full_name: Ruth Zitshu Mbuthuma
firstname: Ruth Zitshu
description: An ANC supporter who was severely beaten and sexually assaulted by a named IFP supporter at Mvutshini, near Port Shepstone, Natal, on 20 March 1994 in intense political conflict in the area during the run-up to the April 1994 elections. Her son, aged nine, was also severely beaten in the attack.