J S S S S S S s aFOR -ALMOST three; months now, the Border

region has been gripped by virtual civil war as the...» . . * : - < ’

authorities attempt to stamp out a bus boycott byI . ' ‘ * •’ * ' •

residents of Mdantsane.\ A lthough there is almost a total

clam pdow n on Inform ation, details of atrocities com m itted by the Ciakel,; a u t h o r l t i e s e n d b y p r i v a t e ^ g o v e rn m e n t-s u p p o rtin g .v ig ila n te s have leaked out. ' / # j;.

T he picture that is em erged is one of w holesale violence aa vigilantes act w ith o ut restraint to break the bus boycott. . ? /* r. i

A t the same time. Cisxei authonties ap-pear to be using the situation and the state of emergency they .have Geclarec to,fu lfil,, their long-terrr. cream of destroying , the’ South A frican A llie d 1 W orkers Union(SAAWU). ■ . * c ;i - ' k:r Ssf?

The b u t bo y co tt began In Ju ly a fte r an 11 % fare increase w e t announced by the com pany^ w hich la partly o w n e d by The Ci®*e? povemmen;."*

^ S ince th e n , th e 'O ek e i g o vem m en t.ha* declared a a ta te o* em ergency, enforced a curfew , c e ts in ed hu n d red s of people, ahot sn unknow n m ^n b e r of - o ther* and b an n ed S aaw u. :• '-The co rflle t has spread to school*, aiAm a num ber » n d t n g em pty i t s tu d e n ts boycott- e taesea In au p o o r of theirp e r e n t s . '^ : * %V . ; ^ r* '« . \ r*-

Bui p em ap e th e rac* .ch illin g e v e n ts ,h av e been th o se ^ daecribed bv peop*a n u u s from a eoccar su d lu m In M dantaena. u sed by p o ^ c e tp hold deta inee* a**^a ell the Other prisons are tuft.

D etem eat have oeec / %' , They hava aaid. example. th a t up to 80paoo*a a*, a tim e .^ w are locked Into a email ch an g ero cm for a a v m dsy* , w ithout food. w a te r o ' e uxlei. e * * •

« O f o i l figur** of ctatna erv. d eten tio n a have b e a r cneOanged o y o p p o s i t i o n g ro u p s . - T h e . Detainee* P aren ts S u a so c Com- •

. mlTtee. tor e*em pia. b e w>ea m ere . nave se e n uo to 9 0 oeatna and tn ey have Inform ation o n - th e 0 «:en: or. of acoraf c people.

** CU»kei pfnciata hav* peen aaa- m a n tn a ro n fy sav e '-- peocte d e d

. »n s n o i ’ ng Inc dant* a n a s tne i .e tc of e n tfQ e n c * sn -;»ou ' ' : a ': pa*JS! * o*

C'ska.

C k -c k w ls e t r o - ' t l o v e : C T C p j$ a *

a la n d u n u s e c s u r r c u r .o e d c y

b a r b e d w ire; $ e r w t T - e h i r a • p r o m in e n t «*

f u n e ra . 's . b e lo r e th e b a n ; T - s h » ro

h e d to 0 0 a f te r t h e b a n by

Sooe; e victim „ ooytonof vigllente violence —

lu c k y ’ to eecepe

w ith ju a t a broken

arm

“hay r.ava n»-: j v « n anyjeter.tiona.

S30nefoeop»ciWt a co rr•nv tn^ c w ^ '

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^^aawu îsAbannedj^but^uses remain;empty|^^f^

i&sm%*+*t\Just outside this ̂' , . « * ? •• - V - ,

rail w ayst at ion on August|4, ninety

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peopie. were shot by Sebe’s army.The reas0n: they refused to ride, in buses|when the| fares .were raisedj Despite the horror

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people still: catch

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tra ins- rat h e rth an buses. ‘When we£| pass buses theyf:; smell of detention and blood. We’ll>' go on boycottingjV thev said. ^

• From page 13 .m anda m ac tr» m craaaa ba drop*' pad At .9 m pon-cack m aatir^ ahaf tna u m com pany rafuaad to drop tr»a k i c ' i i k i . r a a ld tn u ' dac.dad to boycott b u ta a

Eight of tr» ta r com m ittaa m»mD#n « v r i da ta inad .In tha co u raa Of ; m b o y c o tt. .T h aaa da tan tiona w»aoa nagot>ation im -' poaa.1̂ *. .1 ; , • ' -•

Ganara#*. r t a b u t com pany ha* baan aart®ua>* a**-* ;ad by , tha

'b o y co tt m e thay hava ra tp o n d ac by ra tra iw -h in g 3 0 7 of th « lr w onw ra , f

Tha com pany $ annual rap o n ' anow ac h»*g» toaaaa for tha panod of tha boycor. and thay hava gor.* to tha tangc* o* dropping tha fara tncraaaa tha ted to tha bovcon by half and d**=”fc>wi>r>g *a*flat» in tha tow nship. ^ »

Tha Sow » African govam m ant ha* kapt a alian t diatanca from avant*. g e e a rslh'" prafarriog to , allow tha D e w aj/thoritia* to aci ag*!n*t tha b u t boycott. * * -

O cca»o*» i y. how avfr, thay

hava takan a d iract hand, auch aa in handing ovaf four d atam aa* to tha Ciak-ai. Thoaa da ta inaa* r am ain

•in Xha hand* pf tha b an tu a tsn p o iic a .,

I . Tha launching of tha U D F in tha ragion and a a tu d an t m aating to d iac u is tha achoot* boyco^ wa»a both bartnad by S o o tr African au thorlw aa “

Tha DPSC. w htch h a t baan m onitoring tha rapraaa*o naa apoaan out agatnat t»%a rota of th a . South African g o v am m an t "A a co n d am n the SA govam m ani tor failing to a» an praaaur* pn tha S aba rag im a to and tha a trocJtiaa -

'Inataad . thay hava coiludad wtth tha -Ci*kai by handing ov»r tou r trada unionlat* d a ta in ad in i a a i London. .»

How avar. au ch vtoianca ia not naw to tha S aba govam m ant. altnough it ia u n p racao an tad in ha scala . *•

I Tha situation in Qaka, ia tim ataly tha faau !: o f tha S o u th African gov am m an t * policy 'o f sap ara ia OavaJopmant.

Employar* in tha araa hava b aan

criticiaad for ram am m g and doing im ia to e su a t

thair am piora«« «vho hava bacom a victim* of tha vtoianca. Thara ha*

»o b aan Uttla auppo ’ a ithar ora! ‘ or >m *tariaf. front o th ar

organ iaat>on« in Laat London.M or* r a c a n t iy d a rr .o c ra tic

group* b o th nationally an d intar* have bagun to m obiiiaa

aupport tor SAAWU and tha p aacunty 1 w ara atopoac a*«c t ra paaaang*t p r c a d t o w a - t t h a m* kitom atra* to p w paaunauoi Som a cars war* m oounoad aui mariiy. ’ -

A typical srory ■ m at of • Me M. a caahiar In a fw tau ran L S w** pavalling homa in a prtwi car on th a av»m % of S ap iam t 21 w han tha car » a a w avad d o and tha pasaanpa^a c rd arad oc

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r ^ L ^ ^ r . . N i n e t v ^ p e o p l e M 3 e U e v e d a d e a d J n ^ h o o t i n g ^ ^ f c f e g

l i s ~ ......................................................few Mne>o> — >m g*»■» t>nu/* and •*»-**■ She

• - kicked ,n th* ey* . As • reeurt of th* MMUt! %****+£ • brok*n

• arm brubed beck t ^ , a t^ j» and laceration* m weeis on

h *r U C LSh* ko«r c o n » w » ' « ' during

__ iiM u it end w hen »M regaineda o n sc lo u sn e a i th e kom bl hed gon« and ahe w i i lying on the aloe oI the road.

; -• *She die not report the m atte r to

p o lic e b e c a u s e ah a b e h e v e avig iian iat are not p roeecuted . She w as traa tad In hoaoitai.'

5 A S R U N A T IO N A L h a s recorded num erous almller Ind- j cent*.

In an a ttem p t to atop this violence. a** com m uter* took out

• an u rgen t" In ta rd ic t from tha S uprem e Court w hich reetrelned tna po»*e from eaeeutting th em on their way to and from work. ,

A ltnough th a in ta r d ic t , w aa* g ran ted tha assau lta continued.J Tha aecond pert o f tha a ttam pt j by tha au thodtiaa to force people

to use Duses cam * w ith aaaautta on peopia uaing the trelna. -•

Police a ttacked peoo** com ing and going from th a railway atatlon.

A Ms Dlutu. for exam ple. ea«d ahe aaw policem en, aoldiera and v igilantes preventing peoP '« from going Into the e te tio n on Auguet A,

She anedged th a t a t ooa ataga.

In M dantaana w hen at least fiva paopia a r t known tc hava been ahot d ead •»' .

