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councillorsExplanation MR MNGADI: I never got a chance to go to councillors but my mother used to take care of me. She is a nurse, she used to come at home and give me moral support. ... before you, clealry indicated that they were fighting against the high rents, they were fighting the oppressive education, they were fighting the councillors and they didn't want to buy in their shops, they were boycotting the shops. That is what they were doing. That is why I am asking you ... ... so he was instrumental in financing IFP members as well as providing them with food. IFP members were always in groups and they would be around councillors and other people from whom they received their instructions. As people who assisted the IFP, they were on the list to be killed because ... The salient facts relating to this incident, briefly summarised, are as follows. Scheepers Morudu was a leading activist in Mamelodi, responsible for the planning and execution of boycott actions and petrol bomb attacks on the homes of policemen, and black councillors. ... to play. Like for instance let me just elaborate a little bit, like for instance right now in Tembisa is engulfed by misunderstanding between the councillors and the residents in general. We as teachers we have to tell our students why we should pay rent or not pay rent. Our students have to ... 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? MR MANTHATA: When you say they were used in Alexandra were they used in the police station or the councillors? Where? DR RANDERA: Can I just try and remind you. Were there no marches against, against Councillors at that time? WITNESS: He was also residing in the township. He was one of the Councillors, that is when now they took him to the police camp. I heard this from one of my nephews. ... structure fell also the Local Management System (LMC) which was attached to the various police station areas. The role players here were also city councillors, the traffic chiefs, local police inspector, the local detective branch, reservists, taxpayers associations and whichever institution had ... ... to hold the rally inside the township, and fortunately there was a stadium, that is a bit far away from the township, and then they decided, the councillors decided that they should go there instead of having the rally inside the township, as they realised that there was this political ... ... we used to have with local leadership of IFP, there were complaints that were brought to our attention, like Mrs Mbuyazi, Mayor, B B Biyela and the councillors like Mr Nzuza, Mrs Njali(?), a councillor, Mrs Joyce Mathenjwa, who were the IFP leaders at the local level. Mr Mkhize, G L Mkhize who ... ... government to make sure that these people qualified. You know the people that were given opportunities I suppose were given opportunities to be councillors because they were being paid for by the government for maybe to try and, or to be bribed, to be on the side of the government. There ... ... settlement area, were living under a constant threat of being removed and incorporated into one of the neighbouring Bantustans. In the context, Councillors were seen as part o the discredited Apartheid System and the Applicant and his comrades were prepared to do anything to bring the system ... ... 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, ... ... to make an effort to assist the child. This girl ran and we followed her, but we realised that she was being chased by the vigilantes and the councillors of that ... because we not be able to get the community halls. They were controlled by community councillors who the ones who take part in politics, he should just concentrate on his church, he must not take any activities. There was also some targeting of the councillors and I did hear that anyone who burns my house should expect that his house will also be burnt, because I told those people, saying that I ... ... 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 ... ... 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 ... |
