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■ KRUGERSDORP Consumer Boycott'Comi 1 mittee has set up vigilante groups “to root

out criminal elements who intimidate and rob motorists, shebeen owners and taxi driv­ers In the name of the struggle”.

The police also broke their silence on the whereabouts of Transvaal boycott commit­tee leader Jabu Ngwenya and confirmed his detention under the emergeny regulations. They had denied he was detained.

Hundreds of rands worth of cash and goods have been seized from the criminals by the boycott committee’s activists after which the culprits were punished and later lectured on wtiat the boycott meant, accord-

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Jlaior chain stores in Soweto have report­ed a 80% increase in sales since the start of the boycott

A spokesman for the Johannesburg Cham­ber of Commerce said yesterday that there had been a mixed reaction to tne boycott

"Some retailers have reported a marked drop in turnover while others do not appear to have been affected”.

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In Pretoria, J: industry and the :t in a return to beiw

Pamphlets weiu last week urging she ;business under the pr.i______ _forces, who then manued bus terminals a other points of concentration to proti shoppers. • - • . :

Pick ’n Pay chairman Raymond Acki man said the boycott in Pretoria and. Johi nesburg wasJust beginning to-affect coi pany stores. He added that It did not appe to be as serious as the boycott of four Rck Pav storeaJn Cane Town.

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At least sever consumer boycott officials in the PWV area have been detained by police , in a move against the consumer boycott leadership at the weekend.

They include Soweto C onsum er B oycott Com­m ittee (CBC) spokesm an M r Ja b u Ngwenya. Po­lice spokesm en tw ice denied holding Mr Ngwenya before confirm ing his detention yesterday .

. M ore M am elodi businessm en and com m unity leade rs a re reported to have been detained be­cause of th e ir alleged involvem ent in the bo y co tt

T he first to be a rre sted during a pre-daw n raid on S a tu rd ay w ere: Mr Louis Khumalo, the presi­den t of the M am elodi P a re n ts ’ Association and ow ner of the only chem ist in the township; Mr Joel H longwane, the p residen t of the M am elodi C ham ber of C om m erce and the ow ner of Zam a C arpet and Zam a S uperm arket; and M r John Tau, i fo rm er high school te ac h e r and ow ner of a su- je rm a rk e t

T h e ir fam ilie s said th e police told them the nen w ere being held under section 50 of the In­

te rn a l Security Act.T he la te s t d e ten tio n s — w hich h av e no t y e t

been confirm ed by the police — include the Rev Lucas K em a M abusela of the Ned G eref Kerk; Mr Johannes "S park le” K ekana, a w ell-known busi­nessm an and fo rm er ch a irm an of the local T a ­verners Association; and M r D Chaka, who is said to be a m em ber of the boycott com m ittee .

And in an a tte m p t to end the violence associa t­ed w ith the b o y co tt the; K rugersdorp Consum er B oycott C om m ittee (KRC) said v io lence against “boycott b reak e rs” w ould no t be to le ra ted .

Enforce boycott;The KRC d isassociated itse lf from any a c ts of

“hooliganism and c rim in a l behav iour p e rp e tra ted by people c la im ing to be o u r m em b ers enforcing and m onitoring th e boycott". ■ ■

The KRC also ca lled on R eef tow nship re s i­dents to p ro tec t them selves from any a c ts of hoo­liganism and c rim in a l a tta ck s on th e ir p roperty .

The call cam e a w eek a f te r inc iden ts of in tim i­dation and assau lt w e re ]re p o r te d fro m various

tow nships. T he K RC said it w as w orking on a fo rm ula in which “ac tiv is ts” en forcing the boycott could b e identified “so th a t our p e o p le sh o u ld n o t c o n fu se us w ith c rim in a l e lem en ts”.

A KRC sp o k esm an sa id : “If u n ru ly e le m e n ts do n o t s to p th e ir irresponsib le actions, they sha ll be d ea lt w ith thoroughly.”

In Soweto, sev era l D iepkloof shebeen keepers a re disgruntled a n d c o n fu s e d a b o u t th e w ay “co m rad es” have been try ing to en fo rce the “B lack C hris tm as” ca ll m ade recen tly by the local consum er boycott com m ittee . '

T h e s h e b e e n o w n e r s s a id youths had v isited the ir houses a t n ight abou t a w eek ago and dem anded they stop selling li­quor until Ja n u a ry 21.

They said: “This pertu rbed us, s in c e w e k n e w th e b o y c o tt w ould end on J a n u a ry 2.