Mti Virginia Ganto oeecrlbed It: •’She end. peor>'e lee*>ng ths e la tio n w a rs co n t o r te d -by the

D evelooment Tax. ___In th* couree Ot th*a c o ^ o r t a -

uon. puJlc* o o e^ed « '• ^ n um ber o t p eo p le w ere enc* oown. The. a w are a eo n y m ^u w e. o ther oeacripnona Q* 0 0 « » W * ^

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rponce advanced on com m uters. I Out the com m utere ahou ted thst they w era not al wa* ano w en;ad

u o .g o to w ort.Police d re * tnelr firaem»s anti

i ^ ,K. n o n w a rs c o n f o r t e o ey m s • o tra r g * K > v " v » —• —M M * * m < \ PO..C, < * » d . m . ^ 1 *

. I r r t u n , thetf reference , m ai> ot t h e n as m ey n*.an* aarf. ■ * i

Dozens of © the' psopie t o u & ! Oooks and d em o n s tra te o*ocf tha , po lice.. .« « - . . . . . u >. v ig lla n m < n.y h .c i o . i d i r « C , .K .« n . Tn, p o .I» orio« .«V «*v

ud Xrtr n u . l i »n i u l i r j ' Z ~ 7 B E S r T * V ? -aw av tn« m onay ot c rm m u ts ra j f ; 1̂ ^ ’ ^ v ^ 7 |

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aw sv lha m onsy of p rm r-.w ts'e : r ; V S T » m ■ . . . . . . , nT h . • » . « * o tm 9 m « « .n . . . . ; I I , '«■ “ r 6 I* S

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Boycotters face dogs of war in the CiskeiVIGIL»NT£ t m c i have e#rrt«! out aom e of I f f o v t l lM I to rluraa and haraaam ant t f paoola.

Thay a r t ** anolflcial P °I,M r a . a r v a to re * m a d e WP m em b e ri a 1 tn « ru ling C i.k .1

' National IndaoanO anca Parry. O' »uDPon«n found m ostly in the rural a r» a* • ■* ‘

**.“ Thay w are umma *" 1 9 ,4 10 - b-ea< a b u i D oyccr and In 197 7

ic crueh raa iltsn sa a ttar the Oaath - Of S u v a Blko t n e have Pacem e

know n aa th a ® r*an b e ra te r.acauaa of t h t i»«!torm thay uaad m 1974.

f The vlg ll.n taa r a m the a traate •1 night . t n to r a r f the curlew ragulatlone an c a»*eult paopie in.

1 • - diacnm inataly..The w a .rtn g o* • S aew u T-ahlrt

. -can o M ' .a B *»aning ana inv ; m ed.ata d e lan O o r-T h a-fa llu re to : have a ‘d o c u m a r r c a n -m e a n r

i)va ,h ing . a i can. Hding In • tari. They a r . aow o o ad w ith a |am -

( V t w o o . i K ^ a I ano . pellet guna ano t o r * of rna leading

• rn .m b a n av e r p o a a e u f ln a m u . They have b o a r com ping a t . the a ia c u m . wSa*« m ay re c .lv .

■ . ' tooc It la not e m v « the v lg ilanua " a r t barn® D»id.

. S c h o o lk id s h a rd est hit

/ by v io le n c e | .and beatin gs;A SYSTEMATIC a r a p a l g n to boat Boycotting etuO«ma Pack to echooi

■ - la bam s w aged * M dan taane.'* Many atuoenra a a hiding in tha

m orning .. I' W * on tno a tra a u Curing m il n ine. s tu d e n t . aay. thay stand a vary gone chance of Bamg eaeauited.

• Or* youth e*«f he w e* a topped by police, w ho Wm w h e tfw

. n . » u a a tudarc. W hen ha aaid ha w i t not at acftoci thla year. thay tow him to ga t srrto thalr van and

-. eccutad him & Being one of tha

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in face of’attackh

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«nd 0 «t»r-\irk«llcr of »«•

com m unitY >n th«*nd

Foor fTi-jcjii ooycoviu a « C . th» c o s * : . . jn iiru # * «d

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.» rxt' ̂ P'ng from po*r>g tc *choo ' • ' '

. H « W 8» W k i o to tr># pc lica » u lio n w h tra w *» u>Uj r»« * ro u ld •l«o Joi^ the PO*;c» *o th» i co jiC 1 1 0 7i»v« • cn»nc« ’ 0 b « * t your own p*ot>*« . H* w»» told to giv« th« nam«« o^ p«oc>*« fto p o in g $ tu d «n u t r c ^ going to *cnool.

*1 k»0 t qui«u b * a u M I tfo n t know inyOody. Th*y m »a* m e do •Jtrci»*» . ^°r ^nrt»nc*.end tuckec m e in the beck w ith _ their police boot*.' he aaid.V

V*« w ere rr.ede to e ten d on our h e e d i With our lags •g e .n a t ^ e well i o f e b o u t helf »n houf- • a.___ __4. - m eda to

^ 0 , | m a y w are th an t o a » f.' a-vay.I and cnaaad Ty pe«**-* t* fa . '•« w IL'

Tha youth 'a d d ad h t M * a d i - ‘I 10 0 (Thara a t ttw p c x « a ta ’.ur ai} m e tim e.-including pl(J paOL'e.

!-■-M onday O ro O er 3 . yre» V - o a . j tne acnooia h aJ Pa«n re-ooen»d.

and had Poan aa! aa a OeaJilr* tor tha a tu d a r ta to ra r jm . It w a i aiaoth a d a y . - t h a - p o l i c a - b e g a n ly a ta m a tic a lly . m oving I h r t . ghM dantaane. ,ar»* : Py ■ * ,ici D aatln j an^ p a o p u f c f achool- g o ing ege-*Oi*nd k> the etreeie.

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Victims tell of ‘chamber; of horrors’; instadium -THE M OS’’ IVJrTifw p tr . o( tha C ia u l atory la tn a »y» iar-jti£ tor- tura of Acorae pf paopie at the Siaa Dukuene etedium In Maertmene.

Torture victim* m * * e d th a t -’ •two chenge room* tn m e etedium * . w ere being ueed to h o c ceptrvee.

Although theee roome w er» only \ebou t eight m etre* eooe-e. up to 8 0 p eo p 'e at e tim e e w e lo c ^ d . in to one of them . .n>— « * •'

. There w ee no ee*uei & * n o n . no food, no running w eter end no . toilet feciiitiee.' The cec^^ee w ere to rt»o to a e tece te on m e f.oor enc faeces ley e» around the ro o m . -

A num ber of p eo o * reported th a t th ey w e r e . h a n o ^ e d end __ hung up on a w etw P*oe. end v raoee ted iy .th raened .e i^ te they ^ hung In thie way. M am neve e'eo reported w o m an bemg raped by the vigiientea. • * ~ '

N o m edlcel a ttan o o r' « e t g*ven ■ • TO the captivea end one captrve

I -reported eeeing chikjrw*. m *oung as 11 bef>g held. * %. G en e 'f in. peooie w ^ e held in '

tne atac urn before o*-*^ ta k e r to a poJ'ce e tation © b« chargad • M oit of tn em we^e a b a t e d tor

; allegad 'v b 'e tk jn g Cu-ew viola-^ .to n e , b u t ctner* w*^» ei*egediy- g;ckad up t t c * 0* Ir+crm ition

• th a t hec b een g iver tc tne pc 'ice abou t th*m. — ••• _ •* v

A R*» S gici h 'm ae4 a victim ,;t he m w up to 1CO peopie &♦-

I h e c *n t ne * t a c n - ^ n y of | rnarr. n . 't o ) 1 chiidra'v r>* rehiead

t t al'Cw himaelf to o« ''* n o cu * tti I from tr.e ceiling er-C we* a,err- i 'b o k a d w hw e he a to o c *•

He witnew^ea m any « h * r» beingl H o u ie t he»^ b e a r a«farenac to 'I etude in - A mo me ’ aeid pc .ce ned i b ea ten .I e o n , ,0 her noua* w h il. a n , ^ a a A Mr M Polt aald h . waa taken _: away an c n a r s h t d l t cia.m .nfl I to tha a tac um by '" S » - : . a w noI thare w are a tu d a n u in i t hiding ! rakled hia houaa. He rap o ^ad thatI away . According tc the . n e w ; ha h ad b aan h an d cu ffed andj Who O i l th are a t the tim e, there , a u ao an d * : v o m the se-’ing ana I w are a n u n b w of young paople In b a a te n (or an hour. Anerwarda. ha

tha var. tha policy cam a In. L o o u ia .n o t.w < lk- ' . . . . ' jT h , and , . r c h . . c ^ ;; »to w . . t o * - * . W o - .

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had oeviead weye of evo*d

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A D M IN ISTR A TIVE LA1M R S M O K O K A h t d t i l t h • qualificationa m$ naaoad to get per* manem urban t m r t m n la Sowaio. T h e n w e n twe aha had no ,.ceruAcaie pro«i aer place of birth in d ih< U M k | « (b« flflidal aum p from the a A o a i ai the W a * ‘- Rand A dm auarac** i o a n l

Wbaa the W n e c A a a l n u d w l b t f ' papen b t found Cm amall gap. tod toid her to co * a *ack whan aba coaid prr v t h e pence o f birth. ‘ •

M n Mokoe*> eapacung no* to. have i s mi> t ie * of x (although a*©- tag do n tn o e w tyi. « oo d ber g round '• and ass ad for Cm offsaal to take an affidavr fro® t v . Tbe offic ia l.t ra'uaed. ■»—

She had no o o n r r . no hiuoand and a child who w«s i l w th maaalaa to . take c a n of a O M p n u o n «fi» borrowed money from a ne.ghbour to eater. a traas «uc town lo vrar the B lick Sat2 A iv * * O lk a .

Wnh the a f f i a n t under her a m , M n M osone retjrw ed to Wrab.

* Th» um* Um eCtaml threw tne aI- fidavr. bare ai b e and shouted: *Oo back to the Biack W l 11 they are ac d rv e r they c u neap youT

Whicn ane dad- A Black Sasc worker aaw bo afcaratffr* fcir to wrue to tbe head o f Wrab. M r John knooue. O e a a n A f th e tbe woman

. be gjven bar n g £ a v A day lau r M n M okoru had ■tamped te her p e a h o o t *Sectionio.i u r .

