TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
AMNESTY COMMITTEE
MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF THE VICTIMS OF THE BOIPATONG MASSACRE OF 17 JUNE 1992
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 The massacre at Boipatong and Slovo Park which occurred on 1 7 June
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destruction of and damage to houses and personal possessions. There was
alsojvery extensive^ looting and theft from homes.
1.2 The attack was extremely violent and was carried out by assailants using
^ pangas, axes, spears, knives, kieries, handguns, shotguns and automatic ^ ̂
rifles, including AK47s. Most of the people who were killed and injured
were hacked or stabbed, but some also sustained bullet wounds.
^ 1.3 The attackers appear to have followed several routes and caused damage
to many of the houses along the routes which they followed through
A Boipatong and in Slovo Park. An attempt has been made to plot the course NIc
of the rampage through Boipatong. Annexed hereto is a map on which is
marked the approximate routes followed by the attackers.
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1.4 Also annexed to this memorandum is a schedule of deaths, people injured,
damage caused to homes and property stolen. Although the schedule may
not be exhaustive, it does give some indication of the nature and extent of
the devastation and savagery of the attack.
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.5 The attack took place between approximately 21h30 and 23h00 that night. 2 I —
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.6 This memorandum is divided into the following sections:-
1.6.1 Police Actions in Boipatong preceding the Massacre;
1.6.2 Prior warning to the police about an impending attack;
1.6.3 A general description of the attackers;
1.6.4 The arrival of the attackers at the southern end of Boipatong;
1.6.5 The rampage along Moshoeshoe, Majola and Bapedi Streets to
Slovo Park;
1.6.6 The massacre in Slovo Park;
1.6.7 The rampage from Slovo Park along Bafokeng, Tugela and
Hlubi Streets; and
1.6.8 The return of the attackers to Kwa-Madala.
>. POLICE ACTIONS IN BOIPATONG PRECEDING THE MASSACRE
> 1 Between approximately 19h00 and 21h00 the SAP moved around theN /C
township dispersing youths who were on patrol as part of the Self Defence
Units.
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2.2 The police dispersed youths patrolling along the length of Amatolo Street.
2.3 Police fired birdshot at youths in a Self Defence Unit at the North East end
of the township, near Slovo Park. W/(
2.4 Police also fired birdshot to disperse groups of youths patrolling at the
corner of Seeiso and Tugela Streets and at the corner of Batsoana and
Thembu Streets on the West end of the Township.
2.5 Police in an armoured vehicle used teargas to disperse groups of youths
patrolling outside the shops at the corner of Lekoa and Bapedi Streets and
at the corner of Lekoa and Bafokeng Streets.
2.6 Armoured vehicles dispersed other groups of youths at the corner of r k
Barolong and Thaba Bosiu Street, at all the intersections along Amatolo SAbF
Street and on Umzimvubu Street.
2.7 Armoured vehicles drove along Tugela Street between 19h30 and 20h30.
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3. PRIOR WARNING OF THE MASSACRE
3.1 Between 19h14 and 1 9h44 on the night of 17 June 1992, the Rev. Paul
Verryn received two phone calls from residents of Zone 11, Sebokeng and
Bophelong warning that there was going to be violence in the Vaal that
night.
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3.2 At 19h44 Rev. Verryn spoke to Col. Gouws in Johannesburg. He reported
the warnings to Col. Gouws and indicated that they had come from
opposite ends of the Vaal. Col. Gouws assured him that the police would
attend to the matter.
3.3. At 21h00 on the night of 17 June 1992, Meshack Theoane started his shift
at the Trek filling station at the corner of Noble and Frikkie Meyer
Boulevards. With him at the filling station was a security guard.
Approximately thirty minutes later Theoane saw groups of armed men
crossing Frikkie Meyer Boulevard from the direction of Kwa-Madala Hostel,
approximately 100 metres south of the intersection w ith Noble.
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3.4 Theoane rang the alarm at the filling station which is connected to SAP
Vanderbijlpark. Shortly thereafter, two white policemen arrived at the filling
station in a van and asked Theoane why he had rung the alarm. He
explained that there was a group of armed men entering the township from
Kwa-Madala, but the policemen seemed uninterested in this information and
left the area.
