75:, west of Nigel on the East Rand, Gauteng. Suspected of being a police informer, Skosana was killed for her presumed involvement in the deaths of four youth activists who were given faulty grenades that would explode the moment the pin was removed and told to attack police houses. Their deaths were reportedly planned by the "
109:
Evelyn Moloko, Skosana's sister, said
Skosana was burned to death with a tire around her neck while attending the funeral of one of the youths. Her body had been scorched by fire and some broken pieces of glass had been inserted into her vagina, Moloko told the committee. Moloko added that a big rock
105:
After the funeral, a mob of 500 people chased
Skosana from a cemetery across a field. The mob seized her, beat her with clubs, and then knocked her to the ground and kicked her until she was semi-conscious and half-naked. A large rock was put on her so she could not get up. They put a tire around her
135:
that it was discovered that she had simply been "at the wrong place at the wrong time." Her sister, Evelina Puleng Moloko, testified on
Skosana's behalf at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, at which time Maki Skosana was found innocent of the accusations brought against her. The
139:
In light of this new evidence, Skosana and her family can now be seen "as heroes", instead of traitors. A moment of silence was dedicated to them during the hearing. The commission considered her a pawn of an even bigger struggle - "the scapegoat for growing rage".
118:
Television cameras captured her death on live broadcast. The graphic images of her death depict her having a tire (doused in petrol) put around her neck and then set alight, burning her to death. These images of her death, filmed by the
44:
woman who was burned to death and the footage broadcast live on South Africa's state-run television. She was killed by a mob of anti-apartheid activists who suspected her of being an informant. Her death by
79:": a supposed group of covert government operatives tasked with managing township resistance. Hundreds of people came out for the two funerals, and footage of the crowds was broadcast live on television.
82:
It was because of her presumed role as a police informer that she was killed whilst attending the funeral of a friend, who was one of the four murdered activists. While it was
102:), who had planned their deaths, it was because of an assumed connection to him that Skosana was believed to have been associated to the explosion that led to their deaths.
132:
50:
361:
136:
commission found that
Skosana "was wrongly accused of being an informer and responsible for the death of the 'comrades' in the booby-trapped hand grenade incidents."
123:(SABC), were rebroadcast by the apartheid state media as anti-resistance propaganda. Skosana's death was the first time that a necklacing had been caught on camera.
53:
has identified
Skosana as the first known victim of necklacing, although it is more likely that she was not the first such death, only the first filmed.
356:
131:
Although it was originally believed that she had an affiliation to the deaths of the activists, it was not until her story was dealt with in the
120:
199:
64:
On July 20, 1985, the 24-year-old
Skosana was the first of a series of victims in South Africa to be filmed being killed by
351:
76:
315:
290:
371:
91:
163:
366:
346:
95:
87:
195:
268:
61:
Maki
Skosana, 24, was an unmarried factory worker and single mother to a five-year-old son.
327:
303:
218:
330:, "Human Rights Violations", Date of hearing: 04.02.1997, Case: JB0289/013ERKWA-DUDUZA.
306:, "Human Rights Violations", Date of hearing: 04.02.1997, Case: JB0289/013ERKWA-DUDUZA.
253:
Cole, C (2009). "Eyes and ears of the nation: television and the implicated witness".
340:
83:
41:
189:
99:
164:"Blacks Act on Informer Rumors: Rage Over Apartheid--but Was Victim a Traitor?"
65:
46:
27:
Black South
African woman, executed by Necklacing during the Apartheid period
17:
72:
255:
Performing South Africa's Truth
Commission: Stages of transition
110:
had been thrown on her sister's face after she had been killed.
188:
International
Association of Forensic Sciences Meeting (1995).
68:. Necklacing was a brutal practice that occurred in townships.
106:
neck, doused her with gasoline and set her on fire.
269:"Truth Commission Looks at First "Necklace" Murder"
157:
155:
153:
8:
86:, under command of his superiors (including
71:Skosana's death occurred in the township of
49:" elicited outrage beyond the nation. The
257:. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
213:
211:
362:Opposition to apartheid in South Africa
149:
248:
246:
244:
242:
240:
191:Forensic Odontology & Anthropology
121:South African Broadcasting Corporation
328:"Truth and Reconciliation Commission"
304:"Truth and Reconciliation Commission"
7:
133:Truth and Reconciliation Commission
51:Truth and Reconciliation Commission
194:. Verlag Dr. Köster. p. 154.
25:
318:, "Crime in South Africa", 2008.
162:Parks, Michael (1 August 1985).
357:People murdered in South Africa
293:. Crime in South Africa. 2008.
1:
40:– July 20, 1985) was a black
34:
316:"Necklacing of Maki Skosana"
291:"Necklacing of Maki Skosana"
98:and even the then president
388:
114:Film footage of necklacing
271:. SAPA. 4 February 1997
223:The Mail and Guardian
219:"An epitaph for Maki"
352:South African women
92:Johan van der Merwe
225:. 2 February 1996
168:Los Angeles Times
16:(Redirected from
379:
331:
325:
319:
313:
307:
301:
295:
294:
287:
281:
280:
278:
276:
265:
259:
258:
250:
235:
234:
232:
230:
215:
206:
205:
185:
179:
178:
176:
174:
159:
39:
36:
21:
387:
386:
382:
381:
380:
378:
377:
376:
372:Filmed killings
337:
336:
335:
334:
326:
322:
314:
310:
302:
298:
289:
288:
284:
274:
272:
267:
266:
262:
252:
251:
238:
228:
226:
217:
216:
209:
202:
187:
186:
182:
172:
170:
161:
160:
151:
146:
129:
116:
59:
37:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
385:
383:
375:
374:
369:
364:
359:
354:
349:
339:
338:
333:
332:
320:
308:
296:
282:
260:
236:
207:
200:
180:
148:
147:
145:
142:
128:
125:
115:
112:
96:Johann Coetzee
58:
55:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
384:
373:
370:
368:
365:
363:
360:
358:
355:
353:
350:
348:
345:
344:
342:
329:
324:
321:
317:
312:
309:
305:
300:
297:
292:
286:
283:
270:
264:
261:
256:
249:
247:
245:
243:
241:
237:
224:
220:
214:
212:
208:
203:
197:
193:
192:
184:
181:
169:
165:
158:
156:
154:
150:
143:
141:
137:
134:
126:
124:
122:
113:
111:
107:
103:
101:
97:
93:
89:
85:
80:
78:
74:
69:
67:
62:
56:
54:
52:
48:
43:
42:South African
32:
19:
323:
311:
299:
285:
273:. Retrieved
263:
254:
227:. Retrieved
222:
190:
183:
171:. Retrieved
167:
138:
130:
117:
108:
104:
84:Joe Mamasela
81:
70:
63:
60:
31:Maki Skosana
30:
29:
18:Maki Skosana
367:1961 births
347:1985 deaths
100:P. W. Botha
88:Jack Cronje
77:Third Force
38: 1961
341:Categories
229:4 February
201:3895741078
173:4 February
144:References
66:necklacing
47:necklacing
198:
127:Legacy
73:Duduza
275:1 May
57:Death
277:2008
231:2019
196:ISBN
175:2019
343::
239:^
221:.
210:^
166:.
152:^
94:,
90:,
35:c.
279:.
233:.
204:.
177:.
45:"
33:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.