• Although tha nnena n not re a l tha

Tbera are many paopia who ara no*ab la to cm th ro u g h th e ad* n u n u tm m red u p * tha: go**ru# the bvea ol all Africans » the land ofthen birth.

Thousand ha** a im p : ‘ENDORSED O U T a their b o o n , and ara able to 0c nccasg eatccpc go to the area w tuci she? a n uxd n thair ‘home’ and*.

< Many proteat k the d em olijoc of ac-.iar.cn aftacu. Organisations a ra* i . formed to % recsevals and r***l- . . . lie menu Bw •-•*?* e e few who a ce . .. the more q ux . w*» o which ihou*r J* aajvii a n evr" *«ar kicked Out o f( J the citiea, or oezjefl the nght to Ihn there througft l*k a m thai are not

*aeen, but ooly l a h — the ad -"_ '• nuniainirva la»».• The cayto-day o f A/ncana a n •->' dom ir.aied by tne ndm uiatra tiva

-m ach ine . Laboiar re c ru itm e n t,. 7*^ aLoca;ion of lanoBT. mflu* oootroi, :. ***• j-* the ng*u to r t r i* a k urhao araaa, ^ ^ ^ ^ and the aiiocaixx ol bouaing a n > * • ' * controlled throngs Rate orgiaiaa-5; uona auch aa acasaa trau v e boaida 5..*.*^. *.V̂ and the labour bureaux

State adruna^acaao fiac t the « * V ecuuvt aphara a frverm nenL t '..T-/*

It conaiau cf t.'T eraat typae of• k g a l t io c — p a c a n a t t n i made. .

— in thaac propcsaia Aincana a nonly mentioned once — *Conirol of BUcx i / 1 u i anaii veat in the Preu- dem.' T hu could mean th e n will never again be iegiaiauon conccming

will beIh o able to •!»*» *1 k » oft»n , « « * » *“ r influx control.•U n til rwo yean ago a person borr. tn an urbar, area could acquire Section 10 (I) (b) nghu if henhe could produce a birth certificate or two affidavits confirming place of birth.

But, by ad m in iftm > ? oecnc, oo»> people who can prod- cc a a c th o t '- ■

- lificate can | d urbar. npks.• Previoui.'y. people f-or: ur a c lands ~ and rural a n a s could suoa for w on

- in urban areas. If they found a ,«oC they n g u tered thenao^ci at the labour bureau m the- before ukir.g up the j n e w ^oo. Now

, this chance of finding ercaem nent of ooe'a cnosce and acqunng a ngn. to be m the urban areai has been removed by ad rrirasm ^vt p People car, ony be recv acd m the rural a n u through tae labour bureaux• I n the last few months moat ad- ; mirjatr*L>on boards have made it a rule that if a contract wo*xer l u *ti o r ioacs his job during tra m*k.:e of his c o n tra c t — av e r if he u retrenched — he may ranafer tus contract to another e r p c n r . He has to n ;w m to uncmp-c-^ieni andpoverty it f r Bantusiara

G e a r / . Ihe fovernm erc »»r.uoaiy those peopie working in e rta* sreaj*-^ to be ir. O n e L t u — act ih c r . f a m ilia l and n o : th e w c ra e rs themseive* or.oe Lftetr tanc-r ■ no longer rtquirec.

The growth of this ac3au«trab»* au te marnm e u a lead.** factor m the Soutn Afncan a a ic s exreaaingiy undemocraiK poliriea

T h a adrr-ni«rauve way a cor.troO- tng people's lives a nue frc.T. above- rule ouu^de the courts aa^: Lheir umited .>f0 ie r .i0n.

It w e r j Mrs M ^ o n a p x m jux. in lime

& o«r* to . . . a r w r i c o m m u n ity to u r .c - i o n ar« try in g to mr

^Koornhof attempts|to bringidummj• - - «• . " ' r T' r * ■ —

C om m unity councils have done their bosses’ work In the face of l" 8lmost total opposition from the communities. K oornhofs Local

Authorities Act gives them extra tasks, and the problem of gaining j credibility tn the November elections. SASPU N A TIO N A L looks at • their chance of success and the arguments used to )ustlty their

existence. _______________ ■ - ■■ ~:

\ ' UNDER THE f t e a * of th* United - D e m o c r a t i c F r o a t , p a o p l* -

throughout th* comxtey t n mobdis- 1 * - V ^ l f°-r * maaer** reac tio n of th* *4 t gov*rr.m«nVi farttcom ing eoonct

. election*. and w build^ig and o - ’ ■ ‘ i har o « croc orgi n isai io o* '

to oppo** eouoc*. ru le in th* ,r LOWCIS hip*. **

> ; . • Any con'uswe eraa^d by th*- ' ’ govern m en u aaftOw -^m ent that

community counc^ would be given x ‘meaningful is now dis-',

'• J. \ integrating.> I th u become mrraasmgly clear lo

\ ■] mo® p o o l h a ' ft»e acw c o u n c il ''- * - will be, if iryULz*. mart cfcvtsrve

. . . than th* old moc* and will meanj even greater harda^jps for the poop.e

of the townahip*. \Pic K.oorrhof a-»i man must be

. feeling anxious abcc: the rtjocuor. v< m e forthcom ing election* in * Novemaer. The o^rwftdrmr.g rejec-j non by lha pecp*e of the W ercm . Cape of tr* “Coo-swc M tr.i*cm en i.

. Com miner*' las: racnih (wno a pel; of 1.67 p a r e s : : ) must h a v t ;ag fn valor a few i£=ers ir. Pretona-

1 ' However, even i theac elecuooi are something of a farce, they are no

„ joke They will grvs the Set* » of lha . townahip* powers xa raiae renta. raid,

evict and general;* conirol rcaider.u. . . ' '* They w?U also some oovtr lo .

, tne Bull's of th* t^raah ipa, who will . . try to claim that they now have some

real p o -e r to ru r ta e r *owr a/Tain' 1 i The governm«— though; that by

' repealing the p f -P ^ ‘independent* ■ R a m ' c fte- enough, people,

‘‘would forget t^ai C*ey were talking about poverty tfnefcen Bantuatana.. Simiiary. they now feappily thin* that

s * • the iropnative tn k 'muaiapaliLe*. or black local authorities’ wiU con-

vmce people the* can turn a pumpkin in lo a gcicen carriage

Mom aren't u ^ r fooled by fairy a to rie i. - N avertbeU ai, G atih a

f ■ . Butheiea attemptaC to act! peop-e tne ‘nev* model’ wttcz he announced

• grandly from ha kr**.1 in Ulundi that f . council ‘are not tfse vchkclea of m- ' divtdjai ennchmes- They muai Pe

turned mio crunca which nuh ua' ■ito battle.'

People h*v» rajociad the *atrmiegy' t’ - of using lha councia for two very

^ i o d reaaona. Fir*, t s * Act, tha one prong of the noscnoui Koornhof Utlla. a d«*jgr>ad tc C m di and confu te o rg a n n a d o p p o i i t io n to . aoarthcid rule in tae lownihipa. So- cond, ihe councik are aiructured »o Ihe per»onnel o ccu T r-^ them will be hound 10 enforce a*d aancuon the

■ ' moti hazed u p c o of apartheid.through th * ' t> * » « of financing, m m ill aria) eoniraL *nC houung, lrrwpaci.ve of lh« Jftdiwlualj oc- cupping lha poasiw* of councillor. -

A few rruagjaoec p * o ^ e nava fo n t W i k y * — -hr *»•'•*' ' \

v e® - * v\ o' K

and reugned. or have thoroughly' com prom iaed Ihamaaivae - la the . proceu. i-

Som a c o u n c illo r eco>.promj** ' lham actvc i by ag raaing to th*^ buikiing of ehacka in their araaa but aubeequerrtJy tgrese wrJ» the board - that ihacsx of ur^uahfiad people

. would be demoluhec! A notable e i- • ampie of this u Shadrack Srnaha m Daveytoo. a councillor who wia * him»e!f from ihe Tranakai..* Ha arrangod.for hit tup p o r.en m me area to build thacki. but w.'^n f . came to the c runcx ajreed wrth the * t a r .Rand A om im rrauor Boaa' (E ra b ) th a : illeg a ih a c k i be dernoua-ed. • >

Perriape a m ere »:gniftca» cr ampie . U tha; oT R*ver;nc Sati Buu. whc .

