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Municipal PoliceExplanation On Monday students marched to municipal offices to hand a memorandum to the Town Clerk Mr JJ van Rensburg. They occupied the building for 20 minutes, they were dispersed after the police fired tear gas. Some students burned and partly ransacked the Municipality offices in Phajane and in ... ... try to raise your head otherwise they are going to shoot you. When the ambulances and the police vans arrived we were taken - and I was taken by a municipal van to the Vereeniging Hospital. That is what I witnessed on that 21st day. The day of March. We were treated at the Vereeniging ... ... was wearing. I told him that he was wearing a white trouser, brown belt and he looked at me, he shook his head. Sergeant Brown who was also a Municipal Police came driving a police van. At that time I could not think properly. My sister ran away, she ran to this thing. ... ... members of the South African Defence Force and those people who were enhancing the objectives of the previous government, like members of the municipal ... Protest was largely directed against the community council and municipal police. Deep conflict at times escalating into violence developed between collaborators and activist culminating in the mid 1985. members who were hunted down, attacked and killed. There were widespread perceptions that this group had the support of the police, the IFP and the Municipal Authorities. No action was taken by the police against the group in order to protect the community. It is not entirely clear when this ... MR MASHOALA: They applied for amnesty for having planted a mine at the municipal offices as well as possession of illegal firearms and then as well as the ambush which was laid for Municipal Police. ... police had received information that Ashley Kriel, a trained ANC terrorist might be hiding out there. He and Ables went to the house disguised as municipal employees pretending to check the sewerage. They found the front door of the house locked and proceeded to the door at the back of the ... ... Front was non violent and one must now take into account that the repressive actions of the regime, quite often people marched towards the municipal offices to protest peacefully and the march would be announced in advance, all preparations would be done, people get to the municipal ... ... people gathered throughout the day in Zwelethemba. The police left Zwelethemba at lunch time and didn’t return and during the rest of that day the Municipal buildings, the administrative buildings and what were then called the South African Police Native Quarters were set on fire. The total ... WORCESTER
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SIPHO JOSEPH SIXISHI
SIPHO JOSEPH SIXISHI
BRUTALLY ASSAULTED BY, AMASOLOMZI AND MUNICIPAL POLICE
... protests against those the unacceptable living conditions in the community despite several efforts and memorandums from the community to the local Municipal authorities to improve these conditions. There was no or little ... Mr Kopung thank you for bringing your case to our attention. I think it is one more illustration of the way in which many of the municipal police at that time felt that they could act in ways in which one would not expect policemen to behave and we certainly will see what can be done to ... ... that they have complied with all three requirements and that they must therefore be entitled to amnesty in respect of these, the police station and municipal offices and the possession of arms and ammunition. Thank you ... MR PRINSLOO: Yes, I can recall that, Chairperson. If I recall correctly, he was a municipal police official. We have heard terrible stories. We have heard of excesses that were carried out by members of the police and they municipal police. Where have heard of the excesses that were carried out also by the members of the community organisations. And many allegations have been made today and people have ... CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MS LOCKHAT: Thank you Chairperson. I want to start with the first incident, that is on the 30th of May 1987, where the two Municipal police officers were assaulted. Can you just tell us, you said that Dingaan gave the orders. Did he just give you the order, or was it for ... the third applicant as a very dangerous person - apparently as a result of his military training abroad. He decided to go for his firearm after the municipal police ridiculed him when he tried to lay a charge with ... ... as Mr Malan and Mr Le Granje. We spoke to them and we told them about the dissatisfaction of the community. We were afforded an opportunity to get municipal police. Some of the rights that we had requested were that they should put an end to the restriction of pass as far as Black people were ... ... at a later stage it emerged that his unit, the one which he commanded, was engaged in preparing for activities planned for the October 1988 municipal elections. Mr Mokati also informed me about two targets which he had considered. It was the Vanderbijlpark Bus Terminus and electrical ... |