3.5 The security guard then radioed his employers to report the movement of
the armed men. Two white security men arrived at the filling station a few
minutes later and called the police on their radios. A different two white y /c
policemen then arrived at the filling station and spoke to the white security
men. The security men then told Theoane that the police had instructed
them to take him and the security guard away from the filling station
because it was not safe.
4. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ATTACKERS
y lb -J4.1 The attackers consisted[primarilyJof black men speaking Zulu and chanting
Zulu slogans eg ("Usuthu"). Many of them wore overcoats and white
headbands. They carried a range of weapons, including spears, shields,
kieries, knives, axes, pangas, handguns, shotguns and automatic rifles,
including AK47s.
4.2 The attackers smashed windows at|_almost| every) house they passed. They
entered some houses, assaulting and murdering residents.
4.3 The attack was indiscriminating and extraordinarily violent. An
(uvof £overwhelmingjmajority of the murder victims were women and children.
Included in this number were a pregnant woman, a nine month old baby,
small children and 4 women over the age of 60. Most victims received
multiple stab and axe or panga wounds. Some were also shot.
4.4 Several women were raped and brutally assaulted sexually by the attackers.
These sexual assaults were so savage that some of the women had to
undergo emergency medical treatment in respect of the resultant tearing and
bleeding. Many of the women sustained irreparable physical damage,
details of which will be supplied to the Committee on Reparation and
Rehabilitation. In addition to such physical injuries
the women suffered mental, emotional and psychological trauma as a
result of sexual attacks committed by the attackers.
There was[large scale)looting of the township and mindless destruction of
property. Television sets, music systems, videos, blankets, watches,
jewellery and cash were stolen. Mirrors, crockery, cupboards, doors, tables
and chairs were smashed with sticks, spears and axes. Stoves, television
sets and videos were destroyed with spears and axes.
There is no apparent explanation which accounts for the identities of the
victims. They were for the most part politically unaffiliated, and included
Zulu, Sotho, Xhosa and Venda speakers.
THE ARRIVAL OF THE ATTACKERS AT THE SOUTHERN END OF
BOIPATONG
A large group of the attackers appear to have entered Boipatong on Lekoa
Street at the southern entrance to the township at the intersection with
Moshoeshoe.
From the intersection, the attackers split into two groups, one going up
Lekoa Street in a Northern direction, the other going East along Moshoeshoe
Street.
The attackers killed Samuel (23) and Benjamin (51) Motsoetsa of 660
Moshoeshoe Street. They killed 70 year old Paulina Dlamini and her 21 year
old granddaughter Maria Dlamini at 1110 Lekoa Street. [Maria Dlamini was
stabbed to death with an assegai as she lay on the ground trying to protect
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There were some white men seen among the attackers, and a white man
participated in the murderous attack on 660 Moshoeshoe Street.
Some of the attackers emerged from armoured SAP vehicles at the corner
of Lekoa and Moshoeshoe.
Armoured SAP vehicles moved off with some of the attackers up Lekoa and
down Moshoeshoe Streets.
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SAP vehicles also moved near the intersection of Lekoa and Moshoeshoe ̂
Streets approximately fifteen minutes after the attack had taken place.
THE RAMPAGE ALONG MOSHOESHOE. MAJOLA AND BAPEDI STREETS
TO SLOVO PARK
One group of attackers travelled to Slovo Park, moving East along
Moshoeshoe and Majola Streets. Another group travelled North along Lekoa
Street, turning East into Bapedi Street, then North into Senqu Street and
East into Batsoana Street before entering Slovo Park along the corridor
behind the AME Church. Some of the attackers turned North up
Sekhukhune Street and, instead of entering Slovo Park, turned back towards
Kwa-Madala along Bafokeng and Tugela Streets.
It must be stressed that the preceding paragraphs and subsequent
paragraphs describing the routes of the attackers record only the apparent
major routes of the attackers. ^Almost every] house on these routes was
attacked in some way nr another. There are, however, several houses not
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on these routes which were also attacked. It appears that smaller groups
of attackers made isolated sorties off the major routes before rejoining their
fellow attackers.