.lad a camp* gn lo “aave A le*’. ICoomhc', *r ct.e of hii noncnoue 1 Q u u roa . v^e rapnevca, g ra r : ad

'A lexandra ipecial murucrpai « x iu a \ •.Buli, together with hu Alex Liaiv -n

Comnutiec wa* lo m a ia A lai a _ model g a 'd ra crt>. n e c in g in the N or hem auCwroa of jo ’ourg. *

From a rrrach er o f freeoocc anc juabce Buu turned l^U) a haichet man of ihe * e» : fLar.d Adm ;n«tra— nor Board, hcadtr.g many e r ta jo m o f ‘iliegii*’ tn e dem olition! of

. ho u ici. Thia tra n » o rm a tio n * u achieved wnh Koor^ ioT % by ‘cow finely Uincd combLnaijee J carrtx and auck. »•

’ Some cour.c llon whcae o pportioc . hai become too much for the government ha>c beer, turn manly diami>-

’ m L e i t h f by Ihe councia or tha ' white bureaucracy. v

[ well-knowt: » the far. that or- p o tu rn councillor! have com e m d er

. ihe hammer of the mflua control lawt, been evicted from their houaa and thrown out of Ihe cttiea, '

Mr Ph.neai Lekotwane, a 'c o u n cillor tn Thofcoza. who founded th* Thokoia Progrcaaive Aaaoaauoo in*

. 1980, wa» one victim. The TPA a t- ’ t rad ed tom e tuppor. in tn* townahip on th e b a m o f L e k o lw a n a 'a

. criliriame of the council tynem , the R5 levy on backyard Owellinp and the lack of crechca. Enah car.ceUad hie 10 (b) Q u a lif ic a tio n and ordered him and h it wife to leave the lowmhip within 72 hour*

The eapenenca of th* lac fWe .year* and t glance at tha new Act meke u quite clear thai ihe co u n c il will be under Ihe firm control of their m asten m Prtiona. All the key area* remain under minmenaj control and there are plenty of measures n the Act lo ensure tha; councils toe the line. In fact, a systematic look si all ihe measures used would involve

•wniing out ihe whole 50-page A a . To quote just a few aiam p ies:.• H»c Mir.isier of Co-opcranon and Deveiopmen: can csuhloh . disactve • “r1 »hrr fhe council .

t k t ( S u a t i l 1 I% Wj. t*-. - ^ j l Y ( J n r . t v K t l t » 1*8 w , t k

u i i t o -- , i c . ,

* • .

D» * ',5 1>.*6*na . Cr.»iTn#' o f ?f»e Scwt^o commun.’ • u c k •

f l j - ' t - * j y - V . ; ' ,:^ v ’S i * ^ • .■ 0 * % ?C ^ v . -J.. **. . J — — r—flhlJu^hMfea

Ramovai* — councils' reeponalolllty• • T h e Minister dectfea the number

of members oc the local councils, whether to .call a new election and can oven decid* when and how ar. election to Till the vacancy ahouk!

. laae p iacc.. * \ j • ■. . • And ju s * to m axr aure tha; the

pretence of big brother ts ccnstanuy fell, acy govenunent official can ait in and participate in the proceedings of

- the local authority.There is a nice little section in the

V A q called Section 29 which basically ' . empowers the Mirueter to force v councils to obey hia commands,> atnke them down if they refuse to do *ao, and put another one in their

piace. It is worth quoting this secuon,• since h it very honca; about its inien-

> Uotj: ; .'If the Miniater is o f Ihe opimoa:

. I) that any obyec; of this act a• frusiraiad by a local au thority 's

failure lo exerctae or perform e power, function or duty assigned lo n including a failure to m ale adequate charges In resp e c t o f serv ices rendered by auch local authority, or to meet financial comm itm ents; or

. 2) that a local aulhoniy committed an act or ommiaaion which is unlawful or whicn may result in malic-

• mimsirmion. be may direct such local authority to lake such resolution or lo make such by* law or la te such t e non within auch period as the

. Minister may consider necessary 'If the council fails to fotio* the

M inister’s instruction* then ; the r - » i » , ; t . t t r * i l l kxal authonty. ^ the power* given to a p a ru c u tr

Thus, if a council truaocnavcs, the council, they au iu i, fmancca ^ Muusicr could lell the admixuatraooa 'a n d lo take decisive acticr. if cooc.- b o t rd to t t k c c o n r o l o f the . uons char.ftt :n a parac^ar area. It lowruhips instead. Not only ina^ bui - also means thai councis w ver Kocr* the coeu of the procesa *ahall be * » h rrc they «and anc tre usual.y payable by or recoveraole from the ' forced lo go c*p in hasc to ir.e local aa'.honty concerned*. If the min*ater to ask for speca. favoua, counc.l conunues in its refusal to toe V money and conceasions the bne, the M m itier can aimply

m ote wan in* »•* r i ;n*y p o u r i m I**: •••cuoru

communitycouncilsto.life

Councillor* m**: in luxury

dircct)? and mdjfecti) ihrouf.n k*-o - , Ux. revenue / r a n thetr u b c u : a rc v.

- -- * 'T * ■

t T h e c o u n c i l s •* t r a a v e h ic le \* * fo r e p u r p o e e . f - *

If t h e v e h ic le *

d o e s n 't fu lfil! . f * t h t p u r p o e e I , '

' will change tha . vehicle to kUlt ' tne p u rp o r t. ^

' Plat K oom hof

Financing the succ doesn't a o p l providing rrvesue wiuch a n '; u»eci for residents benefits (SADK,SAbO.but ezpar>oi ic &i-ect y financi 5their out. contro; in the townships. The labou ' bureau, the Acnunou's- uor. board pciicc, community cou-v cils are til financed by resxjeats who

. purchase beer, pa> mflui con tra n fines, renu, traffic tickets and more.

Ever.u ov*r the last few y ean show• the state a putting th a burden ever

m o re h eav ily on th e sagging, shoulders of the township residents.• • The town and village councils arc to

be the m orum enu of tms opprcuive policy. Without any finance spar, from the: t i i n o t d frorn the r t t -

A po.i©arr»an. a e a ra a n a r a n a a " u n H o n lor TnabahaU ^ /‘Lack of financial b e c tn g p*ce It h u been jovem m *nt policy for

- -councils in a poeitioo o f be^ng unable .decades to sta rv e the A fr ic a n - dents themaefve*. do council will to ex e cu te tha** Oociajoos taken with . lowranipe of money. The ra tion*!* have any ch o ice in this m aner. it u

- their new powerv Covqcki hev* to baa been simple but ruthless: lho*a‘ small wonder that aaveral c© jnciiion pu!! themselves up by their own Africans bvmg and working in tha - have eaprcesad doubts about the shoelaces. and us m ot u w their ciu** m uc provide for thair own viability. of their new ‘municipal

housing. facliiuu and services. T h u k * status’. - v . :. * over and above the revenue they Ihe government'! much taJtac c o n trib u te to the cen tra ! s ta te -abou t suoiiuauon anc cu-opuor. through taaes and what they produce programme involve* ^upgrading' the ai worn. It must be made u difficult as poaajble. and as unattractive as passible for African who are not allowed joos in the cities to live in the township*. Not only tha^ but the housing service and infrastructure must be so basic that it is made d e a r that Africans in the townships arc

:The world, according to; council ' architect v KoornhofNOVEM BER 25 ■ i> < * . lac t l » ’~

v comm unrty oounci1 rv ca . me

. dependence of councils o r m asaxr rent increases wj! continue, and r j . aiso liSely that they will loos to r»her ,■ources of revenue, such as j n P T 7 K n f t l n .control. The c^cle is complete. + * * -*■ ^ A I i i C

The o u o u u which n « y are u i - Z T H £ REJECTION by U* p « r l« «rf , r « »: counciu ^ ^ ubcl!) ^c junc ili under . n e w f u * ? T hf - COM u ^ ^ ^ •

-•Y«. Vi t h u m e K m c i» k o f> o p ta . . , t : r c e r t> ; F o r .m il be fuocuoouig m . «™ U r Youth C o e r * -democratic way ss an eatensaw of ... .the department of Co-operaiioc and . _c .Rlvc RJP^o n

. Developmeru. ‘No’ in that the forrr. ’ *“ m °*te c*JT)̂ J*rof control and the poLucal implies-* 1 c “ >WT> COun • ‘•cuons be aa-i, lions of this will be significantly (Li- ^ abijot the impLra ro r t o f ’fmrmni r *h* B**ck L. al Authonu

’M T iarz.

Sow eto. G aiesnew s {bL=.yc.ney),' M sm e-od i (P retoria} , D t - e y ^ n (P re to r j ’s Thsharg (W tikdai, A -

‘ teri2ge«-u a .d as^ n e r ic convince peoola that they a rt gaming contm l of their own affairs.People are to be d i r e c t into ctvl affairs* and away from political stru g g le , w ith the illusion th a t - avenues a rt opening up for their, to run affairs in their own communhy.

Given the legacy of corruption and in-lightir.g wi the community councils. it remains to be aeen how succe*- sfu' K oornhof will be in incor* Doming 'respectabic' figures (such as Buti) into this political structure AsU * i n t ; - t » u n t i I e.lecu of Bo,w ' ao-c*:*c reforms,' aa«d Mkauae^ Fsycc president.

’We are doing everything m our pow er to iaolste. neutralise and frustra te tne am bitions a f Pie; K oom hof/ he sa>c.

Jsck aud they were wonting cwaely with Pebco ana all other o r j i r i* - tionj lha: rtjee: the *ne>. d ea j

Jacssor. Nldangwe. Pebcc es- ecuuve mem ber. s*id New frcgnyjn residenu w err totally oppoaec i : ihe

> . ■ 1 ’ H i t h w s v 0 idc tv,*. > t ^,*, C o c1.

Koornhof tries to breathe life into dummy r ̂ghetto bodies

I r : -• F r o m p a g e 1 9 .

C O M M U N IT Y C O U N C IL S

- fewer pcoom wfli tx prepared to aa- t o c i a t s e r j t h - t b s c o u n c i l .

Devetocentnu t r the 'TO • pul the1 white acineiifcraiwo end parLcula/1)

the ad m rfcan ao n boards ir e very hot ipoL The government u » the boards were aomg leai to coctrol and dMorgani** opposition man tc focui it. Ih e aat>co.Dnk; policy of aetung up btac* K a r r u - J iu o o in the Bar* tofians had » u n very successful, ao why not a a e town*?

Under -a* oommunny council eytterr. om council! increasingly, cama to u u the flak for unpopular' rr.c4ii.ra c the township*. euch ai ren t l o c r a a ie i aod e v ic tio n * ., K t r r j i i i a i 'the boarda eontinued to be in um b o m ime at many impor*' tant pom a o f . conflict ahack - demouuoR*. p a* «nd houae raid*. O b the ether nand the councu*‘could only c laar t in n e d credit far the few prtyacu w to t: dad take place in the townampa..

