AfriForum Youth pays homage to victims 25 years after Magoo's Bar bombing
AfriForum today pays homage to the three people who died on this day 25 years ago in the ANC and Robert McBride's bomb attack on civilians at the Magoo's Bar in Durban.
Apart from the three women ‒ Angelique Pattenden, Julie van der Linde and Marchelle Gerand ‒ who died in the bombing, 71 other civilians were injured. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission ruled that the bombing had been a gross violation of human rights. Few, if any, of the victims were members of the security forces.
The Constitutional Court recently ruled that McBride may be called a murderer, although he had received amnesty for the incident.
"We don't approve of the history of young Afrikaners being criminalised, while the history of the ANC is romanticised," said Charl Oberholzer, National Chairperson of AfriForum Youth.
According to Oberholzer, it is important to commemorate the incident in the run-up to Youth Day in order to dispel the myth that the ANC' struggle was entirely noble and innocent.
"Our thoughts are with the next of kin of those victims who died and the 71 innocent victims who were injured in the blast," Oberholzer said.
The names of the victims are given below.
1. D. Arnold
2. Michael Blair
3. J. Blair
4. E. Booth
5. D. Bret
6. Kevin Byrne
7. P. Byrom
8. Christopher Clarkson
9. M. Coeks
10. Jenny Cubbit
11. M. Cyrnow
12. A. de Chalain
13. Lorraine de la Rosa
14. L. Donaghue
15. F. Drummel
16. A. Duncan
17. Rajesh Durlcharan
18. Dennis Eaby
19. C. Edgar
20. K. English
21. B. Erasmus
22. E. Ethell
23. James Ferguson
24. R. Ferreira
25. R.M. Ferreria
26. Mr. Fiddler
27. Mrs. Fiddler
28. David Fletcher
29. L. Friar
30. B. Giddy
31. Carl Hadden
32. Paula Harvey
33. T. Hempstead
34. Keith Hulse
35. Jonathan Jeffers
36. S. Jeffries
37. I. Joao
38. Helen Kearney
39. C. Kenning
40. J. Kerlen
41. L. Koenig
42. E. Langridge
43. L. Livingstone
44. E. Maker
45. Gavin Maxwell
46. Victor Mchunu
47. John McKenna
48. H. Merval
49. S. Mintz
50. L. Mitchell
51. P. Mulholland
52. B. Newby-Fraser
53. C. Olds
54. L. Oliver
55. D. Pavillon
56. M. Plaatjies
57. W. Puttock
58. M. Rathbone
59. K. Robert
60. F. Robits
61. M. Roe
62. J. Saich
63. Roger Shillaw
64. A. Strydom
65. P. Swart
66. G. Tonetti
67. A. van Wyk
68. T. Vilonel
69. L. Valentine
70. L. Waterworth
71. I. Walton
Statement issued by Charl Oberholzer, AfriForum Youth national chairperson, June 14 2011
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