6.3 A t 666 Moshoeshoe Street, Anna (48) and Percival (28) Sebolai were
murdered. Anna was stabbed repeatedly in her shoulder, arm and spine
after the attackers found her lying under a bed. Percival received multiple
stab wounds and had half of his face blasted away by a shotgun fired from
close range.
6.4 Just across Moshoeshoe Street at 11 87 the attackers murdered a 63 year
old woman, Nellie Kubu. She was stabbed repeatedly in the upper thighs
and shot three times. 22 year old Dorothy Kubu received multiple panga ̂
wounds in her back, neck and hand, but survived the attack by lying on the
ground, pretending to be dead.
6.5 62 year old Belina Lerobane of 45 Majola Street died after receiving multiple
stab wounds all over her body and being shot four times in the neck. The ̂
attackers left the house with a VCR after destroying the television set,
music system, telephone, clock and some crockery.
6.6 Violet (39), Michael (15), Sibusiso (7) and Ronnica (15) Msibi were hacked
to death at 625 Bapedi Street. The latter, a fifteen year old girl, was U
stabbed in the chest with an assegai which went right through her back.
6.7 At 194 Senqu Street the attackers looted the house of Mrs Maria Letsoko
while she hid under her bed, and hacked to death her son, Andries (30), her
daughter, Anna (28) and her children’s friend, Richard Jim (35).V
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6.8 Prior to the attack on 194 Senqu Street, some of the attackers emerged
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6.9 White men participated in the attack on 101 Bapedi Street (at the corner of
Senqu Street).
6.10 Police vehicles were present in close proximity to the attackers along Majola
and Bapedi Streets and at the intersection of Thaba, Bosiu and Bapedi
Streets.
THE SLOVO PARK MASSACRE ^
7.1 It has been difficult to ascertain where the attackers entered Slovo Park and
their subsequent movement. What is clear is thatjhardly a shack remained -b
untouched^ Slovo Park was also the scene of the most horrifically brutal
attacks.
7.2 Many of the attackers reached Slovo Park on foot. In addition, it appears
that some attackers were brought to the squatter settlement in SAP
vehicles. Armoured vehicles off-loaded attackers in the road behind the
shacks and at the south end of the settlement.
7.3 At about 22h00 2 caspirs moved towards Slovo Park, along Amatolo Street.
One stopped to pick up a group of armed men and proceeded in the
direction of Slovo Park.
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7.4 As in the entire area, the nature of the attacks seems to have been
particularly vicious and arbitrary. In almost every instance windows were
broken and shacks were smashed. In some cases shacks were completely
destroyed. The horrific incidents included the following:-
7.4.1 9 month old Aaron Mathope was hacked at shack 109. His
mother, Mantshidi, died in hospital after being shot and
stabbed in the stomach during the attack.
7.4.2 The pregnant Maria Mlangeni was stabbed in the breast near
shack 81. As a result, she lost the baby she was carrying.
7.4.3 The inhabitants of shack 19 were hacked with pangas. Pule
Lekabe (36) tried to flee but died from his wounds just outside
the shack. His 3 year old daughter, Mita Molete, was stabbed
in the head. Today, Mita is confined to a wheelchair for the
rest of her life. M ita’s mother, Mirriam Molete, was also
stabbed and hacked in the attack.
7 .4.4 £*Solomon Malindi d ie d jin shack 23 after being stabbed
Arepeatedly in his back and spinal cord. [~His 4 year old
daughter, Agnes, was also stabbed to death. His wife,
Elizabeth and their other daughter, 10 year old Francis,
survived with multiple stab wounds?]
7.4.5 Zefres Sibisi and his family were attacked in shack 21. He fled
from the shack after sustaining assegai wounds from which he
ultimately died. His wife, Jane Mbongo, and their 2 year old
daughter, Victoria, survived stab wounds in the arm and chest
respectively.
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7.4.6 The attackers stabbed to death Simon (32) and Maria (52)
Ramoeletsi after finding them hiding in a kennel in the yard
outside shack 97.
7.4.7 At shack 46 the attackers broke down the door and shot dead
12 year old Julia Lata and her 45 year old uncle, Samuel
Ncokoto. Jemina Lata was shot as she fled from the shack
and died in hospital the following day.
It is primarily in Slovo Park that residents place whites participating in the
attack. The whites were wearing balaclavas.
