Victim Findings ABRAHAMS, Derrek (30), a Street Committee Me M B E R, Was Shot Dead by Members of the SAP at Gelvandale, Port Elizabeth, on 3 September 1990
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Vo l u m e S E V E N ABRAHAMS, Ashraf (7), was shot and injured by members of the Railway Police on 15 October 1985 in Athlone, in the TRO J A N HOR S EI N C I D E N T , CAP E TOW N . Victim findings ABRAHAMS, Derrek (30), a street committee me m b e r, was shot dead by members of the SAP at Gelvandale, Port Elizabeth, on 3 September 1990. ■ ABRAHAMS, John (18) (aka 'Gaika'), an MK member, Unknown victims went into exile in 1968. His family last heard from him Many unnamed and unknown South Africans were the in 1975 and has received conflicting information from victims of gross violations of human rights during the the ANC reg a rding his fate. The Commission was Co m m i s s i o n ’s mandate period. Their stories came to unable to establish what happened to Mr Abrahams, the Commission in the stories of other victims and in but he is presumed dead. the accounts of perpetrators of violations. ABRAHAMS, Moegsien (23), was stabbed and stoned to death by a group of UDF supporters in Mitchells Like other victims of political conflict and violence in Plain, Cape Town, on 25 May 1986, during a UDF rally South Africa, they experienced suffering and injury. wh e re it was alleged that he was an informe r. UDF Some died, some lost their homes. Many experienced leaders attempted to shield him from attack but Mr the loss of friends, family members and a livelihood. Abrahams fled the venue and was pursued and killed. Some experienced brutality at the hands of the ABRAHAMS, Rashid (31), was burnt to death, security forces or vigilante groups. Others experienced together with a colleague, when their vehicle was il l - t reatment at the hands of members of the liberation stoned and petrol-bombed by protesting youths, near movements and other political organisations. Cro s s roads, Cape Town, on 28 April 1986. Both were employees of an electrical firm and were ret u rning to The unknown victims of human rights violations in South their office when they were attacked. Africa were not necessarily aligned to any parti c u l a r ABRAHAMS, Toyer (10), was shot and injured by political organisation or party. Neither were they members of the Railway Police on 15 October 1985 in confined to a particular province or region in the country. Athlone, in the TRO J A N HOR S EI N C I D E N T , CAP E TOW N . Men and women, young and old alike fell victim to the AC H H U R S T, EM, was severely injured when MK violence and suffering spawned by Apartheid. operatives detonated an explosive outside the South In spite of effo rts to trace the individuals involved, the African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in Church Commission was unable to establish their identities. St reet, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty-one people we re killed and 217 injured. The overall commander of MK ’s Special Operations Unit and two MK operatives AARON, Thabo Simon (22), an ANCYL member, was we re granted amnesty (AC/2001/003 and AC/2001/023). shot and severely injured by SAP members at Lephoi, See CHU R C H STR E E TB O M B I N G , PRE T O R I A . Bethulie, OFS, on 17 April 1991. Police opened fire on ACKERMAN, David Jacobus (48), was injured when a gathering at an ANC supporte r ’s house following a APLA operatives threw hand grenades at and opened dispute between two neighbours, one of whom was fi re on the congregation of St James’ Church , linked to the ANC and the other to the SAP and a Ke n i l w o rth, Cape Town, on 25 July 1993. Eleven co u n c i l l o r. people were killed and 58 wounded in the attack. See AB B O T T, Montaigne (23), a member of the SADF, APLA ATTA C K S .Th ree of four APLA members were was severely injured in a landmine explosion in granted amnesty for the attack. The fourth had his Messina, Tvl, on 5 May 1987. application struck off the roll for failing to attend the ABDUL WAHAB, Zakier (30), a member of QIBLA, amnesty hearing (AC/1998/0018). di s a p p e a red in September 1988 after fleeing the ACKERMAN, Marita (45), was shot and killed when co u n t ry for political reasons. He