“ A ll th e s a m e , w e s to p p ed selling im m ed ia te ly and told the youths they should ra th e r close th e m ain liq u o r o u tle ts in the tow nship.”

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th » -p w v ' ------------------ boycott officials in -•*------ •■•- •=»■■ .-s.,,,thp n«r area j re n<?W ln detenti<>n a fter .'.^ T h e first three who were arrested durine a ore?- the police m oved against the boycott lead — w ® ™ g -a pre^A r c h i n o f ____ ~ 1_____ j ;ership at the weekend.

Included in the seven is M r Jab u N gwenya chief Spokesm an for the Soweto C onsum er B oycott’Com­m ittee. Police spokesm en tw ice denied holding M r

" , -a before confirm ing his detention yesterday

. P f f i i / 1 ! ^ e1d the vioIence associated with r ' P * y (b0^ U h e K rugersdorp C onsum er Boycott C o m m itte e (K R C ) s a id y e s te rd a y th a t v io len ce

tL" v ^ y5-°U b reak e rs” would n° t be to lerated .The KRC dissociated itse lf from any ac ts of “hooli­

ganism and c rim in a l behaviour p e rp e tra ted by Deo- ple c.a im ing to be our m em bers and enforcing and m onitoring the boycott.” 6. The KRC also called upon res iden ts of a ll R e e f

tow nships to p ro te c t th em se lv es from any ac ts of hoohgam sm and crim inal a ttack s on th e ir p roperties.tion I h Camie a week a f te r incide" ts of intim ida-

' tow nsh ip s*^ Were' r8p0rted from v a r*ous R eef

‘ th P m T r 6Si dentS c ‘a im the b oyco tt has a lien a ted

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daw n ra id o n 'S a tu rd ay a re M r Louis K hum alo, th e r p res iden t of the M am elodi P a re n ts ’ A ssociation and owner, of the only chem ist in the township; M r Joe l '

, H longw ane. the presiden t of the M am elodi C ham ber ' o f C om m erce and the ow ner of the Zam a C arpe t and :-. • Zarria SO pcrm arket; and Mr^John T a u /a fo rm er high

. school teach er and ow ner of a superm arke t.. , A ccording to their fam ilies the police told them •

t t h a t the men; w ere being held under Section 50 of the 'r in te rn a l Security AcL ............. . .

. £ • ' The. la te s t detentions w hich have not y e t been ' . . •''confirm ed by th e police - inc lude th e R ev eren d

L ucas 'K em a, M abusela of. the Ned G eref Kerk; M r• ^Johannes Spark le” Kekana, a well-known business- .

m an and fo rm er chairm an of the local T averners As-:.’ •'.sociation; and M r.D Chaka, who is said to be a m em - -

b e r of the boycott com m ittee. v ^ , *»., .■ • Y esterday the KRC!said it w as w orking on a for-• ;m u la in which "ac tiv ists" .enforcing the boycott could -.• be identified “so th a t our people should not confuse us *:

>with c rim in a l d e m e n t s ^ ^ V w .(■■'A spokesm an said: ‘-------j ------------ n .c j udve naa enougn ". ----- 7 --------- On F rid ay evening w e received .

or Deing coerced into supporting one call a f te r an- in fo rm ation th a t som e hooligans w ere now using the other. . . . v < v . . . . . . i • n a m e of the com m ittee for th e ir own ends. ...-, ;' ^ Vaal T riangle pam phle ts issued in the nam e ' r "We a PPrehended the people responsible and re- t of the local boycott com m ittee, which s ta ted the bov- ®ducated them about the need fo r an orderly and not • co tt was off, have been described as fakes -• ' * v io lent consum er b o y co tt ' ?:v . • ■

“The boycott in the Vaal is stiU on,”. the committee - ! : “0n Saturday we again received information thatth e re said today. . , ■ .*'!,* *ome. c r im in a l e le m e n ts had h ija ck ed tax is . The

J group w as apprehended and ow ners of ..the tax is w ere ja iled to identify them . *. V'.-.- i

! | “ T h e /ap o lo g ised and w ere also re-educated . '•> • )'■ \ “We w arn th a t if unruly elem ents do no t stop th e irj . ir r e s p o n s ib le a c tio n s , th e y s h a l l ; be d e a l t w itfr'

thoroughly,” the spokesm an said. . . . • • ’ !>-ij

more saidto l)e field

vi m iu lUUdy. 1 •• | •-Dre to ria correspondent rep o rts th a t m ore Ma-

businessm en and com m unity leaders a re re- -ed to have been detained follow ing their alleged

involvem ent in the c u rren t consum er boycott.