7.5.1 Whites moved along Bakoena Street, carrying arms. One of
these men entered the yard of 153 Bakoena Street and started
to shoot.
7.5.2 White men participated in the attacks on shacks 93, 96 and
133 and at a shack in Slovo Park directly opposite the AME
church.
7.5.3 Whites took part in the murderous attacks on the Lata and
Ramoeletsi families at shacks 46 and 97 which are described
above.
Security force vehicles were also in the vicinity of the attackers near the
dumping ground, at the north end of Bakoena Street, and were moving
along Sekhukhune Street. An armoured vehicle dropped off and assisted
a group of attackers on Bakoena Street.
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THE RAMPAGE FROM SLOVO PARK ALONG BAFOKENG. TUGELA AMD
HLUBI STREETS
erf1From Slovo Park,.the attackers appear to have moved onto Sekhukhune
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Street via Amatolo Street and then in a Westerly direction back towards
Kwa-Madala along Bafokeng and Tugela Streets. At the intersection with
Lekoa Street, some attackers turned South into Lekoa before turning West
into Hlubi Street which runs into Bafokeng close to the West end of the
township.
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544 Bafokeng Street the attackers chopped open the front door with an r J)
.[^They hit the pensioned Mr Monokoane with an axe, robbed him at gun
point^tabbed his daughter in the back and his daughter-in-law fifteen times
ITn her left side as she lay under a bed with no other part of her body
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• A8.3 The attackers broke down the front door to 696 Bafokeng Street with an
axe and killed Mrs Julia Mgcina (42) as she tried to flee out of her kitchen
door.
8.4 At the intersection of Bafokeng and Hlubi Streets the attackers butchered
Lina (47) and Andries (50) Manyeke in house No. 7 3 4 ./The corpse of Lina
Manyeke had too many wounds to count7 j The attackers smashed an
electric stove before they left.
Across Bafokeng Street at number 722, 16 year old Mathilda! and 24 year
old Popo Hlubi were stabbed to death. Elizabeth Hlubi (21) survived the
attack after she and Popo were found hiding in a cupboard. jjPopo, who died ^
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a few days after the attack, received seventeen stab w o u n d s j The
attackers looted clothes, money, a television set, hi-fi set, meat and dishes
on their way out of the house.
The attackers fired shots at 754 Lekoa Street. A witness identified one of
the attackers as Vanana Zulu, the man who had been his group leader in
tribal dancing.
At 805 Bafokeng Street, Victor Mncwana and his family survived the attack
by moving into a rear bedroom and barricading the door and windows with
all the furniture in the room. After the attackers departed, Mncwana
emerged to find the following damage:
8.7.1 the sitting room windows had been smashed completely;
8.7.2 the front door had been broken down;
8.7.3 the upholstery on a chair had been slashed open, apparently
with a panga;
8.7.4 the wall unit in the sitting room had been broken;
8.7.5 from the wall unit the attackers had removed a portable
television set, a large colour television set, a video cassette
recorder, a dinner service, numerous ornaments and some food
from a locked cupboard which had been forced open;
8.7.6 there was a bullet hole in the dining room wall;
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A8.7.7 from the dining room the attackers had removed a grandfather
clock, the Disa telephone and some food which was in a
sideboard which had been broken open;
8.7.8 the door between the dining room and the kitchen was
smashed;
8.7.9 all the food in the fridge had been stolen;
8.7.10 in the main bedroom the attackers had smashed the windows
and removed blankets, duvets, pillows, linen, shirts, shoes an
overcoat and numerous other items of clothing; and
8.7.11 the doors to the bedroom and the bathroom had been broken.
8.8 At 761 Lekoa (corner of Hlubi) the attackers shot and killed Mrs Florap* net "itt L J cjS'v >
Mashope (65)[and Mrs Flora Nkala (46)J Two houses away at 765 Hlubi
Street, they shot and killed Mrs Martha Nonjoli and hacked to death her
minor children, Ndo and Ntombifikile (7). One of the children had been shot
as well.
8.9 A few minutes after the attack on 761 Lekoa Street, an armoured police
vehicle reversed through the fence at No. 761 and parked in the yard of No.
j[ ) 761. White policemen in camouflage uniform took a television set, a hi-fi
set and other property of house number 761 into the armoured vehicle
which then drove away.
