporter who was arrested in Ndakana, near King William’s Town, Cape, in May 1990 while she was a meeting to plan protest against the reimposition of the headman system in Ciskei. She was taken to Stutterheim, Cape, where she was tortured in detention. | References | | QONI, Mandla | 16 | Was shot dead when members of an SAP patrol opened fire on toyi-toying youths in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape on 28 May 1986. | References | | QOTOYI, Banzi George | 32 | A PAC supporter who was arrested and detained on several occasions in Somerset West, Cape Town, along with other PAC supporters. Mr Qotoyi was also beaten in custody. He was charged, but found not guilty. Mr Qotoyi was later placed under house arrest in 1990 in Engcobo, Transkei. | References | | QOTYWA, Nomazizi Elsie | 50 | An ANC supporter who had her house in Amaoti, Inanda, near Durban, set alight by IFP supporters in February 1991. Twenty houses are reported to have been burnt down by IFP-supporting vigilantes returning from a rally. | References | | QOZA, Siyabulela | 13 | He sustained serious burns on his body on 12 March 1990 after an explosive device was thrown into his bedroom by members of the CDF in Zwelitsha, Ciskei. | References | | QOZA, Siziwe Joyce | 45 | suffered severe damage to her property on 12 March 1990 when an explosive devise was thrown into her bedroom by members of the CDF in Zwelitsha, Ciskei. | References | | QUARTERS, Jeff | | Was injured in what became known as the Magoo’s bar bombing in Durban on 14 June 1986. The explosion killed three women and injured at least 74 other people. Seven MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/128). | References | | QUBEKA, Elliot Zithembile | 39 | An ANC leader who was shot in the stomach by named PAC supporters during political conflict in Cofimvaba, Transkei, on 27 July 1993. Mr Qubeka’s house had been burnt down by PAC supporters two months earlier. | References | | QUIN, Jacqueline Anne | 30 | A South African teacher resident in Lesotho who was shot dead by Vlakplaas operatives during a raid on two houses in Maseru, Lesotho, on 19 December 1985. Her husband was one of eight other people killed, but their infant daughter Phoenix survived. Seven operatives, including the deputy commander of Security Branch Headquarters, the commander of the section which oversaw the work of Vlakplaas and the commander of Vlakplaas , applied for amnesty for the operation. All except the commander of Security Branch Headquarters were granted amnesty (AC/2001/231 and AC/2001/279). | References | | QUIN, Phoenix | 1 | She survived an attack on 19 December 1985 in Maseru, Lesotho by Vlakplaas operatives in which both her parents were shot dead. Nine people were killed in the raid, three of whom were citizens of Lesotho. After the attack, the infant Phoenix was abandoned in the house with her dead parents for several hours. Five members of the Security Branch were granted amnesty for the killing of her parents while two, including the then Deputy Chief of the Security Police, were refused amnesty (AC/2001/231 and AC/2001/279). | References | | QUKU, (first names not given) | | Was attacked and burnt to death, in Crossroads, Cape Town, on 11 April 1983, during a conflict between the supporters of local leaders Ngxobongwana and Memani. Seven people died in the attack. | References | | QULO, Nontokozo Ellen | 30 | She had her house in Iniwe, KwaZulu, near Empangeni, Natal, burnt down on 30 April 1992 in ongoing conflict between ANC and IFP supporters in the area. | References | | QULU, Glen Lungile | 35 | Was burnt to death leaving Jabulani hostel, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 18 August 1990 because he was seen as an IFP supporter during conflict between mainly IFP-supporting hostel- dwellers and ANC-supporting residents. When the IFP launched itself as a political party, hostel-dwellers were allegedly coerced into IFP membership resulting in the conflict between residents and hostel-dwellers based on ethnicity, residential area and political affiliation. | References | | QUMA, Rex Moneli | 22 | A UDF activist who was severely tortured by named members of the SAP in Port Alfred, Cape, in 1985, while awaiting trial with ten others for the ‘necklacing’ of an AZAPO member. All the accused were acquitted. Mr Quma was granted an interdict against the police by the Grahamstown Supreme Court in August 1987. | References | | QUMBELO, Mountain | 33 | A member of the ANC underground in Cape Town who was detained for many months and severely tortured by being electrocuted and suffocated by named members of the Security Police in October 1963 in Pretoria. He was given a six-year prison sentence that he won on appeal. He was then placed under a five-year banning order. In 1977 he was again detained and served a prison term on Robben Island from 1978 to 1983. Thereafter, as a UDF activist, he was repeatedly detained under emergency regulations from 1985 to 1989. See police brutality | References | | QUMZA, Patric | 30 | A UDF activist who was seriously injured when attacked with pangas and knobkerries by named members of AZAPO, allegedly with police complicity, in Mbekweni, Paarl, Cape, on 26 December 1986, during political conflict between AZAPO and UDF supporters. | References | | QUNGQU, Nombulelo Thelma | 34 | She lost her home in an arson attack in KTC, Cape Town, on 11 June 1986, during the mass destruction of UDF-supporting squatter camps by Witdoeke vigilantes, acting with the tacit approval and aid of the security forces. Over 60 people were killed and 20 000 homes destroyed in the attacks. | References | | QUNGQUTHO, Telford | | A Transkei Defence Force (TDF) soldier who was killed during an attempted coup in Umtata, Transkei, on 22 November 1990. Seven TDF soldiers were killed and some 33 wounded. Four of the coup conspirators were granted amnesty. Six Vlakplaas operatives were granted amnesty for providing arms for the attempted coup. An SADF Military Intelligence operative, who applied for amnesty for his role in supporting the coup, later withdrew his application (AC/2000/036; AC/2001/095 and AC/2001/199). | References |
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