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^ades-.havejD een try ing to enforce th e ;‘-!Black:Christ-i -m as" 'ca ll. ..

‘ The shebeeners, m ostly fro m Zone 4, Zone' 2 and '•Zone 1, said^youths visited the ir houses a t night abou t

a w eek 'ag o and dem anded th a t they stop selling li-' „quor up til January 21.

it least 14 consum er, oycot: leaders in the.' rest Rand townships of agiso and M unsiev ille ; re believed to have been > etam ed la te las t night.A spokesman for

olice Public R e la tio n s '-) 'irec to ra te in P re to ria -J aid he could confirm the 0, etentions only a f te r \

beu- nam es had b e e n 'subm itted to his office. . A

The detention of the .14 ^brings the to ta l num ber o f boycott leadership de- * tam ed siace last F riday in the PVVV a rea to 21.

The 14 who a re alleged' have been detained in

'^ est Rand a re also m em bers o f the Kagiso ‘

I ' d h v°Dgress <K aK 0)and the K rugersdorp R es-' idents C om m ittee.

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th? “ames of some detained activ ists

as - jf R°b e rt M atsapo, B ruso Jabase , Mp

Spike George, ’m iss Cynthia MthobeJa, Sfiss P atric ia Zwane and M r William M ayisha, all o f kagiso.

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By Rich Mkhondo , ()A t least 14 consum er boycott of­fic ials from the the W est R and - tow nships of K agiso and Mun- siev ille w ere ' w ere detained on W ednesday night, according toreports. . • ‘

A spokesm an for the Police public R elations D irec to ra te in P retoria said he could only con- irm the deten tions a f te r the am es and ages of the officials ad been subm itted to his of-

- ce. • .•.If the detention of the 14 is

:onfirm ed. it will bring the to ta l lum ber of people detained in

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the PWV area since las t F rid ay to 21. " ' * ‘

The 14 who a re alleged to h ave been detained in the W est R and a re also m em bers of the K agiso Youths Congress (Kayco): and the K rugersdorp R esiden ts C om m ittee (KRC).

A spokesm an for both o rg an i­sations said Mr Bruno Jab ase , M r Spike George, Miss C ynthia M thobela, Miss P a tr ic ia Zwane and M r W illiam M ayisha of K a­giso n ear K rugersdorp had been detained for the ir ro le in the consum er boycott.

In MunsieviMe, youths known only as H ector, Phindo, Modiegi, and five o thers have also been detained . ;

T he spokesm an said th a t in a b id to roo t out thuggery and hooliganism during the en fo rce­m en t of the boycott, 15 knives and o ther w eapons had been confiscated from people posing a s m em bers of the boycott com - m ittee . -

“T his shows th a t violence w ill no t be to le ra ted ,” he said.

“We w ant to d issociate o u r­selves from acts of hooliganism and crim inal behavior perpe- \ t ra te d by people c la im ing to b e - m onitoring and enforcing the boycott, but whose in ten tion is to rob black people.

“We w an t to m ake it c le a r th a t the consum er boycott is not d irec ted a t the police.

“I t is a peaceful, non-violent w ay of indicating our ab h o r­rence of the aparthe id reg im e.

“We w ant w hite businessm en to take up our g rievances w ith the G overnm ent, which m ust re ­a lise th a t we a re also hum an beings and th a t our dem ands should not be suppressed ,” he said .

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^ 'A 'K agisolyouth 'die'd from bulle t p w o u n d s a t t h e 'r B a r a g w a n a th : -H ospital yesterday;-follow ing an 'f; incident, in whichj a ibuslnessm an ‘V fired a t a crow d-w hich confront-

jn s u m e r'-B.o y.<;,qp^*CommiTt p e (K C B C ) , : spokesm an-'said .'Mii-Angie Man- ‘..ganyineXlSJ'was'^wounded when,• th e busm essm a^-fired <shots as ‘ the. youths^ tr ied ;to ;s to p him a t ' '- th e en tran ce to the tow nship .'•J“ ■ H e .sa id 'M r M anganyine w as' [■'rushed to the-B aragw anath Hos-’ ■ ^ p ita l-w h e re f li^ lf td - 'v r '

A-Pglice »apolcesmah in. £ r toria,- & p ta in .;H -B e ^ s id 'tf ie “ b u s i n e s sr o a n .w a s> f o r c i b l y i

|stopped at .the-entrance to the ■township by a group of youths.