8.10 Some of the attackers were seen in an armoured police vehicle on Tugela
Street.
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8.11 A caspir escorted some of the attackers out of the township along Hlubi
Street.
8.12 Armoured police vehicles were also in the vicinity of the attackers along
Tugela and Bafokeng Streets, on Lekoa Street between Hlubi and Bafokeng
Streets and on Hlubi Street, near the intersection of Bafokeng and Thembu
Streets.
8.13 Whites participated in the attack on 722 Bafokeng Street.
8.14 Attackers emerged from the west side of the township, carrying tv sets and
other items and were escorted by 2 hippos.
8.1 5 Police vehicles were also seen approximately ten minutes after the attackers
had left residents' houses.
9 . THE RETURM OF THE ATTACKERS TO KWA-MADALA
9.1 Cape Gate workers attempting to return to the township after their shift ^
ended at 22h00 were shot at by the attackers along Seeiso and Thaba Bosiu
Streets. The workers returned to the factory. Other residents, including
on Noble Boulevard.
9.2 While the attack was still in progress, an SADF bakkie was stopped by Cape
Gate workers on Noble Boulevard and asked to intervene. The soldiers in
the bakkie stated that their vehicle was not armoured and that they could
therefore not enter the township, but that they would call for help.
wounded victims of the attackers, sought refuge at the Cape Gate factory
The bakkie returned shortly thereafter with tw o armoured SADF vehicles.
One of the vehicles was driven by Pienaar, a Cape Gate worker and citizen
force member. The workers asked Pienaar why the SADF was not arresting
the attackers in the township. He said that only the SAP could do that. He
claimed that the SADF had no authority to enter the township, and could
only escort the attackers back to Kwa-Madala Hostel. While this
conversation took place, the sounds of gunshots could regularly be heard
in the township.
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The SADF then proceeded to seal off Frikkie Meyer Boulevard at the
intersection with Noble Boulevard while the attackers, still carrying their ~h
weapons and their loot, left the township, crossed the veld and Frikkie C&lr-Sfiuc
Meyer Boulevard in full view of the soldiers and returned to Kwa-Madala
Hostel.
It must be noted that GN R1291 of 30 April 1992 which declared the
magisterial district of Vanderbijlpark to be an unrest area specifically
prohibited the carrying of dangerous weapons in public and gave all
members of the security forces wide powers of arrest to combat public
disturbance, disorder, riot and public violence.
The departure of the attackers from the township lasted approximately thirty
minutes and was a staggered process. While the first attackers were
moving through the veld, other attackers were still firing gun shots in the
township. A factory worker at Metal Box asked some soldiers why they
were not apprehending the attackers, but they ignored him.
Some of the attackers passed very close to the SADF vehicles and seemed
to get lifts on the vehicles while others were escorted by the SADF vehicles
back to Kwa-Madala.
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9.8 Standing of the roof of his house. Mr Balovjsaw 2 armoured police vehicles
parked in the veld just west of Thembu Street. The attackers passed by
J) these vehicles on their way back to Kwa-Madala. Shortly thereafter, the 2
hippos and another 2 hippos from within the township followed the
attackers back to Kwa-Madala.
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SCHEDULE OF VICTIMS OF THE ATTACK ON BOIPATONG AND SLOVO PARK
SLOVO PARK
No. 81
No. 91
No. 97
No. 131
Maria Mlangeni stabbed in breast near this shack. Pregnant - lost baby.
Simon Moloi (Wife - pregnant killed)
Died inside shackMaria Ramoeletsi (53) motherSimon Ramoeletsi (32) son
MARIA RAMOELETSI
Stabbed under left breast Left side of private parts Stabbed both left and right lower legs Chop mark (panga) on forehead.
SIMON RAMOELETSI
Several stab marks on chest and back Chop mark on the chin Chopped all over head (panga).
Dog was also chopped in the stomach.
DAMAGE
Panga mark through steel bath.
Jonas Mbatha (+ /- 45)Liza Mbatha (+ /- 45)
• Poppie Mbatha (4)
JONAS MBATHA
Chopped right top of leg near groin Chopped on top of head Shot right thigh.
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LIZA MBATHA
Stabbed in chest and chopped on the neck.