The 'new *apenaaoor.’ au rm p u to put the r~r~'~' m tha front line at all poiao of cwef.kt demolition*, raid*. rent z^m aace. encuona — the kx. It wu! »j*c fjve it the appearance. of having m e power to run ihe township, b a r to plan ‘improve- . m enu', anc control poopla’a acceaa to the mac* raswma! p c rru u neces- i v ) to l u r v n is the townahip*. _*

So the cOfcAiiii’ new found powers cao t oe o i - r a r r l lightly. They m ight/. aot have andepender.; power* to ' carry ex.: t ta wishes of the resident*, out they certainly won*! be inefTao- _ uvc or iooT>ica> They will have the - power to control and dtsorgani*e _ people and implement government "poUy, T 'a » their a tenuon , but oc'.wocr. '.*-5 and iu * , lav em en t lie* * r e « ru £ j:a» of th r comm unity

or>ef»ai>ora i JA• w itx th e o th e r ‘reform *,

proposal*. ao irro i and the crta-aon of . dtvuK»m a um name of tne f in e .IV gave.-ameni know* that certain

dtviacru 1» tuA under the eurface and hopes u. I.*mes* and expand the** inic '.Jy -flcdged pobtica- and ideofofjcal *:v»ton*. • The crucial Qjector. s ' bou*ir.g ahows thi* The council* a r t u epeamead e package deiigned to diflase the poliucal tension butlc=* up around thu iuue. Middle cum e:em enu arc to be act' apart in eb u awourbs with the 99-year lc**c and tecrru ownership scheme*. SNoraer* are to provide their own houar.g u- a i x and service schem a, and w.'J c=ciaii»e to bva in rented houiei inC ~om ziy*rd atructurea. Shaca* fecua.rg illegais wili be. demolonad and nousci raided for fl- kgaJ occupari*. People in rented ac>ccme^»*kO« • wiU--continue b e ' evined tor mjn-paymcnt, whiic thoae in 'owned* f e e in g will have alifhtly greater aeczrcy. - *• ’,r

C om biner w ith thia itra te fy ,;. greater coacr* over housini and ua more i n u r ^ j c use to enforce influx control will a ^ u t e the vulnerability^ o l township reajCcnu. * '

Countrywifl*. popular organlaa*'' ticru are puuiinf up tha gauntlet inrown Cym-r by i to state 11* un- democnuic mac oppressive nature of the propomC council* ■ being aa- " posec to numbers of people Intne townsn«s Ih e enixom m unity council* ce.-mpa:gn is atriking at the weak spot at xt»e government s policy .I of urban A-tncar.. It t e n e t to focui the m m :nw? dem andi of the people for lull rcp racn iaiion in a non-mcial undivided South Africa, and to forge * alliance* between dillerenl sec;or* of the optffTMMC popu'.auon in the towfurwpa m building popular end democrat* oream iationi th e .

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. * . . • . * A C T IV E o p p o a l t i c n e g a in a t government < rea ied townalup bodies reaJly got underway with a c t io n ^ , egamei 'h e U rban Bantu Council!. <

Ihe U B C a — acainmgjy known In. the townshipa a* Useiea* Boyi O ube or Urban Bantu C rook*»■— were u ^ . tremely unpopular, and .though the government piannod t o ' catablon them arounc the country, only 23*i were eaiabliahbd by 1974,.12 year**' after they had b»«...^uro luve fm.itip*ec tor caam pbo.* theae t r in w*th aau o ra i c .’res- ‘- '‘•der the c :y cou.tc— rent w it or „ ihe h.>u»n» v i the N »» “* > » “ Coir.mun,gcvrr./ner. * atiemot* to sn - 't peO' ^-^uncil it ha* g c v & ’s- R.5 C <p r t j - o ' ihs u rb«r 'j^ e b e e n r - fi) Cotr-ciSioa a rt f;...« . uio. ni awi itc i , . - , u a i « ' Lnca’ Authority eier.

Profits costON MONDAY September 12 the morning shift of 8C m iaan prepared U> go underground for Use d a /a work bx iM Hlobane Ca tstry n u r Vryheid in NauL

Onty 16 w e n to m u re to the gur> j ‘ faca alive. b* masaworiLan ware in- \, cinera^d aJivt wbca tbc? fwuched

on their m im r.| m acJunen — igniting o«*a7 m eihan t | u which had

- scepec into the wcnung v u i over, j h e weekend. J • • i

Several other iru a m * t n burnt «Q* over tfteir bod** — and an* more y

w u to d:e after rywg for days* agony in hotpuaL t ■ -

T k < N i t i a i a l U n io n o f ' M ineworken (NUM) aaya w cekrti

b»vt charged tha: o c th an e f u v w . not teaod in the m o c that morning,

a i. required by Kurmg l i* . Mine man**emeni u n t can 't aay what

* happened until u»er* it an tnvasugt- tx>r — under.**** without c o rn e r

'* paniopaiKjr.. _* •■*•’ . . . V *.A t the chargea aad countercharges

- conunj*. one fact *hin«t through: rh*i tha horror acoOent it ju tl the laics: in .a arnng c South Africa'a, mining mousi'y wrj*c» hat teen I 000 people die in the paft twenty y ean •’I hat a roughly oik p erw c killed ona nun* *omc-whcra Sooth Africa every day

\ - . In retponic to the tacddent, the ’ NUM — which hat 4DOOO m em ben _ h*t again caliec Ur the parjc:p»- . bon of worker* a.-»d uft*ont in the set- /• un# of ta/e:y k j x i h . Thcae re- q j c tu h*v* ao far a c t" turned down . by the Chamber of M mea.

"*■ Sim i r calU a t se irg mace louder *34 .ouder by more a.* J more w t w . tnrouf *»ouf lodust-y m South Afnca,

' i occupauonai a c o ae n u co mue ~. to cause catuaiuea. »- ^ w rrK en and un*on» will fight for

ac t a ia n d t r d t an d re g u la tio n s regarding pr*ventatlv* m**sures concerned with occupational heahh and safety.

Even If tuch standard! and regulations do offer aome improvement 10 the poor working conditions *s they eaist th e re rem ain* the m ajo r problem of enforcem ent

The later, available publicised figures show a total o f 29 factory tn- tp ec to n for 30 O il factories cm >oy- ing 1^ million w o rsen in South Africa.

The m ott echous aacluaicn of t w k e n and trade um ont u a e s place •r, lv ̂ fao n rv a«etf The A r. c t ' ‘s fm

ions.The rights of both the safety

represenutne* and the tafety c o m - nunee* arc severely ltmr»ed Both lh e rep r tse n t* tiv e s and tn e c o n m i t t e e t will serve s w tich c^ g function, a r u n g as p o lic in g a g e n t r fo r n anage- m e r.t , ensuring th tt ocr.p 'ywitr. rules and r tg u ia u r .j taic o -w r by the govemmen'..

There a provision fcr sever , jse* leveled t t * t » t m W orters

majiimun- rg h u for safety representative* and tha: negotiation aro-ind nealth a*>c safety be maintained 1r e*- tablished ejected woricer com m it.eci

The-, r.ghti wock: irc ludr access 15 information tb o u health and v if fv , nght 10 ^ s>cc*. aii * rt* j V t* e v»f> *ce, « p c c t t ’u thtwe «>hich •ckklcfut have ocvurred. ard inr nghi tc contult w-.th trade w.ni''- memrvc or trace union appointed ‘•eahh suid tafety adv’.se.'J

uncomfonable. burderaome acu^- .. lM " t M anafem ent has aee-* coick

to vic-.ifr.ia* lh « « w orsen w->out bo«h*rng to *xp!ain how w wny a snowid 64 usad - • A

A lot of mac binary is v r* esaa/a.:a c t in g a c e q u * v e p r o t e r t* ^ t a ’r .y d e v ic e s T h e s e c o r . m onc* m a : - icn t i* r e lu n a r . t ic « r« n d

l h e e : 'r * t w h ic h m a r .A g e a r r p u u n n o far: . r d e s ig n o f le n ie**ea m u c h to o r c e i . r e d a n c %o * c rs .e r» :

^ ̂ V ^ V W f ^ < -t.

drought nurtures tree of freedom on the Flats, . ; . .FOR I HE gr>*mmenL if* coloured .management C9tr."naxtt f ' t*cn* muii have tcc ’TicC raihar lia* the drought W tia iy o u d raa l'y lik e to aee» a flood of v a e n . but. frankly, ev tr■ inckse wouid do * 'h«n whai you

1 get u Ittoe better lhar. nothing, well, ^ f O f t o nw i: ha*e tumbled uj tha k- *niiuj of wha: !**- wer* ofTcnnf

*’. M m . * - * . ' ,- And the very to* percentage polls* to the W « **n Cape m w M « m en

commitiec election* d on’t exactly boCc weU for reeping a rich harvest ' from the prupceed new con*itut»on either. .

