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councillorsExplanation MR SANDI: Thank you Mr Chairperson, what I would like to know is, what was the role and the response of the community councillors in this chaos? MR RICHARD: Am I also correct in saying that in this area the traditional structures of chiefs, their councillors, senior chiefs, junior chiefs, still exists and has existed throughout your life? ... I would like to put to you. Do you recall, since 1983 up until the period which you have mentioned, that there were feelings in the locations that councillors were not welcome and civic organisations were established where it was felt that councillors should not proceed with their work, because ... After lengthy discussions we decided amongst the people that should change in the community, the Councillors must step down and a Chairperson must be elected by the masses and govern in Gobozane. We had a Councillor from the past regime in Gobozane by the name of Nsibele Mona. He was at that ... ADV DE JAGER: So were you so surprised when this happened to him? Wasn't it often reported in the newspapers, that Councillors and people collaborating with the police were burnt? ... his style. His involvement in educational and local politics resulted in him being hated by those in authority, namely the black local authority, Councillors, the Police Security Forces, but on the contrary he was liked and respected by the community and the students as he was seen as a person ... ... the only grouping of people that you knew were involved and were a threat to the life and property of members of the police or the then black town ... The destruction of schools didn't start with the call of the ANC to make the country ungovernable. The shops were burnt, councillors were killed long before the ANC made its ungovernability call. Now General Viljoen, by casting it in pure military terms, and removing the political dynamics ... REV XUNDU: Did the Youth Congress not approve of the election of councillors in the township. You were all members of the ANC. Was there any other organisation around in your community which was not ANC? --- The other organisation was the IFP. It just came to be without any expectation. We didn't expect it to be formed, but seemingly the councillors formed such an organisation. intimidation of black councillors, consumer boycotts and the rent MR MANTHATA: Mrs Mafuya, before the burial of one, this student, did you ever hear of any student activities in Atteridgeville which were in conflict with the police procedures or councillors? ... of the ANC's armed struggle and their desire to serve their communities within existing structures. We must remember that many of the community councillors enjoyed genuine and proven support. In the 1988 municipal elections there was a 26% voter turn-out - despite massive intimidation by the ... MS MAKHUBELE: Do you know what the view of the community were against councillors? MR JORDAN: Looking at the understanding of the people in as far as the political situation was concerned, the first organisation that was established, was the Anti-removal Committee which held negotiations with the Councillors of the time. I think the reason was because this - one of this children they were destroying the shop of one of the Councillors, that’s why they were chased by these people. conflict until I was shot and the manner in which I was working and the manner in which we were elected I would say we were the first township whose councillors were democratically elected at the ... ... that at some stage you were arrested, detained for a while and initially charged or at least you were suspected of being involved in the burning of councillors' homes and in some other activities. Now, Mr Abel Nkabinde also gave us a background to this. I will tell you so you can just ... ... affiliation, as well as my children's political affiliation. From that time onwards I started being harassed, and they said I should go to the councillors to tell them. And I told them that I was not in good terms with the councillors because the councillor had told me that he was going to ... MR MABUZA: Very much so, it was politically motivated because the police and the councillors - the police and the councillors had to be isolated. |