POPPIE MBATHA
Poppie was on Liza Mbatha’s back at the time of the attack. Stabbed through the temple. Chopped back of head as well.
DAMAGE
Front door - tried to smash it.
No. 135 Elizabeth Ndamane (85)Stabbed in stomach - exit wound in back.
No. 109 Aaron Mathope (9 months) - hacked.Mantshidi Mathope (Aaron's mother) shot and stabbed in stomach.
No. 21 Zefres Sibisi - stabbed with assegaiJane Mbongo and Victoria Mbongo (2) - stabbed but not killed.
No. 25 2 dead.
No. 23 Solomon Malindi (40)Elizabeth Malindi (35)Franscina Malindi (10 - injured)
• Agnes Malindi (4)
SOLOMON MALINDI
Stabbed in chest and back - 6 wounds altogether. Three in the back, three in the chest. One wound went through chest, exited back.
ELIZABETH MALINDI
Left shoulder, two stab wounds in left arm (possibly spear).
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FRANSCINA MALINDI (10 - INJURED)
Both thighs were stabbed - three times with a spear.
AGNES MALINDI
Passed away on 18/6/92 in hospital.Stabbed three times - lower back. Stomach ripped open with a spear.
DAMAGE
Smashed unit and windows, two dressing tables and door.
No. 19 Pule Thomas Lekabe (36) Mirriam Molete (36) (injured) Mita Molete (3) (injured)
PULE THOMAS LEKABE
Stabbed in the back. Three bullet wounds upper back, wound on head.
MITA MOLETE
Stabbed in the head.
MIRRIAM MOLETE
Left lower arm hit with panga. Right breast and cheek stabbed with a sharp instrument.
DAMAGE
No. 13
TV (66cm - colour) stolen from No. 19, but belonged to people of No. 17.4 steel pots stolen Wardrobe damaged Windows smashed Door broken.
Shotgun cartridge found in front of this shack.
Smashed windows
Smashed windows
Smashed windows
Caravan (no number)One person killed.Johannes Khoza - neighbours believed he was stabbed with spears over whole body.
Smashed windows - radio stolen
Smashed windows
Door damages (pieces of wood chopped out)
Smashed windows
Smashed windows
Smashed windows
Smashed windows
Smashed windowsCartridge found in passage near No. 30.
Shack opposite 42 no number Michael Mnyila (32)Shot through shack wall while sleeping.Right top leg. Bullet came through window hit left side of head.
Jemina Lata (17) Julia Lata (12) Samuel Ncokoto (45)
JEMINA LATA
Shot left side of chest.
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JULIA LATA
Shot right side of chest.
SAMUEL NCOKOTO
Shot in stomach - also right thigh.
SAM LATA (56 - INJURED)
Left had small finger and one next to it - (bullet wound). Windows smashed.
No. 48 Smashed windows
No. 50 Smashed windows
No. 62 Smashed windows
No. 74 Smashed windows
No. 76 Smashed windows
No. 104 Smashed windows
No. 102 Smashed windows
No. 96 Smashed windows
BAKOENA STREET
No. 179 Windows smashed (small w indow pan on right side)(front).
No. 165 Masetai - front windows smashedback windscreen kombi NCVG 088T
Mirror inside house damaged and curtain cabinet (all damaged by bullets).
No. 163 Smashed window
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No. 159 Smashed window
No. 157 Smashed window
No. 153 Smashed window
No. 151 Smashed window
No. 147 Smashed window
No. 145 Smashed window
No. 125 Smashed window
No. 139 Smashed window
No. 137 Smashed window
No. 133 Smashed window
No. 131 Smashed window
No. 129 Smashed window
MQSHOESHQE STREET
No. 40 Smashed windows
No. 686 Smashed windows
No. 1205 Smashed windows
No. 684 Smashed windows
No. 11 93 Dick Mokoena injured - shotgun wound - left side, upper torsoand left hand (shotgun wound).
No. 672 Smashed windows
No. 668 Smashed windows
No. 1185 Smashed windows
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No. 666 Anna Sebolai (48)Percival Sebolai (28)
ANNA SEBOLAI
Stabbed right shoulder and upper right arm - also stabbed spinal cord.
