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councillorsExplanation DR RANDERA: Can I just try and remind you. Were there no marches against, against Councillors at that time? MRS KUHLANE: He was shot because they objected to the presence of councillors and police at that stage and it was known that he was going to come to the location and that is why the youth got together and went there. MR MANTHATA: When you say they were used in Alexandra were they used in the police station or the councillors? Where? ... has actually indicated to you through the Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee we will certainly try and be of assistance with directing you to councillors. So thank you very much and we'll try and follow up as best we can. Thank ... ADV NYOKA: Honestly, do you agree with me, Mr du Plessis, that if by City Council was discredited, it was not representative, it was racial and it was the creation of National Party. People had no interest in it. They did not vote for the councillors. Do you agree with me? gone out already? Okay. Sandra Mahamba, the chairperson of the Joubertin CPF, Father August Lekhoko, Anglican Church, Kuma. Then we have a number of councillors from Stilfontein, Klerksdorp and Orkney, Joyce Matshayana, Mr Mojobe and Tosa Molempukana. Thank you. We have Father Goleng from ... that the mayor was Jeffrey Nkosi. No, it was Zondo. He has since died. At that time when I got to the meeting there was some conflict amongst the councillors themselves, because they felt that there was some favouritism that was going on with regard to the elections. And we continued in that ... MR RICHARD: And you confirm everything they said about all of you being members of the United Democratic Front and the members and supporters and office bearers of the Eastern MG Pirates Soccer Club being your opponents and supporters of the apartheid Councillors and Government? ... ... YWCA, women's church groups, amadodana, sports groups, ministers, fraternals, SACTU unions, all political parties, the Government itself, eg, councillors and MPs, tertiary institutions, NGOs, ratepayers' associations and individuals, we felt all these groups can play a part in ... "We saw tribal councillors being killed, elderly people forced by UDF to drink cooking oils, etcetera. We decided to fight the UDF, which was furthering the aims of the ANC." MR RICHARD: And is it also correct that as your co-applicants have said, persons who gave information to the South African Police, co-operated with the police, co-operated with the apartheid councillors were seen as enemies of the struggle and possibly "impimpis"? ... there were attacks on police patrols, the existing structures were replaced with alternative structures, school boycotts were the order of the day, councillors resigned as I’ve mentioned before. In other words control was lost to a great extent by the government in these ... ... election materials propagating acquiescence to incorporation. They disrupted classes, caused damage to the school property and security guards of Councillors were manhandled. It is as the result of his participation and role in the demonstrations that the applicant was convicted, as ... ... and information that will lead to the reconstruction of its communities. We thank the police who have been with us. We thank the Mayor and the councillors. We thank the Churches and we thank all the organisations that made this occasion possible. I think, amongst them, Kulumani. We thank ... 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. ... country, specifically in kwaThema. There was a call by the broad democratic movement, UDF, that people should refrain from voting for illegitimate Councillors at that time. As a Unit, Basil February, we decided to disrupt those elections because we felt they were illegitimate. What happened, ... The first salvoes of the 'Maritzburg war were in Imbali. Inkatha-aligned councillors in Imbali Township Council dominated the local government structures. The UDF had chosen as its modus operandi not to involve itself with any form of government structure, not with the people who were in them. ... ... in a peaceful resolution which the ANC slammed shut and didn't want to walk through. We argued that instead of murdering in terms of a policy, councillors who said we would make ourselves available for municipalities, if the ANC and the UDF and those said let's put up our candidates and ... ... Commission in Messina. The Commissioners from the TRC, other staff members from the TRC, media, members from the SAPS and SANDF, fellow Councillors and members from the public. It is my greatest honour and pleasure, as Mayor, to welcome you all. The role of the TRC, in terms of ... MR BOOYENS: Were campaigns launched against black councillors? |
