councillors

Explanation
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.

TV Series Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC Victims

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Amnesty Hearing, Port Elizabeth, Day 3 & 4 (24 September 1997)

MR BOOYENS: Were campaigns launched against black councillors?

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Duduza, Day 1 (04 February 1997)

assaulted and harassed in prison and even outside prison the same thing took place. Some of the councillors here, not all of them though, some individuals, SANCO and ANC branch of Duduza were against the TRC. Even Kulumani support group will second me here. Mum Tobela will be my witness in as ...

/documents/hrvtrans/duduza/55029.htm

Decision

... Mofokeng, a community councillor who was the deceased's brother-in-law. She conceded that the community was opposed at the time to community councillors and that the deceased's relationship with Sidwell Mofokeng fuelled the belief (which in her view was mistaken) that he was an ...

/documents/decisions/59422.htm

Human Rights Violation Hearing, Messina, Day 1 (08 April 1997)

MS RAMAKOKOVHU: Well, regarding the Councillors, there were some differences regard, we even went to their homes to ask them to resign and subsequent to that, police were called and we were in Jimmy Chauke’s house and the police arrived and they came on their Casspir. They just started off ...

/documents/hrvtrans/messina/55610.htm

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