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Special Report Transcript Episode 20, Section 5, Time 28:35As he took that out they ran away and I also went out to them. I said ‘what is it you want from us?’ They said ‘because you’re impimpis.’ I don’t know what you call them, informers or what. ‘You don’t want to join us when we fight these whites, the police and councillors, you don’t want to join us killing the councillors, the police; etcetera.’ I said ‘no we’ll never ever join that.’ Notes: Sylvia Mbongwa References select each tab to search for references GlossaryConflict 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 ... |