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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 W
| Name | Age | Description | | | WITBOOI, Johannes | 35 | Was stabbed and set alight by named perpetrators in Lingelihle, Cradock, Cape, on 6 September 1986 during a strike and stayaway at his workplace. He was allegedly targeted because he did not heed the stayaway call. | References | | WITBOOI, Neville | 17 | Was arrested on 3 December 1985 in Upington, Cape, and spent long periods in custody while on trial with twenty five others, known as the Upington 26, after the crowd killing of a member of the Municipal Police. Mr Witbooi was given a suspended sentence which was later overturned on appeal. | References | | WITBOOI, Nomathamsanqa Elita Shanie | 21 | A BCM activist was arrested and beaten by members of the SAP after participating in a protest march in Cradock, Cape, in September 1977. On 5 October 1977, she was kicked and beaten by police members who forced her to make a confession in an arson attack. Later that month, she was stripped naked and locked into a wet police van for five hours. She was convicted and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and released on 28 November 1981. | References | | WITBOOI, Nomawethu Veronica | 27 | An ANC supporter who was shot by members of the Ciskei Defence Force (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 two hundred people were injured in what became known as the Bisho massacre. Two members of the former CDF were refused amnesty for the shooting (AC/2000/122). See Bisho massacre. | References | | WITBOOI, Shadrack Jongikaya | 32 | Was shot dead by members of the Balaclava group allegedly linked to the Lingelethu West Town Council on 16 December 1991 in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. The attack was aimed at a local ANC Women’s League activist and left three people dead, three wounded and 40 houses burnt. | References | | WITTEVEEN, RW | | 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 | | WOJI, Lulamile Henry | | Was shot dead by members of the SADF during unrest at New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, on 6 November 1980. | References | | WOKONA, Pumla | 18 | An ANC supporter who was shot on 26 August 1986 in Duncan Village, East London, when members of the SADF randomly opened fire on a crowd demonstrating after Griffiths Mxenge’s funeral which had taken place near King William’s Town, Cape. | References | | WOLF, Oupa Vincent | 16 | An ANC supporter who was shot by members of the SAP at Thandkukhanya, Piet Retief, Transvaal, on 30 March 1993 during conflict between ANC and IFP supporters in the area. | References | | WOLFAARDT, Alwyn | | An AWB member who was killed by members of the Bophuthatswana Police in Mafikeng, Bophuthatswana, on 11 March 1994. One perpetrator was granted amnesty (AC/1999/0239). See Bophuthatswana invasion. | References | | WOLFAARDT, Maria Elizabeth Petronella | | Was severely injured when APLA operatives threw hand grenades at and opened fire on patrons at the Crazy Beat Disco in Newcastle, Natal, on 14 February 1994. One person was shot dead and several others were injured in the attack. Three APLA operatives were granted amnesty (AC/1998/0016). See APLA attacks. | References | | WOLFAART, Gerhard Petrus | 17 | Was severely injured when APLA operatives threw hand grenades at and opened fire on patrons at the Crazy Beat Disco in Newcastle, Natal, on 14 February 1994. One person was shot dead and several others were injured in the attack. Three APLA operatives were granted amnesty (AC/1998/0016). See APLA attacks. | References | | WONCI, Thembinkosi Michael | | A COSAS activist who was killed after being shot in the head by a named SAP member while he was participating in a student meeting at Thamsanqa High School, KwaZakele, Port Elizabeth, during 1984. His parents were only informed about his death three weeks later. The magistrate found that the perpetrator was acting in self-defence. | References | | WOOD, Michael John | 22 | Was shot and blinded in one eye by members of the Riot Police during political unrest in Athlone, Cape Town, in September 1977. | References | | WOOD, Pauline Elizabeth | 40 | An ANC supporter whose home in Ncalu, Ixopo, Natal, was destroyed in an arson attack by IFP supporters in June 1993. | References | | WOODINGTON, Alfred | | A NUMSA member who was detained in Benoni, Transvaal, in 1988 under emergency regulations. Before this, Mr Woodington and his wife were reportedly continually harassed by members of the Security Police because of their political activities. | References | | WOODINGTON, Norah | | A Food and Allied Workers' Union (FAWU) member who was severely intimidated by members of the Security Police in Benoni, Transvaal, in 1986 because of her union membership. | References | | WOODS, Mary | 5 | She was injured on 23 November 1977 in East London when she wore a T-shirt that had been impregnated with an acid-based skin irritant, causing a purple skin rash and inflammation of the eyes. The attack on the family took place during the inquest into the death in detention of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) leader, Steve Biko. Her father, Mr Donald Woods, the banned editor of the Daily Dispatch, received a parcel containing two small T-shirts for infants, bearing the image of Steve Biko and purporting to be gifts for the Woods children. | References | | WULANA, Sandile | 38 | A UDF supporter who was shot dead by AZAPO supporters while sleeping in his caravan in Soweto, Johannesburg, on 13 May 1987. | References | | WULANA, Solomon Wotose | | An ANC member in Port Elizabeth who was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on Robben Island in 1964, for belonging to a banned organisation. He was severely ill-treated and his health was affected. | References |
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