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councillors

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Conflict between local councillors and political activists intensified in townships around the country during the 1980s, as pressure mounted on councillors to resign their positions on councils created under the Black Local Authorities Act and without popular support. Councillors who refused to resign risked attacks on their homes, families and business premises.

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Was shot with birdshot and injured by members of the SAP in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on 25 April 1986 during mass community action against vigilante groups and community councillors.
Was beaten by members of the SAP at Vereeniging police station, Transvaal, on 3 September 1984 at a time of community action against town councillors popularly known as the Vaal uprising. Mr Kgafela was walking with friends when police opened fire, killing one of them instantly. Mr Kgafela and two ...
A SAYCO member who was shot and injured by community councillors in Crossroads, Cape Town, on 23 December 1989, during a youth march past the municipal offices. There were numerous deaths and injuries in December 1989 when Jeffrey Nongwe, a subordinate of conservative Crossroads mayor Johnson ...
Was pursued and stabbed to death by UDF supporters in Standerton in August 1987 because he was believed to have collaborated with members of the MG Pirates soccer club and community councillors to persecute UDF supporters. Four UDF supporters were granted amnesty (AC/2001/071).
Was shot dead by members of the SAP while watching a protest march in Sebokeng, Transvaal, on 3 September 1984 during a rent boycott in which schools and the houses of ex-councillors were burnt and shops were looted. See Vaal uprising.
Was shot in the cheek by members of the SAP in Sharpeville, Transvaal, on 3 September 1984 during community action against town councillors in the Vaal uprising. He was allegedly walking with his brother and two friends when police opened fire killing his brother. Sekgonyane and his friends were ...
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Sharpeville, Transvaal, on 3 September 1984 during community action against town councillors in the Vaal uprising. He was allegedly walking with his brother and two friends when police opened fire, killing him and wounding his brother in the cheek.
... in March 1986 on suspicion of an arson attack on a councillor`s house during a rent boycott in support of a demand for better schools. Police and councillors` houses were burnt down by Jouberton Youth Congress members during the ...
... bus was transporting Pirates soccer club players and fans to Tokoza. The Pirates were believed to be a vigilante group collaborating with community councillors and police in attacking the UDF. Three UDF supporters were granted amnesty ...
A community councillor who sustained damage to his home in an armed attack by members of an MK unit in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg, during 1986. One MK operative was granted amnesty for the attack (AC/1999/0317). See councillors.
... member who was detained in Worcester, Cape, during 1993, and charged for participating in a political campaign to boycott taxis belonging to local councillors. Following this detainment, he continued to be harassed by police, and eventually fled Worcester and went into hiding in Cape Town. In ...
... introduced in January 1986 was indefinitely suspended after resistance from the community including an attack on the Katlehong mayor and local councillors during a public meeting at the Huntersfield ...
Was shot and paralysed in Alexandra, Johannesburg, in March 1986 by members of the SAP during conflict between popularly elected civic associations and councillors in the area.
A councillor whose house was destroyed in an arson attack in Sebokeng, Transvaal, in January 1984 during a rent boycott. Councillors were seen as legitimate targets in the struggle against apartheid institutions. See Vaal uprising.
His home was destroyed in two arson attacks by ANC supporters on 3 August and 5 October 1992 respectively, in Mfuleni, Cape Town. He was a community councillor and a target of the ANC campaign to pressure councillors to resign.
Was shot in the leg and stomach when residents of the Vaal Triangle embarked on a rent boycott during 1984. The boycott escalated into a full scale uprising which resulted in the deaths of numerous of town councillors. See Vaal uprising.
by UDF supporters in Standerton, Transvaal, in June 1987. He was believed to have collaborated with members of the Pirates soccer club and community councillors in efforts to persecute UDF supporters. Two UDF supporters were granted amnesty ...
An ANC supporter who was detained and kept in solitary confinement in Newcastle, Natal, in June 1985, during a campaign against local councillors.
Was abducted, raped and suffered severe mental torture by a named Black Local Authority (BLA) councillor and his colleagues during violent conflict between UDF supporters and BLA councillors in Uitenhage, Cape, on 15 March 1985.
A mayoress who suffered injuries resulting in physical disability when she was shot at by ANC Youth League (ANCYL) members in Uitenhage, Cape, on 14 February 1991. One ANCYL member was refused amnesty for the attack (AC/1997/0028). See Councillors.
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