?>•* Fo- the Unaed Dem ocratic Front 1 it tha i m . the etection* were a

c rance to *wwg mto hectic action o r • j n u r o o u , rtouMHfr' house. person-

7 to-persor. ba*u T he U D F m uit emerge m any ar.ai*ia a* the reel

. winner tr tne elections — a triumph for ofgsn»a:.on outiUe government*

' created a ructu fea

^ 'S a a J a UDF pamphlet. 'W e have ahowr. that d o r l need manage-

. r e n t commatee*. W« have stood on ' . .o u r own. gained atrenglh in our -• organisation*, and fought our own

ftTUgg OL* . '

. . UDF afnUaica drew hundreds of p e o ? : lo maw m eetir.p around the

• * Capa Pcnmaula. wbere they called on(he pcocu of Cape Town to demand rea.' repreaenutjon end reject the

• •• manage n en t c^massttee system ofm urrpre»enuaoc. . ' . * *. . - > > ' - •

Until 1572 afl toca govemm ent ir. Cape lown fel* under the O ty Courv-

• cU. In that year control of the African - townships « u trmnaTcrred to the ad* miniiirniion rweroa. _ , , ■

A t the u i m tirve. in keeping with , ■ the crfKlc and r e « U fateg? of the

jovtTTimen', Uw i « » m of a tnana|»-■ roecl commitiec far «»ch reaidenuai

arcs was in irocict*!The ly rrir . was »*ver more then •

- facadr of rcp 'caen ia tion . Com - muni'. ee are m £ controlled by ihe* local authority ■

Civic, atudenu youth and religiou* organiaations took up the call, pon*

■ ducting houie vuita, pamphleteering and holding meeungs in residential area* affected by the election* •

Fhe U D F campaign had two m ^ r -themea; Firstly u focuaaed on everyday laauea High rent*, bus fere* and

• electncity, badly mainus ned houses and Ihe absence of fscilitie* like hoapitali, playing fields and creche*.

’ T he U D F showed that people find •themselves in this position because tney have no poliUcaJ controi over

.th e ir live*.' They sre only allowed to elecv aovisory bodie*. with nc x a l power at aJ! '

■ Thia enabled Ihe campaign to iKik oppoaitior around ^nuaroou isauei to uppoailioc to the governm ents reform plans, rejection ci Ihe Laoour Par.y s psrucipation in Ihe ne* ton-^ iLtuiional sei-’jp a^d support for the U D F nationally.

The seoond ma^or iheme tc show people thai it was their collec* live power alone which could charge their situation. The powcrleaar :u which people saw Ir. ihe management comm ittees w u contresied with the Krength which came through united action m civic organisations

The campaign referred to situations where communities have united ano won victories which ihe management committees could never achieve. People w ert urged to )oin their org&maa:iona, strengihen them and In tum strengthen the UD F

Despite attempts by tha m anagement com m ittees to win broad credibility by claiming credit for hum ed sireet repair* conducted day* before polling, anc underhand tacnca by ihe Labour Party like in Kensington where they fetched over 50 pensioner* from Ihe local old age home, look them to polling booms end showed them bow to vote, Ihe polls were Ihe loweat ever for Cape Town sesu

Khsvantaha — row upon row c

KMa YELTI’SH A , the • Ptnu-suia' new *blsck city' announced at the height of the KTC a q u a tu : cnau in '- M arch, has begu.T to u s e ahape at Dnftaands pear M cchela Plain — row* of aluminium huts and lowering lights or. a levelled tn e ^'*

Ihe liming of the announcem ent of the townihip by M m *tcr 'o f Co*-f. o p e ra to r and Development P iet.Koom hof and the f a n that leg aT . ’K IC families were ine fin»-ip move",, to Khayclsisha. may have cauaed it to / be seen as a apecific raapony *to.i squatter c rae i. .< A : • » . .

But fsceu of the acbcrae suggest i t ^)* also -an .a t te m p t lo use . t h e j ; d esp e ra te housing i » h p n a g i ' t O f restructure African houarng prw tw on .

the Peninauls to fit i? more cloKiy^'.' with the new BlKk Local Authoouca V Act and the two remaining koom hof .•Bill*. »v ctf-.

Roomhof- refe rrtd t a ”K>4iytDuha ; as a 'consolidation of bla^a housixtg'/t in the Pcnuuula when r e announced ► the auhctne tn parliament, ll* pbjeci: was *stimulaling the orocriy and^ voiunury aeltlcm eri’ o f Africans tv * the area h e said Ih e mcaauro was to • be couplcd with the proviso that no> e*ten*ior. of established township* in ;Cape I own, Psari o r SteDcnboaeh would be perm tued. "

A coruoTidaied btack* township would facilitate the im plem entation ' o f the Buck' Local AtOAcrir.es Act,*Several feature* of K-iaydiuha have - fuelled fe*n th it it is lo become an „ intrs-urban .“hom elard d e a g re c in - par. for this purpoae " .-• * * V• lu extensive arcs — onjy aLghtly smaller than MitcheK* Plain, which J hou*c* 150 COO ui t far lei «icr*e' development. • * ' - ■• Its eventual ofTer of eti’.e nousir.'* tR u m o cred poaaibHi^es c 'le a ic h o '- * rights, ihe first svailsb-e to blacks r, the Pen.nsula ’’

.Ih* K1C clashs* and *curr-ni demonuons si C n «rowJ* — u ic re over 450 ihacki were raaad in recent w eeks — ' a re tw o d r a m a ’ic manifertatioo* of a much large: nousing criats in ihe Pen;ra«la Ihe official wsiung list To* btack families stands at 6 000 and aquauer camps have mushroomed in the out*k.ru ot Cape Town.

Ihe Coloured Lasour Preference Policy has contributed significantly to the cnticaJ housing poai: ion During the 1970 * a to u i freexe on family t housing provuion In the Weatem Cape was imposed, wh^c the African population in the area grew c3 pen cent — despite tha harsh ir flu* control thet is part and parcel of the ' labour policy. ..

In Fcoruary I 000 femmes moved omo vacant land at R lC and built their own shelter* Many w ere - ’legal*’ who had been waiung yean for approved accomodation

Ihe govemment reacted, as in the past, by sending in bu&dozen On February 14 and 15 shelter* at RTC were Rattened, only lo be rebuilt, and •o the cycle coniinucC

■Massive raids, demo; it ion* and

ahanties on a wtncawapi. a*«c,

IfRhay-.elitshaI v -v •: b 1 • ' .

a

a ro i po.. h i r a i i m e r a p i a ^ ^ e d th e p e o p i r c R i C d a i ly . c u lm in * t in g ,n s ra> j :r. w h ic n a!i a n e H e n w e :c o e r .o l i s h r ^ th e c a m p w a i c o r d o n e d o^T w . n b - r b e d w ire a n d lh ? n th e i n n .P i i a n . t w e re J i i p c r s e d w ith le s rg a ?

R o o r n n o f a n n o u n c e d R n * » e t .* h i — ’O u r N e w H o m e ’— a t t h u p o in t

It is l o c a te d n e a n y 4 0 a m frorr. C s p < 1 o w n o r. a w in d y , a a n d y p is m , b o r d e r e d o n th r e e side* by D e fe n c e

F o r c e la n d .P h a a e o n e of t h e p ro je c t , w h ic h is

u n d e rw a y a t p r a a e n t . u th e p ro v is io n •of I 0 0 0 e m e r g e n c y an e* fo r • ilieg a ’ R l C sq u a t te r* , sa p a r t of a site a n d aervvce s c h e m e l h c s e c o n d p h

*”n an a i I 'v u f o a c » - •1*0 settled rf» ideits e f e*.« 'a •rw*s*nips S?ecu!a.ica tAi beer, i.e llsd b; the sjggeatx- * tr-a. for the fuTl ume. som* toriu o r *saehww;. p r o t i ’j;> X y .t r t would re oiTered in m e W :stern Cape, b . oaiy s: Rhayelitsr*.

I h e m a .m e n a n c c o f J it Cc«o»-.*td L a b o u r P re le r e n c e P o u cy a c w r v t m e a n * th e . 'e wnll b e c o s a v i m fW a o f b la c k s to fill R h s y e l i t s a a

L a ^ g a 's lo c a t io n , b e tw e e r a w h a e * u b u rP a rvl a c o lo u re d i» » ra .- ;p . h a i r e i n f o r c e : th e b e i ie '- t a : rt u

■ a c h e d u le o . f o r u p g r a d in g uuo a 'c o l o u r e d ' icw n * h ip .

An a2»acrf at th* Athlcre Advicelh c ’co n K tlid M lto n ' o f b ta c k h o a tm g . . OfTicc q u o le c » t . y i n |W ill Toller, in ih e fo rm o f h ig n o e n - i ln u o r t r [h e ( M oT - . um i , a c to m o d m io r . . ' •> * « Urtd tw r U n j . r t i . u -

k o o m h o f l a n n o u n p e m e n l . arwJ tn e l i f ie d fo r u p g ra c ic tf D e p j n m e n t o f C o o p e r a t i o n a n S . C o m m u n i ty o r g . n u a u = r e a z t r t D e v c l o p m « n t , i r e f e r e n c a l o » « h a n f e : « h e r . I h e ie Sear. » e r r K h a y e l m h . a . th e ‘n e w b la c k c t l ) V c o a f i r m e a by K o o r n h o f .« * s o < h h e h a v e ( p a r k e d .p e c u la t i o n th a t tt is t o - s ta te d th a t trie p r j . c u o f ” " lc* *“ 'c b e c o m e a n e w i n t r a u r b a n h o m e la ra l . ■ w o u iJ be a w n g te rm g a a o .e - th e to h o u s e th e e n u r e b la c k p o p u la t io n n e a t 25 y e a rs , o f th e W e s te rn C a p e . I h e U n ite d V .o m en s f o i i s a a t i o n

I h is w o u ld e n t a i l t h e f o r c e d , s a i d , ’W e re je c t th e c o o - a u e d a t- r e m o v a l a n d r e lo c a t io n of over 200 ten -.p ts l o c r e a te a p a tc n w irk » c i c t > _

