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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.

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... and it was very difficult for us even to hold meetings. I became prominent specifically when the Municipality offices were establishing community councillors, as you see this lady next to me on my left, we were the people who didn’t like that. I was one of the people who were - who had a car. ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
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.
MR MABUZA: Very much so, it was politically motivated because the police and the councillors - the police and the councillors had to be isolated.
ADV SANDI: Were there any problems in connection with the Councillors for example? What was happening?
MR MABUZA: Very much so, it was politically motivated because the police and the councillors - the police and the councillors had to be isolated.
... 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 ...
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... state agents, and chain of command. The victims classified as legitimate targets need to be specified (e.g. SAP, kitskonstables, SADF, community councillors). This information would ...
referring to councillors, and no, I am not arguing the legitimacy, the non-
MR MAKOLA: Yes, as far as I am concerned during that time most of the Councillors were not popular with the community. They were not popular.
... Unit (SDU) established by the ANC. He explained that the ANC had endeavoured to bring an end to the local authorities by persuading the town councillors, who were described as puppets, to resign from office. The policy of the ANC's was carried out throughout the country and in many ...
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 ...
MR SANDI: What was the cause of the disharmony? Who was leading the township all in all? Were there councillors within the organisation.
MR MBAMBO: He had the police uniform on that night to cover the boys during the attack but his police reservist position was necessarily the IFP strategy at eSikhawini because all the councillors who were IFP members, leaders of the IFP at eSikhawini had the opportunity to become police reservists.
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 ...
MR STEENKAMP: Did you lodge any attacks as far as you know, against any Inkatha Freedom Party structures or people or councillors, as far as you know?
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