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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

-A*-'-' 1992 left at least 45 people dead, many more people injured,[widespreadJ f\|£

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








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. 11 93 Dick Mokoena injured - shotgun wound - left side, upper torsoand left hand (shotgun wound).




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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. 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.


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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.

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No. 659 Windows smashed






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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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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.

-12-

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.

-13-

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.


MOHAKARE STREET



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.

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