«*rx,1

Ihe government's ‘new deal’ has found a home io Khayelitsha. Y barren plain »here residents of Nyanga, Langa and Guguletu' are to be moved. -' ' '

r ' T h e possibility of Khayelttsha gtneraang enough money to provide

^ adequate r tc r ta u o n a l and com* , 'j* mumry fad in ca a nil. Khayebuhj is d - intended a i « ’dormitory suburb*, lo

ij^e. house the Afncan working class, with no provision for the creation of

^em ployment opportunities n ea rtj., Life a: Knayeliiaha will be ar. im

poverished cycle of work and sieep. Children wili be neglected. Far from solving ihe squatter cns.s, c u likely lo acceserur the move closer lo the

.city to cheaper aquatter sites.' «The fun pt'.uc of the acneroa a ac

the basis of ‘eelf help’. But the in------- rjBBKT— ijW B y . M *c ‘l nc,P • cul me ir.-creased co*a o f both constmctioa

. . , *nC ll>«« a MnnMW' |- by t h i r u n i peoe.z around accordinj

. . lo the gpvem m er.’s blueprint fcr ih> mami*nance of aparJsc id Nothin,^

. causes more t a t t i n than liu i Lr> "• \ . of uproot ing of aec.ec com m urutiea

It would r»ci be ihe fire lin n V -A fr ic a n r e s id e n ts h a v e b e e n *-• relocated in Cape Town. From the> beginning of the century, they hav*• bees moved: frcrr District So to• ‘ Ndabeni; from Scaocni tc Lsnjta - J f . People have never accepted iheir

u p co o cn f they ha»e reacted. A i a• .‘community tw ice r u x : of the movt

V * IChayci.'taha. *Wi wiL fight a tooth^ nail. Leavt u a io o c We were

* l moved from ihe auburbs and dumped here. We want to r a y where we a r t .’

Frantic work followed the an-. '/B O u n c e .T e n : o f J C h s y a ll l ih s ;

Wmaoar*. SAaltarad by a Isylng l» »ry ti c*nf>i*t»Cfc'h Tha average traveilir.g Line for w u i T h a ii-« « x V.c 7an o f the

'w o rk e n m ahoui fou r hours a day. noionoui Koorrnc,r Bills, and !he They leave hon u a. 4JCaun and ^ only one ic have occn e n a c te d '

.re turn after i p o . * Whiic C are townships a rtAa Lhe orJy achod facility * e no* s -ro rg the areas to receive IccaJ

recently built pnm ary achool da*- /a u th o r ity status tiu» ye*-. tf.e e*- aroom, many children wi!j have to" labliahm aa;. o f .H haydiU ha could corrnr j te to achool in the lowm hips.’. hasten thu proccaa There are no immediate plans f o r , '; A .-’conao iaie^d i^wna>rp’ lit* providing prt-achooi cart, and many Jthayeiiuha w ojic be beUcr luiied to young children a r t Lkely to be left*. in*, proviaiona o ' the Ac**, which in- * poorly a tte n d e d .. •• » • * • ' . • ’ ..V f'ude aelf-fmancmg of lov.Tihjpi.

By early September, there w ert 11 2 It » aiac imporuA: to bear ip ir-ijd Khayeliuha famiuea, but the or.iy the f i r tu on ‘r.auooaJ a e c u n t / and cvioenc* o f the a&e ano aervice ♦ tne tightening of mfiua eonirol in Lhc a c V n e * tha tap* Rcatdenu a r t t t i l l . Orderly M ovem cr: ar.d SenJement " in the ‘em trgency* h u ti initially^* o f Black Ptraofu BiL. providod. They are not allowed to Khayeliuna’i kocaaon, far rem oved"* aher theae u) a ry way lo reueva th« ’ f ro m . the city, a u : bordered by coid, ai they are dcaignaied terrv * Defence Force k a c . neady fiu tr '

and K-rvice* and the diaiance from the city, are likely to doorr. t to failiet. V ; ^ * • ; :

“Self - bejp* flai become a laoei ' cynicaJfy uaod by the state, ai i:

torcea peep** to provida t>,or. o»r. hout ng after a ha> d«ux?yed the-* a..r z n moved them from paca* the' have choac* to live.

. r . : f o v e n .r r 'f t : lu a ala^j lha i fvh iveulaha wi!! ‘ai ^

Leandra.r . •• •. • - , * •

residentsresolute. i * • S ;

on issue of rights

T H E 1 H ' * OCX? peac* o f Leand~ townalup in the C c .v i T ran rv u . a r fighung a bitter beujr agarnai pien* v move the vaat ma.wrry of tha con> muryty lo rural arcaj end a am*: minority to a aev icwvahiQ.,

Tha move a being p n e e n u d by Um local adm m utrt jo e board and loca. papers in the area ■_ ar anampi u nd the lownahip of kmLiC alum car.- diUona. .%

The c o m n m ity b u rejected the conynunity c o u tc i i acceptance ot thcae pianj and fcai r a u j clecied an acuoc comm m ee ir m r ta e n t a is negotiation* w ar tAe H gnvtid Ad- m in ia t r a t io o B o a r i o v e r th e propoaed remova.. ^ ’m ->;

■ Tha acuon co m ro ca i aayv it beer to-d that only tCT orw houau

•will be b u .lt i a ' t s e propc«ed townahip. The peo^« who doo*l Qualify foe. iheae n e» aouaca mill be moved to KwaNocbeK. -

The acoon oommc.se aja rzjc&aJ th u acheme. rr.ainiamjy thai

• M ary people tn the tr z i have hadp ro b ie o n o o taio .o g :be e r t a n 0uaiifiw**jcca they a.-? er.JL.ec to. Therr a"» n u m e r a l corr^ laina o f peopie be ? g:vto >ec.o,: IC (l> d) %urr pa wher. tr. faa l* - ' a.-e p e m a - . nen urban re*cecu . Tne acton

« hK-Jc- thKr a*r. h o iu a In Lkc:: ' con nUl“ ^ own M t , ir j i mttnj . A r intends I 10 L"> mio latai'.r^-Lcc ta the developmen:

’ ’elite irea . o re cf Ihe oe* ar* vievi in 'th e Penrnauk-;

it 1*̂ 4 acn^urced rtcvntly t*ui v o r i had be^an or. dcve'or'ing baihir.g fanl.tiet or the coajt : .e near KJ'jyeUuha. 'for a biacka ocuy beach. «

lo a recert Cape Town Cry Coer cii report. - it waj aatimated lha: a lurthcr 300 000 peopie cools be com odated within the exiating burden of the Per.inauia In the e«- itting lounanipi Lhert ia undeveloped apace for new accomodation. The or- ficial ahortage of land ia thui ideoic^pcaUy a/id politically determined. The Group Areai Act effectively createa thu ahoruge

By relocating ali A /ncani, in the

Bi j A a andurb«n r^hta.

derr:^: Lherr of

® u lld a« n w w c cu! th« f c u n u - r porm^ Cwcllinjj. . , wtlh lh« c ie n i jc of p o llK ti conirol * * to c n a of * convtnicnl ne,|hbo~r-lion, of Ui« » •» c-v*’ «nd by Ju n . } ; Rsud h iv t abo ool b m f n v i The -policing o f Hit drmconM in j hom tUnd. to ■ new -1̂ 'lh« lilc w u IcvtUee ihe fo -ttte u ! lo build their o w n ’, m c u u w embodied i t !he BiD would homeland, Uie govern.TCni crta ie i

On June 6, (he f c * 12 1**«r KTC ■ ih eh en . A «utaei-xd r t u o r Tor Ih e : be aided by the a u e a c c of oni) one ‘ a p a tt for ea>endin| 'co lo u m )’ n o u t---------------------------— •-------- ■ oelay » Ihe neceaaity for a |o w r a . I ‘black b o m e i a i u f . ' m j. wtuch b desperately needed

roenl decuior. on leaaehold, The T here u p ra e o t l j one acceu ro ad ' Al Ihe tam e time, K hayeliuhi may c a m x - 10 indue* people lo m ovt t r to K h ay iliu h a , ■ po liced by Ad- aerve a political pu rp o « in defuamj

Khayelluha Voiunianiy’. ' . ' — ° ----- - • . . .In the era of ‘reform ’, th e rt has

been d a b tiie f tn many q u an en , that the governm ent w ould conaider relocaLng black lowrunipa tn maise,

7 / June 9, 96 p copx were living at ,B u t it ii obvioui th u u caactly whal barren aite ia fllumiiuied al night by ■ ' IChaytlitaha. . - l h a g o v e rn m e n t haa In m ind .- bright Ughta mourned high on 'tel!

The nearest ahopa are 4km away in Khayebtaha ia not juai a reapo'nae 10 , po ler they ahme.over ihe camp luce the m *u remov*l» that would MitchciU Plain, ac people have to the num aroui aquaxter cnae* of tha ,.apotlighu . The racen^y constructed central to the acheme. . rely on a hawkar who viaiti the aiie paai decade It u a n ^ana of making primary tch o o P * aarroundad by - Tnere are indication*'that pcopla

accM* 10 houamg condit*onaJ on peo- > • bart>«j wire. . » . , : -wouiC batlia to rem ain in theirpie act;ling 40km away from their*. - The eaiabllihment of K hayeltuha. hopeie**l> m adcquaic but infinite!* place of work and old homes. ' . * has mat with wx’aap'cad oppoau.or, preferable accomodation in Lar.ga.

