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councillorsExplanation /"councillors, ... there. The harassment continued. They formed a certain organisation. When the government of KwaZulu came into power, we were harassed by the councillors in those particular cottages. We were women and we were being harassed and we were not the only ones who were harassed. Even the ... ... according to the programme we were going to take the buckets and spill the feces at the Administration block and then we would proceed to the Councillors’ houses. After we had spilled the feces at the Administration block we explained to the Comrades that we were proceeding to the ... His house could be just a distance which is from here to the door. The man there was a councillor who was not - we were not part of the election of councillors and this councillors were not treating us well. They wouldn't give us sites for building, they made us pay if we were to get sites, and ... ADV SANDI: Were there any problems in connection with the Councillors for example? What was happening? Probably they went there because they never came back again. I'd like to mention something else again. There was a day when the councillors evicted me from my house. I asked what was the reason for my eviction. ... but every time when you were active and boycotting and doing other things, was there a time where you did actually burn house of Committee Councillors or even killing ... MR MABUZA: Very much so, it was politically motivated because the police and the councillors - the police and the councillors had to be isolated. ... opposed the elections of the council. It was a policy that as master democratic movement we actually opposed the question of the re-election of councillors. But, however, people stood which meant that whoever was part of those elections was actually supporting the policies of the former ... MR MABUZA: Very much so, it was politically motivated because the police and the councillors - the police and the councillors had to be isolated. It is not clear whether the author of the letter knew the reason for the killing to be the refusal to resign as councillors and whether he was authorised to write the letter. It is stated in the letter that it has been referred to the Secretary General for further action. We have no evidence ... 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 ... 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. ... Now, when you defined your targets, as you have already explained in your statement, you said that your targets was that you were against apartheid councillors as well as vigilante groups. What was troubling you about those groups, why did you specifically choose them to be your targets? What ... 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 ... ... 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 ... CHAIRPERSON: And the councillors? ... 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 ... ... was going to be used to help the task force. It was going to be used for political purposes to train the task force s that we could disturb the councillors of the then government, that is why I'm asking for amnesty because this money was going to be used for the training of the task ... MR SANDI: What was the cause of the disharmony? Who was leading the township all in all? Were there councillors within the organisation. |