Said C aptain Beck: ‘T h ey a s ­sau lted him and rem oved cloth­ing from his car. He d rew a fire- 3f m and fired shots, wounding a I '.'-vear-o ld man. t . . ,-j

"H e is licensed to c a rry a fire ­arm . He reported the m a tte r to the police. I do not know if the m an died la te r as a re su lt of the bullet wounds.” . 1'.’ . , . . •) A .KC3C spokesm an said they’.

fwouId lay com plain ts w ith the /police ag a in s t th e a lleg ed h a - . Irassm en t of th e ir m em bers"and .(those of the 'K ag iso Y outh Con- : fg re s s (K ayco) a n d : th e K ag iso .' R esiden ts’ C om m ittee. ..

'. .x T n e spokesm an a lleged yes-, te rd ay a m an w ith an A frikaans a c c e n t phoned to say : " Y o u r k o e l ie ( I n d i a n ) : l a w y e r w a s bom bed and you a re the n ex t”-.

The spokesm an sa id th a t, in ano ther incident, a m em ber of: th e G a rm e n t . W o rk e rs’ :U niori‘ (Gawu), M r Serge. M okonyane,' w as allegedly assau lted by two. w h ite m en^ou tside a K ru g e rs- ' dorp su p e rm a rk e t '4K ■> . .. ,v

He said the m a tte r’ h id been- repo rted to the police.

, The spokesm an also said: "At* • 6 pm on S a tu r d a y .a bus w ith about 30 m en, a police van and a L a n d ro v e r a r r iv e d a t K ag iso

| Extension 2. • . . . . . ;.......... . . . .I “In the bus with the m en w ere 1 '■ tw o p o lic e m e n w ho. c a r r i e d ! ba tons and qu irts . They drove• a ro u n d th e ] to w nsh ip , a n d a s -1 Isau lted our m em bers.. •,*?.. , \£ j “They besieged, a house in K a - . Igiso E xtension 2 and,.w hen they I could not find'.our m em bers, asr'| sau lted a youth in the house. v .J j . “ O ur m e m b e rs ,-M r A lfre d Moshe (14) and M r B rian Motl- h a jw a \1 6 ) , w ere a ssau lted by the sam e group. They pu t them in the bus a r id .la te r they w ere tran sfe rred in to the L androver.

“T heir fam ilies have been told they.‘w ill.appear. ‘In .-court soon bu t they have not been told w hat the charged will be,” he said. ... i

Captain- B eck"sa id :-"I r e je c t ; the a llega tions.- 'P eop le sh o u ld ; rep o rt th e ir com plain ts so th a t ‘s th e i r * e v id e n c e can be- te s te d against av a ilab le evidence. • •

“I t does not com ply w ith the ; norm s of law fo r people to m ake '■unsubstantiated s ta te m e n ts in­c rim in a tin g .o th e r people o r the police. an d no t be p re p a re d to Y ak£thos& '-'allegations- u n d e r

ja th for a p roper investigation;’’

Consumer., boycott on Reef lifted .•The boycott" of white-owned shops in Johannesburg , the V aal a rea and on the R eef has been called off, acco rd ­ing to a spokesm an fo r the Consum er Boycott C om m it­tee (CBC) in the region.

The CBC m ade a b rie f an ­no u n cem en t y e s te rd a y “ to a v o id c o n fu s io n ” a m o n g tow nship residents who have supported the boycott. '

The spokesm an sa id th e CBC w o u ld be is s u in g a s ta te m e n t la te r exp la in ing w hy th e b oyco tt had been ca lled off and the conditions w hich m ight lead to it being resum ed a t a la te r date.

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The consum er boycott in the West Rand townships o f K ag iso and M unsie- v il le n e a r K ru g e rsd o rp has been extended indef­in ite ly and a boyco tt o f G re y h o u n d b u s e s h a s been launched.

The boycott o f buses has also been in itia ted a t M ohlakeng and W eston- a r ia n ea r R andfontein.

These resolutions w ere tak en residen ts m eetings h e ld a t th e w e e k e n d . C lothing tha t w as bought on lay-bye, fu rn itu re and h a rd w a re m a te ria l have been exem pted from the boyco tt un til the end o f the m onth.

consum er boycott in the a r e a c a m e a few d ay s a f te r it w as lifted in P re ­to r ia tow nships, Soweto, V a a l T r ia n g le and th e E a s t R and.