PERCIVAL SEBOLAI
Left side of face ripped off (shotgun). Left side stabbed just above groin. Father showed bag of teeth with shotgun pellets in it.
Windows damaged and front door.
No. 1187 Nellie Kubu (63) killed.Dorothy Kubu (22) injured.
NELLIE KUBU
Both upper thighs stabbed with sharp instrument. Shot right upper chest possibly 3 times.
DOROTHY KUBU
Neck (right side) chopped with a panga. Right hand chopped w ith a panga. Middle of back chopped with a panga.
Windows smashed and doors smashed.
No. 1181 Front windows damaged.
No. 1179 Windows smashed.
No. 664 Windows smashed.
No. 662 Windows smashed.
No. 660 Benjamin Motsoetsa (51) Samuel Motsoetsa (23)
BENJAMIN MOTSOETSA
Lower back right side (shot)7 stab wounds right side
SAMUEL MOTSOETSA
Shot right side of neck and stabbed in the stomach, both on right and left hand side.
No. 1112 Damage to window.
IEKQA STREET
No. 1111 Windows damaged
No. 1110 Maria Dlamini (21)Paulina Dlamini (70)Fiorina Dlamini (injured)
MARIA DLAMINI
Right hand side above breast stabbed twice.
PAULINA DLAMINI
Stabbed in the stomach.
FLORINA DLAMINI
Stabbed in right thigh
DAMAGE
2 Wardrobes damaged.TV smashed.Stole glasses and cups.Windows smashed.Room divider's glass in cabinet smashed.
No. 1109 Windows smashed.
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No. 761 Flora Mashope (65)Flora Nkala (46)TV set, Hi-fi set and other property stolen. Fence damaged by caspir.Windows smashed.
BAROLOMG STREET
No. 659 Windows smashed
No. 658 Windows smashed
No. 656 Windows smashed
No. 663 Windows smashed
No. 685 Windows smashed
No. 62 Windows smashed
MAJOLA STREET
No. 43 Windows smashed
No. 116 Windows smashed
No. 118 Windows smashed
No. 45 Belina Lerobane (62)Four bullet holes in the neck (front). Stab wound right side under breast. Stab wound between breasts.Right shoulder blade stab wound Back of neck stab wound Back of head stab wound
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STOLEN
Car radio Video playerTV was broken / phone and Hi-Fi smashedClock smashedFoot on wardrobe brokenPlates/cups smashed
No. 114 Windows smashed
No. 49 Windows smashed
No. 51 Windows smashed
No. 110 Windows smashed
No. 108 Windows smashed
No. 55 Windows smashed
No. 57 Windows smashed
No. 102 Windows smashed
No. 104 Windows smashed
No. 59 Windows smashed
No. 61 Windows smashed
No. 63 Windows smashed
No. 98 Windows smashed
No. 65 Windows smashed
No. 96 Windows smashed
No. 69 Windows smashed
No. 92 Windows smashed
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No. 94 Windows smashed
No. 88 Windows smashed
No. 75 Windows smashed
No. 77 Windows smashed
No. 86 Windows smashed
No. 84 Windows smashed
No. 79 Windows smashed
No. 81 Windows smashed
No. 82 Windows smashed
No. 630 Windows smashed
No. 631 Windows smashed
BAPEDI STREET
Nos. 83, 105, 107, 109, 111, 115, 117, 11 9, - smashed windows.
Nos. 607, 609, 611, 613, 617, 619, 621, 623, 627 - smashedwindows
No. 625 Violet Msibi (39)Michael Msibi (1 5)
f t Sibusiso Msi^i (7)________ ^Ronnica Cflsibl)(niece - 15) PKa-iz v)>&vlr\ r lv iL '^ Richard Msibi (19) (injured) * \sRichard Msibi (19) (injured)
VIOLET MSIBI
Stabbed left side above breast.Stabbed stomach and left side above hip.
MICHAEL MSIBI
Stabbed right side and left side of neck.
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SIBUSISO MSIBI
Stabbed stomach and chest.
RONNICA MSIBI
Stabbed middle of chest, came out of back.Stabbed lower back.
RICHARD MSIBI (INJURED)
Stabbed left side and stabbed forehead.
SEKHUKHUNE STREET
Nos. 134, 195, 193, 207, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158,160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 1 7 4 -w indow s smashed.
