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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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And they were also Councillors who were elected and this was not known to us how were they elected and we objected to that. We also learnt that the oppressive and repressive Government wanted to reinforce more people to guard and then the vigilantes were also placed in our vicinity so that they ...
shortages, transports costs, the cutting out of Imbali and Ashdown townships from Pietermaritzburg Municipality, the role of Inkatha supporting town councillors in the Government-imposed black local authorities, and the conflict between Inkatha and the UDF, the trade union movements, Inkatha's ...
... been allowed to just go on without any intervention, on the evidence of Coetzee, on what Mfalapitsa told him in regard to Nkosi and all the black councillors, the consequences which Brig Schoon talks about might well have become a reality, not to say the least of the lives of these people which ...
MR MFAZWE: Then, people say that this meeting ended with the councillors being stoned and then the following morning
MR MBAMBO: He had the police uniform on that night to cover the boys during the attack but his police reservist position was necessarily the IFP strategy at eSikhawini because all the councillors who were IFP members, leaders of the IFP at eSikhawini had the opportunity to become police reservists.
evidence about Kagiso and Cosas and the residents associations etc and what the activities were and what the approach or what their attitude towards councillors and policemen were because obviously the argument that I'm presenting is that some room must be given for the fact that Mr Musi is ...
MR DUMA JOSHUA KHUMALO: According to our knowledge the councillors were working for the boers. Now so that there
MR STEENKAMP: Did you lodge any attacks as far as you know, against any Inkatha Freedom Party structures or people or councillors, as far as you know?
We got there at a time where there was tension and at the time where I say, in 1987 my house was burnt. Whereas on the other side, the Government was establishing Councillors and also Council police in the form of municipal police.
... Front, I emerged from underground and joined it. The VCA, that is the Vaal Civic Association, was strongly opposed to the apartheid black councillors. In 1984 it launched a total rent boycott, which resulted to the Vaal riots, which claimed many lives and damage of property. As a ...
The apartheid States at the time insisted on putting in place in many townships in the country Councillors, people that they percieved could govern the townships separately to the way that the rest of the cities were governed. To do that they enforced elections in very many communities and of ...
... see people who left their houses to work, their families are not protected. In our discussions with the Chief and the community, the Chief and his Councillors rejected our offer but we told them that we understand what they’re saying but we said to them, we are going to continue with our work ...
MR MAKOLA: Yes, as far as I am concerned during that time most of the Councillors were not popular with the community. They were not popular.
MR VISSER: Was it the policy of the ANC to root out members and supporters of the Government, we're talking about black people, to whom they referred to as Government stooges, councillors and the like, members of the Security Forces and people who assisted them? Was there such a policy of the ANC?
... association was seen to work in co-operation with the police, or giving evidence to the police or working in co-operation with the apartheid local Councillors, they were seen as "impimpis" and enemies of the liberation ...
MR MANTHATA: Did you go to the councillors to investigate
MR LUKHELE: They were referring to power stations, houses belonging to policemen and councillors.
... Unit (SDU) established by the ANC. He explained that the ANC had endeavoured to bring an end to the local authorities by persuading the town councillors, who were described as puppets, to resign from office. The policy of the ANC's was carried out throughout the country and in many ...
... got to identify targets like policemen, SADF members, those individuals perceived to be collaborating, colluding with the apartheid system. The councillors, we then regarded them as legitimate targets. So it's upon individuals, when inside the country, that they can identify those targets, ...
... the Republic of South Africa. The revolutionary onslaught and threat further had as its objective to make the country ungovernable and black councillors, South African police as well as other members of the security forces and officers of the State to eradicate these people and eliminate ...
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