had been detained APLA operatives threw hand grenades at and opened several times before he left South Africa. fi re on the congregation of St James’ Church , ABRAHAM, Nzaliseko Christopher (17), a COSAS Ke n i l w o rth, Cape Town, on 25 July 1993. Eleven people su p p o rt e r, was kicked and beaten with batons and we re killed and 58 wounded in the attack. See AP L A rifle-butts by members of the Ciskei Police during ATTA C K S . Three of four APLA members were granted protests against the Ciskei government at Zwelitsha amnesty for the attack. The fourth had his application and Mdantsane, Ciskei, in September 1985. st ruck off the roll for failing to attend the amnesty ABRAHAMS, Achmat Fardiel (21), was shot and hearing (AC/1998/0018). blinded in one eye by members of the SAP in Athlone, ACKERMANN, Gerha rdus Oliver, was injured when Cape Town, in August 1976, after the SOW E T OU P R I S I N G . MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside ABRAHAMS, Annalene Mildred (42), was shot and the South African Air Force (SAAF) headquarters in in j u red by members of the SAP in Robertson, Cape, Ch u rch Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twe n t y - o n e on 11 April 1990. Police fired teargas into a crow d e d people were killed and 217 injured. The overall hall where residents were meeting. Over 100 people commander of MK’s Special Operations Unit and two we re treated for injuries relating to the subsequent MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/003 and stampede and shootings. AC/2001/023). See CHU R C H STR E E TB O M B I N G , PRE T O R I A . V O L U M E 7 Victim findings: Summaries P A G E 1 0 ADAM, Alfred Mawonga (24), a UDF supporte r, was AFRIKA, Dick, was detained by alleged members of shot dead by members of the MUN I C I PA L POL I C E at New the SAP at Ipelegeng, Schweizer-Reneke, Tvl, in Brighton, Port Elizabeth, on 14 Februa ry 1987. Ma rch 1990. ADAMS, Koos (29), a UDF orga n i s e r, was detained for AFRIKA, Jan (40), was shot and injured by named th ree days during a consumer boycott in Graaff- R e i n e t , SA P members during a legal protest march in Cape, in June 1985. In detention he was beaten by Wol s e l e y, Cape, on 24 November 1990. named members of the SAP. From June to December AFRIKA, Pieter (24), was shot dead by members of the 1985, he was held at Middelburg prison, Cape. SAP in Montagu, Cape, on 11 September 1976, while ADAMS, Magadien (40), was injured when the car in in a vehicle with other protesters, after the SOW E T O which he was travelling was petrol-bombed in UP R I S I N G had spread to a number of Cape rural towns. Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 15 April 1993, during AG G E T T, Joyce, the mother of Neil Aggett who died wi d e s p read protest and unrest following the killing of in detention, was subjected to an unlawful search of SACP leader, Chris Hani. His brot h e r-in-law was burnt her home in Somerset West, Cape, in her absence, by to death and an employee was injured in the attack. the Witwatersrand Security Branch, during April 1982. ADAMS, Noel (18), a UDF supporte r, was subjected One Security Branch operative was granted amnesty to psychological tortu re by members of the SAP while for the unlawful search (AC/2001/005). He testified in police custody in Graaff-Reinet, Cape, during the that he had been gathering evidence to be used at the 1985 SC H O O LB O Y C O T T S . inquest into Dr Aggett’s death, in order to support the ADAMS, Sandra Joyce (16), was shot dead by Security Police’s contention that Dr Aggett had members of the SAP in Athlone, Cape Town, on 16 committed suicide. September 1976, while she was standing on the AG G E T T, Neil Hudson (28), died in detention at John balcony of her third floor flat watching police action Vorster Square, Johannesburg, on 5 Februa ry 1982, against protesters after the SOW E T OU P R I S I N G . following a period of tortu re, including a 60-hour ADAMS, Zwelinzima Sidwell (35), was severel y in t e rrogation session and two months of solitary beaten and shot in the leg in Guguletu, Cape Town, in confinement. Mr Aggett was the Tvl Secret a ry for 1986, during political conflict between WIT D O E K E the Food and Allied Workers Union.