A sp o k e sm a n fo r the K ru g e rs d o rp R e s id e n ts a n d C o n su m e r B o y co tt C o m m i t t e e s , K a g is o Y outh C ongress and Mun- s ie v ille Y outh C ongress said the boycott had been e x te n d e d b e c a u se th e ir " g r i e v a n c e s a n d d e ­m a n d s ” h a v e n o t b een m e t by the authorities.

The dem ands included th e re lease of detainees, the w ithd raw al o f m em ­b e rs o f th e SA D F fro m th e to w n sh ip s an d th e

em ergency .“B asica lly , we .do no t

see why w e should sup­p o r t w hite-ow ned b u s in ­esses while the ir b ro th e r : a re still oppressing us.

T he s p o k e s m a n s a i d they had decided to b o y ­c o t t G r e y h o u n d B u u Lines, because of its " in ­sensitiv ity to the people’;] p rob lem s”.

He said: “T he bus co m ­pany allow ed its buses to be used by the police who f i lle d i t w ith v ig ila n te s and w ent around assan lt- ing m em b ers o f a c tiv is t o rgan isations. !

“ W h en ev er th e re a r e fu n e ra ls o f u n re s t v ic ­t im s , th e b u s 'T o m p a n y ’

re fu se s .to h ire buses to the deceased’s fam ily.

“T he com pany does not plough back into the com ­m u n ity in fo rm o f bu r-i s a r ie s a n d e d u c a t io n a l fac ilitie s , and has never b o th e re d to e r e c t sh e l­te rs .”

G reyhound Bus L ines G enera l m an ag e r M r Ro­b e r t N e sb e tt co n firm ed the boycott and said his c o m p a n y b e lie v e d “ w e a r e s im p ly p a r t o f th e g en e ra l^ c o n su m e r boy­co tt”.

M r N e s b e t t s a id he c o u ld n o t c o m m e n t on th e a lle g a tio n s leve lled ag a in s t his com pany, nor on the ex ten t o f the boy­co tt. ■ ‘ ■

o t {t J S S E S ‘ Women01M cube and S ister Chris tin c 'o b o tsen g a re ' n o tT eto g cy regu lations, secu rity legislation o r the em ergen-

C n f2r ,he K a« iso Consum er B oycott

Meetings dispersed | — Holy sisters held iWORDING to present nesday night when policee records. Sister Ber- Mcube, president of rederation of Trans- Women and a “ Sister :tine” were not being in terms of either se- / legislation or the gency regulations, A P's public relations on in Pretoria said rday.spokesman for the w Consum er Boy- Comm ittee alleged rday that sister Mc-

and a “Sister tine" were detained out .7 pm on Wed-

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dispersed two mass m eet­ings in Kagiso, near Kru- gersdorp.

The SA P’s public re­lations division stated in a telexed response to in­quiries from Sapa: “ According to our pres­ent records none of the persons m entioned in your telex are being held in terms o f e ither security

.legislation o r the state o fv em ergency."

Sister Bernard Mcube is a friend of Mrs Winnie M andela. — Sapa.

‘ForcesBr MONO a AD E LA

THE West Rand township Kagiso has been under siege for the past month - with at least six people reportedly killed, others treated in hos­pital for wounds and women allegedly raped by security forces.

Scores of people have also been detained. Security forces have clamped down on Kagiso since the start of the bus boycott at [he begin­ning of January.

This week two pupils were, shot dead and a 40- ycur-old mother allegedly raped by security forces.

Last week a schoolgirl wasallegedly gang-raped bv security force members'. West Rand police have con -, firmed .tha t charges have been laid against seven cops 1 following the incident.

Residents claim there may have been even more r:lPe? t possibly five, the past week. . ,

Six people have beer> killed, say residents. But by . last night City Press co u ld ; not confirm this with po lice .!

Kagiso . residents h a v e 1 now decided "to take ac-’ lion” ' . 1 * - _• >

krugersdorp- Residents' O rg a n is a tio n s e c re ta ry Lawrencc Ntlokoa said yes­terday his- organisation: - with the help- of lawyers - has collected over 100 affi­davits detailing alleged po­

lice harassment.The information will be

used to support a Suprem e Court application calling on security forces to stop har­assing residents. •

Ntlokoa said lawyers tak­ing affidavits have been re­fused permission to enter Lcroiong Hospital to inter­view a schoolgirl said to have been raped..

