Name | Age | Description | |
RAMALEPE, Ngoako Chris | 29 | A SANSCO member who was severely beaten by members of the Lebowa Police after his arrest in GaKgapane, Lebowa, on 23 March 1986. He was arrested after attending a student meeting demanding a free and democratic education system. | References |
RAMALEPE, Reuben Matome | | A COSAS member who was severely beaten by members of the SAP in GaKgapane, Lebowa, on 23 March 1985. | References |
RAMAN, Boyce | 32 | An ANC supporter who was stabbed to death by IFP-supporting passengers who hijacked his taxi between Estcourt and Mooi River, Natal, on 27 September 1991. The perpetrators accused Mr Raman of transporting ‘comrades’. | References |
RAMANGO, Ernest | | Was killed by Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives in Mamelodi, Pretoria, in 1987. Mr Ramango was sedated and placed on a landmine, which was then detonated. Four Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2000/110). | References |
RAMAOKA, Raisibe Meriam | 44 | She lost her home in an arson attack on 2 February 1980 at GaMatlala, Lebowa, allegedly by supporters of Chief BK Matlala, because she resisted Lebowa’s proposed independence from South Africa. | References |
RAMARA, Kolobe Maria | 51 | She lost her home in an arson attack on 2 February 1980 at GaMatlala, Lebowa, allegedly by supporters of Chief BK Matlala, because she resisted Lebowa’s proposed independence from South Africa. | References |
RAMARA, Mosima Francina | 43 | She lost her home in an arson attack on 2 February 1980 at GaMatlala, Lebowa, allegedly by supporters of Chief BK Matlala, because she resisted Lebowa’s proposed independence from South Africa. | References |
RAMARA, Ramaesela Agent | | She lost her home in an arson attack on 2 February 1980 at GaMatlala, Lebowa, allegedly by supporters of Chief BK Matlala, because she resisted Lebowa’s proposed independence from South Africa. | References |
RAMARUMO, Jack May | | Was burnt to death and his house set alight by a group of community residents in Venda on 10 March 1990. Nine people were killed and 11 houses burnt down in attacks on people accused of practising witchcraft to impede the community’s campaign for re-incorporation of the homeland into South Africa. Two ANC supporters were refused amnesty (AC/2000/094). | References |
RAMASEGA, Patrick Alpheus | 16 | Was arrested on 8 January 1991 at Lekubu, Bophuthatswana, and held for eight months. During his detention he was severely beaten with sjamboks, canes and wire by members of the Bophuthatswana Police. Mr Ramasega was accused of conspiring against the Bophuthatswana government and participating in resistance to the incorporation of the area into Bophuthatswana. | References |
RAMASELI, Sehloho | | A Lesotho Liberation Army (LLA) operative who was beaten by named SAP members while in detention in Bloemfontein in November 1981. He was arrested in Clarens, OFS, together with other LLA operatives, after planting a bomb at a bus stop in Buthe Buthe, Lesotho, as part of the LLA efforts to overthrow the Lesotho government. Police initially believed the group to be MK operatives. | References |
RAMASHALA, Paul | | Was shot by members of the SAP in December 1985 in Bela-Bela, Warmbaths, Tvl, during a rent boycott. He was later detained. | References |
RAMASHALA, Scholar Lethetsa | 20 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP during protests in Dukathole, Aliwal North, Cape, on 22 August 1985. See Aliwal North shootings. | References |
RAMASHALA, Scholar Lethetsa | 20 | Was shot dead by members of the SAP during protests in Dukathole, Aliwal North, Cape, on 22 August 1985. See Aliwal North shootings. | References |
RAMASHAMOLA, Machabane Theresa | 24 | Was tortured and assaulted in detention in Vereeniging, Transvaal, in September 1984. Ms Ramashamola was one of the ‘Sharpeville Six’ sentenced to death for the murder of a township councillor. The six were sentenced to death, but their sentences were commuted after an international campaign for clemency. | References |
RAMASHU, S | | Was injured when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty-one people were killed and 217 injured. The overall commander of MK’s Special Operations Unit and two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/003 and AC/2001/023). See Church Street bombing, Pretoria. | References |
RAMASIMONG, George Ramodikne ‘Diwithi’ | 28 | Was shot dead by a named ANCYL member and others, in Kroonstad, OFS, on 25 February 1992. Mr Ramasimong had been a leader of the Three Million Gang. When ANC supporters heard rumours that Mr Ramisimong was still associated with the gang, they killed him. An ANCYL member was granted amnesty for the killing (AC/1996/0006). | References |
RAMASIMONG, Shadrack Matsile | 26 | A leading member of the Three Million gang who was stabbed to death by a named member of the ANC at a police station in Kroonstad, Orange Free State (OFS), on 3 August 1992. He was reportedly under arrest at the time, and a prison warden allegedly supplied the knife to the perpetrator. | References |
RAMASOBANE, Jim | 29 | An ANC supporter who was shot dead on 31 July 1993 in Thafeni, Tembisa, Transvaal, during a raid on residents by alleged Toaster gang vigilantes and IFP supporters. Conflict increased when the body of the Toaster gang leader was exhumed and allegedly burnt by residents. Despite a peace pact signed between the IFP and ANC, IFP supporters allegedly attacked Tembisa and killed a total of thirty and injured twenty one people that day. See Toaster gang. | References |
RAMATELETSE, Thuso Stephen | 16 | Was shot and seriously injured by members of the SAP in Sebokeng, Transvaal, while participating in a SANCO protest march against high rents on 26 March 1990. He instituted a civil claim against police and won the case. | References |