And the government will have to -.from local community organisations. Guguletu. Nyanga. New Crossroads, force many to m ovt. The recent .It haa been pointec out the cosu of Mbe»%*eni. Mfuleni a no M ane demoiuioftj at C ro ssro ad make i ' cor.airuction and p f^ is io n .o f aer ciear that people will noi move vicea will be higher relative to the 'voluntarily' to krayeloaha. ap'Jy . atanda'd of housing than anywhere renam ed by iu inhabitar.u, T h e Wild - else in Cape Town I h e poorest peo- Piace*. • - '-. pie are boirg fo rcai to Lve in the

Under the Black Local Authorities most espcnuve axe* m terms of houa- Act. passed last year, community . mg, transport, fooc a r .i other com- oounc:!* are to get local authority - modity pncei

families moved uko their i»cw home' w h ic h c o m p r t a t d o n e - r o o r r . alum inum huta, providod by the Ad- ministration Board. T hey lacked ceii-

■' In p and fioon.. The ‘eaaentia! aervicea* am ounted

to a l-bucke; toilet between two hull and a lap for eve-y four uriu . By

daily in hit Komo* and enjoys a monopoly on grocenaa

Tne division*' council provides a mobile clinic, which has bean essential tr the particularly cold and rainy w e a th e r o f recen t w eek s, and because of unhygienic -conditions cauaed by the toilets which have lo be moved twice a week 10 be clearec

T hert ta a bus aervxe to aeveraJ central pom u. but c js u a r t high For- Inatance, a rttum tr.p to Cape Town, eihert many resident* work, is R 1,46

m inis ration Board Officials who -• the threat posed by repeated aquatter allow only leg a l and rtakjenii lo _ crisev It might prevent the inevitable

•enter. * cnticis.-n engendered by demolitionsOne resident aaid- •Jt’a like Robben and raids

la and here,* The windswept and But theae possible gains for the Slitte have lo be weighed against ins oppoiition likely to be triggered by

be

1 hose in aquatter camps and on the waning la: are more vulnerable. I hey iire likely to be subject to micry- aifiec demolitions.

But Our New Home’ is unlikely to find tftc m jis of Cape Town’s African c«eople at tu heanh in ihe foresetabic future

* r a new u>wr.ai.-p a u orly an i»- accq 'ia .: sac, but a :* ' Ux< e ip en siv e H o u s e r t n u e ic lu d in g e lec th a ty wdl be R JC a -^sasrve uv c r a s c from ’Jic ave g* u a . peopss no** P»j _ ; n v .

• The new Ujwruhrp * be^g built s o ' dose to s recently opcrac gcW.rune, * tha: rts.denta fear they • " have to m ovt s^ain should ire t n e expand. *

T h e Leandra A c u :r Commute* has demanded that tr.s. es*_rc com- muruty be treated eq**a’y and as right to stay in Ihe a~c* » granted.

But eve a ts up til! now xave ahowcIt ia likely io be a lopg : o e fo r t ' this happen* . L r _ , _ .

The acuon cotnm iurr and as Bjp- p o a e n have been sus»ec; io m- um.idauon, h a ra ss re r ; u d threau. There have beer atiem pu to detain committee m em ben a rc preaau~m them into atopping ih e r acuvuxa

In one incident potacmen firsosnots at the chief a f a:e area, demanding to know why be bad beer, aakmg people to coma t ; an aciior . committee meeting

Th* action committee \ u deoded h wili fighi the com m or,^ co u r. e le c t io n s lo p ro v e a: fcas th s - overwhelming eupport o ' the c o rv . muniiy.

• •• ^ S k . J : .

There have been varx^a a ttcn o u atop action commnie* m em txn

participating tr the eiecicns Petty regulations have been mo*cm«nted to block action c rm m iurr ’nem ocn from being accepted as csroicaies

Yet the people

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U> money buying the hearts-andmmdstof

f a c e dP r o g r e s s i v e y o u t h a re b e i n g w it h t h e t h o r n y q u e s t i o n o l w h e t h e r t o a c c e p t s c h o l a r s h i p s d e s i g n e d t o p r o p u p U S in t e r e s t s • >.

Community bated groups.in South Africa, tha group m et with .

.a broad rangs of educationaJuU.’. tradc unionaa. political and com-"' munlry figures and rtiigiou* bodies with widely difTerinf views. But th* - report u y i *of frcai importance wt i “ the refusal of aome blsck group* 5 '(such as tha Wita BSS and the S R C i) , to meet with ,u* In proteat ag u ra t $ what they perceived a i the t J A ^

^ r T o f Uk e»«ck majority In South; | generate > sub- • Kanual am ccat o f goodwill on th*

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ApanneiQuniversity staggers forward .J. A ‘STONE’S thm * m y from I •tMorofco polio* mmton a |* pr*:abricai*d buuc.ea* iu* i

b e t ’' erected b a w d ’* barbad wtr* f*nc* a « r ^ ■*' University, Boww.c Campua - * v

The Viat* Un!vm r> ^ru-peaaed ~ O c o b e r 1981. o c rw o tnat a *

iversity cen traiuei i» Prrtortv » J MlellHa oimp«»«* n L*'* mAir. wt

.^ a r a u . w c-.c oe i

haelf with'on* of the emerging bu*

money ctx uchcd. Atpaniculirty mporvm.l one •South Afrtc** fovam m tn t b making

• move* to * o p Oonatlona from foreign Churth and aai»- ap a rth e id group*.

• l> e r tp o r of tha US Cor.grtajiona) S u S co m m ;aee on A frica which vwted Souo* Afnca for a wh.itJ*-rop tour wn recently ^ jb iiihad fiving

» ra c o m m c ic jtjo n * o n h©w to »pe^d• C o n g rt* ’ money. • v* *-

It list) f m reasons for funding Sooth AfricK aduetlion*: projects:9 lt woukJ k m re la tive ly peacefu l tra n s itio n to w ard * ra c i» l ju s tic e w h ich w o - ^ l b« c o n * .i ta n t -w ith A m tn c a 1? y t e r t s a .# l t wouia be:p sustain commerciaJ reU'«>n* io«»I:a-tg S3,4 bili'on a ye ti and US d i 'e r investment of rm r U biliicr I y?a»'• t: cou ic f r j : . m a th a gnrw tr. ei th* Sov»e! mTr-eoce.• I t eoulc f* - ' A m enct a measure of credibility w -k oiack Sou’h African* anu *il co t- : b« useful te arr+d ng ̂damaging cp iom atic collision witn ’ the importer.: nations ot the Third • ’AorkJ over C*̂ e w j c o( imemalional sancoora aae^a t South Afnca. r

In o r ie 10 ensu-r the credibility nccruaf} *o p ro n r te tno*e aims, the - report re^i-w nends that no support be giver to South African government »naLtat.-on». It wy* money should o^*y be g iven to anti*

- apartheid t o c o and recommends that fu**is ae cnannelled through pnvaie insBTwuora because of suspicion of the a w : m cf the US govtm - ment.

The "epc rt. compiled by libera! D em orm s. » critical of previous r tp o r* &y r> e Reagan idministranon and AID »m ch advocated assisting bu*h coiiege* and other gtrvTmmeni- assisted K suutions while ignoring

v lc a s ' f o r g r a d u a t e a n d »n« dergraduata itudia* lr ihe U.S.

• The E O C s aim k su ted as being T c look to tha po«i. the C IA - fu n i« i jra tja a i. ^ u d e n u and u l ?« .u that A m cricn p m jp i fu c h ai the Ford. ■ , 'A F L - C I O i A f r ic a n A m e r c a n E 0 C b 0 , rie, ao that U>r« don1’, bee

too raifc a"d forge- »-.a: they r t

Government bans teachers from all political involvementAS T H E government goes for a new parliam ent where eolourte* wiJi administer coloured education, H i* alv* moving fast to ensure iong term control over teach e rs In •co loured’ school w

In July a new aection was added to the ^Coloured Person* Education Act'. Th. > bar* te*chr-s in co ourtd schools from pditica* activity.

An Identical section was put into the Indian Education Act in 1979.

Indian and coloured M P* in Ihe

•new parllam e- . will probe nlv b* p o w encn to change theae law* —

■ ever if they wanted toW hite and ‘ra n tu ’ education have

no auch p ro v j era. They a rt now — and will be In the future parti*men:

. — directly under Nsiionaiijt cort*oiThe new section in the Colov»ed

Person* Education Act says tha1. a te* :n er it guilty of misconduct S *ne o r he a a mem ber of a banned organ isatior..

It a a a o m sronduct Lf a tescher

pron-.-^c* c - prc.ud«Tc» Lte ■ of a pol'LcaJ party througr: • Uang the poaitlor. of t**'-»< do

§ Chairing or speaking a*, a puc- political meeting that does *o.♦ Helping on a p u t cation that doe* ao

A teacher fourva fuiliy of such •misconduct’ can be reprim anded fined, transferred to another school, or ever. Tired.

Cueu*Se admitted tha: thera beer, little sup^or. far uhe V rfa ject from the S o w rc com r.urj!) sa x ths' aa l o ^ m it drew c r t r y blacks ai pos^aK, b* c*. ekpvrt e n je u r v

The £ng)ah la-4 . age cam- » v l me PFP hav* rr to tne prefect. They at* tt aa fu rv the govemm enf* ?aciaj»ed ac Lor policy and fee ch. rtSLT.c c - u* autonom * *-.i *c*c freedom would be greater U*.i ctner linlvrrsilica

A Wr»u L'niverar* Counc:.' 1 mer.t said: H h e r t r a r ta ' r r t VUta Univers.tj wi’ ac« er confide nre of tne peocie it w-.tn serve, lhat it wi! to t *ttr*c: quality sis^T. and in*: a »iil fail 1 aceeoted oy mary amw Sou .1 A fncs and ar^oad.'

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