SENQU AVENUE
180, 209, 211, 182, 184, 186, 215, 188, 217, 190, 215, 192 - windows smashed.
Andries Letsoko (30)Anna Letsoko (28)Richard Jim (37)
ANDRIES LETSOKO
Stabbed left side and stomach.
RICHARD JIM
Stabbed left side, chopped on head, right side.
STOLEN
Nos.
No. 194
Hi-fi, tape recorder, wireless, hand watch.
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Nos. 196, 225, 227, 198, 202 - smashed windows.
Nos. 231, 202, 204, 206 - windows smashed, injury to one person.
BATSOANA STREET
Nos. 412, 410, 408, 394 - smashed windows.
THABA BOSIU STREET
No. 236 Smashed windows.
No. 265 Smashed windows.
MOHAKARE STREET
No. 237 Smashed windows.
No. 220 Smashed windows.
QWA QWA STREET
Damage to windows.
Damage to windows.
Windows damaged and one chair.
413, 409, 420, 422, 381, 369, 460, 365, 466, 472, 763, 755, 767, 757, 769, 759, 771, 775, 773, 777, 779, 745, 761, 741, 783, 785, 739, 737,787, 735 - windows damaged.
MRS MARTHA NONJOLI
Shot and killed.
Ndo and Ntombifikile (7) (minor children) hacked and killed.
No. 264
No. 282
HLUBI STREET
No. 414
Nos.
No. 765
TUGELA STREET
Nos. 478, 473, 482, 484, 488, 467, 490, 465, 463, 494, 461, 459, 496,457, 500, 455, 502, 504, 451, 506, 447, 508, 510, 445, 512, 441, 439, 516, 437, 518, 520, 522, 433, 524, 431, 429, 526, 528, 425, 532, 423, 421 - (TV speared and video recorder), 534, 536, 419, 538, 417, 540, 415 - damage to windows.
BAFOKENG STREET
Nos. 542, 541, 539, 546, 531, 529, 554, 527, 556, 558, 560,562, 564, 517, 513, 511, 574, 507, 576, 578, 505, 580, 501, 582, 584, 495, 588, 493, 590, 491, 487, 596, 598, 604, 479, 752, 750, 698, 690, 748, 694 - smashed windows.
No. 696 JULIA MGCINA (42)
Shot left side - right side stabbed.Chopped back of the head.Damaged to front and back doors - 2 windows.
STOLEN
Radio, 2 new blankets, selera sheets, pillow cases and a man's watch.
Nos. 700, 746, 744, 702, 744, 742, 706, 740, 708, 712, 736,716, 718, 720, 796, 797 - windows smashed.
No. 544 MR M. R. MONOKOANE (PENSIONER)
Hit with axe and robbed.Daughter stabbed in back.Daughter in law stabbed 15 times lying under a bed.
No. 734 Andries Manyeke (50) Lina Manyeke (47)
ANPRiES MANYEKE
Right side stabbed above waist.Both arms back wounds.Shot above right eye.Chopped back of head.
LINA MANYEKE
Stabbed all over body, chest, head - too many stab wounds to count.
STOLEN
Blankets (5), dry cleaning (several pairs of trousers), tried to take side board - too heavy. Smashed electric stove - smashed door.
Mathilda Hlubi (16)Elizabeth Hlubi (21 - injured)Popo Hlubi (24)
MATHILDA HLUBI
Stabbed, back of head, left side under breast.
ELIZABETH HLUBI
Stabbed under left breast.
POPO HLUBI
Stabbed right side chest - left side shoulder.
STOLEN
TV, Hi-fi 12 Blankets BedspreadDuvet, Elias (husband's) clothing Meat taken from fridge and groceries2 plate Hot plate Iron3 jerseys
Nos. 724, 726, 801, 732, 807, 811, 733 - damage to windows.
No. 805 Entire house (except one room) attacked and destroyed;extensive looting.
AMATOLO STREET
Nos. 725, 29, 211, 605, 531, 559, 547 - windows smashed.
Collection Number: AK2672 Goldstone Commission BOIPATONG ENQUIRY Records 1990-1999 PUBLISHER: Publisher:- Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand Location:- Johannesburg ©2012
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