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councillorsExplanation MR MFAZWE: Then, people say that this meeting ended with the councillors being stoned and then the following morning MR MANTHATA: Did you go to the councillors to investigate ... 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 ... DR MANDELL: Thank you very much Chairperson, Councillors, thank you very much for giving us the privilege of being with you at this very important occasion in the last two days. We are extremely concerned about the past and spending the whole day with you yesterday it was something which all of us ... Yes, in the Esikhaweni area, where you were employed. --- I had contact with the councillors, which were councillors for the KwaZulu Government, and there were also other leaders of the Inkatha with whom I had contact. Those which I used to contact them so often amongst the Inkatha leaders it ... ... period, with what was actually happening in Siyathemba, it is said that one of the incidents that actually sparked off this attack on the houses of Councillors and in particular your house, was after the body, after the coffin of Abram had been taken by the police and the police refused to give ... The students, apparently, did write the letters because the Press published the resignations of a number of Councillors, but that was actually and ultimately the students marched to the UBC one day, but the Councillors still refused to resign, those who had not resigned. Some Councillors resigned ... We fought in 1983 in the year Brian died against the then councillors as undemocratic councillors and we were able to rally the youth around and he was an enemy to the security police. He was an enemy to the then councillors. We were moving in each and every meeting trying to educate people ... against the continuing existence of, of Black Local Authorities at the time and of course the youth and residents were asking for the resignation of Councillors in Messina. This was a trend that we have seen in other parts of the country as well. The death of Wilson of course led to the launch ... By 1985 all but two of the community councillors in Bhongolethu Oudtshoorn had resigned. The two that remained were Patrick Marenene that’s Benedict’s father and Alfred Grootboom. It is alleged that the community councillors were very antagonistic towards community organisations and they ... time I had a 7.65, Mrs Mbuyazi's 7.65. As you know that Mrs Mbuyazi had certain positions within the IFP she would be given such firearms by people. Councillors and mayors would also receive these things from councillors and mayors. And these cars drove in parallel, Nthena tried to shoot. On ... ... first, education later. They were preaching that other people are banned if they don't want them to follow what they follow. Preaching that councillors working for the KwaZulu Government should be killed. We saw all those things happen before our eyes. We saw tribal authorities being ... ... to spy on Inkatha areas therefore it was left to my discretion to decide what to do to them. We returned. Before that, I found Zekele with other councillors holding a meeting, councillors from all the units. He asked one old man to take us where we were supposed to go and return us to him ... ... who had lost their loved ones. I used to receive these groceries. One woman said, who is a white person, said that I should take a letter to the councillors. I took the letter to the councillors that the government should assist me in raising the children. After seven months, R600,00 arrived. ... MR RICHARD: What was the relationship after Christmas 1985, through 1986 into 1987 between the UDF and the Councillors and those who supported the Councillors? ... thing an entrepreneur should do is to identify the site. He would apply to the Soweto Local Council and if you are not being favoured, one of the councillors would know, would have inside information, he would approach the oil company that has got this site, the site that somebody has ... ... Intelligence. This short list illustrates just how polarised the media itself was during the Apartheid years. Hundreds of black policemen and councillors were assassinated by MK hit squads in the townships over this period. But the full story was never told by ANC aligned journalists ... ... the 4th applicant to quell the activities of Soyco, whose members were, according to intelligence reports, involved in attacks on policemen, councillors, in arson and riots, in intimidation activities and in crash military training courses. They were joined by Special Forces operatives ... In mid July to November there were intense conflict in the Huhudi community where almost daily reports of the stoning and burning of houses belonging to Community Councillors, collaborators and policemen is reported. Nicholas Ntusi, an activist from Huhudi is burnt to death by vigilantes. ... or youths or groups also acting against what you indeed refer to later, the undesirable structures or support structures of the apartheid State, councillors, homeland governments and so ... |