- They also wanted to inter­view ihose seriously injured by police bullets when more th :in 2 000 p a re n ts a n d '

pupils marched to ’Krngcrs- . dorp police station this

week. Std ? pupil Joseph Mono was shot dead.

,;-.O n Monday cops alleged-* Iy' shot dead a 14-year-old

pupil when using teargas to disperse over I 000 pupils meeting at St Peter's Ro­m an C a th o lic M ission School. *

The SA Catholic Bishops Conference this week urged

4Law and Order M inister "Louis-le Grange to investi-

",gate the incident.

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R U M B L IN G d isco n ten t vith troops’ presence in -funsicviHr (f [.[p^-

cxplodeii into violence this *e«k - leaving a 17-year-old dead and five people, in­cluding a penjjoser, serious­ly injured. C f - U M )

/ 'oseph Moilo. 1 i . was. < dead when over J 000

I women marched to Kru- « rsd o rp police station to protest against the alleged harassment of pupils by troops and riot cops.

A police spokesman said U Sam on Wednesday a crowd of over I 000 people atoned a police vehicle. Cops then dispersed them with teargas.

He said as cops tried to - arrest some of the stone- i l throwers, the mob turned on

;hcm. pelting them with stones.

Police fired two shotgun rounds in self-defence, fa­tally wounding oneTnan and two women.” he said;

Sources said on the eve of the violence, 16 women went to the local police sta­tion to demand' the with­

al of troops and a stop . i alleged harassment of

I.jp ils.But it has been claimed

he station commander told . hem the troops in the town- - niP belonged to the SA

Charloffe M ono, 26, w hose brother Joseph, 17, w a s shof dead by cops.

Transport Services and ha>! been summoned by the Greyhound Bus Service.

He said he did not have the authority to withdraw them.

Mono, o f \fa b e Street, was shot in the head and body. He died in a house he had run to for shelter.

The seriously" injured pensioner was identified as a Mokgadi. She was taken to hospital an hour later

M ono, 50, of Munsieville 5 for her dead son. x-

with foTTr two worn

• i * * \ ? r — ..... " " 's ">7viiii oiEyewitnesses at the:dead '- es wcre harassed by se-

youth's home claimed c o p i curtly forces.. • -

“} jtrcd 7 preferred to walk :o observe aad tv(0 men. • ^ a month-long boycott of

----- -- W.UIH.V.Uhad refused them access to the injured and would not call an dmbulance. -

A police spokesman said he had no comment" on the allegation. . ;

S o u rc e s s a id w hen schools reopened on Janu­ary 28. several pupils who

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• Many were heJd briefly by cops; while ocjers were bundled into a bei and fer-

/ ried to Kagiso.The township women

then organised a march to .. the local police nation to

protest against tic pupils- harassmcnt and-la demand the withdrawal o f troops.

Cops shoof pupil in churcha w n u i M _______J. .. • * *' ' **'. » * . . ;>A W O M A N whose grand­daugh ter was shot dead by cops th is week in Kagiso at a back-to-school m eeting" had a premonition that "‘som ething bad” would happen if she attended.

M aria Lcgwete. 58. said she had tried to keep her g randdaughter away from the m eeting a t S t M ary's

Catholic C hurch.I Maki Legwete, 15, a | Form One student a t Mosu- patsela Secondary School, was shot dead when cops a l l e g e d ly in v a d e d t h e church and started firing teargas and bullets.

A bullet entered the back, o f her head and cam e out through her mouth. An­

other went th roug l her low­er leg and one through her thigh.

M aria said according to friends M aki panicked when cops fired teargas into the church.* ' "■.%

She jum ped o u io f a highr window; As she fd f to. the ground she was hit thrice by bullets.

By K aren Bowes,• • W est R and B ureat

O an P ien aa rv ille residents hat*e decided to a tten d a m eeting 0/ th e K rugersdorp A ction G roup n e i t w eek to a ir th e ir g riev - ances on the secu rity s i tu a t io n !in trip ciiKiicK

on security>olution onno solution on p e rm a n a n e n t se ­

cu rity had been reached in p re ­vious d is c u ss io n w ith local au tho rities and the re s id en ts w ere still uneasy abou t the fu ­tu re and the decline in p ro p e r­ty values.

/v.i uic secu rity situa tion >

in the s u b u r b s / t e r la s t w eek’s i Not D O l i t i r a ? petro l-bom b a tta c k on a hom e, j P O m l c a i

told n e es ? £ ? /h°ar t thfo n o iidentS i C hJlrm an S u n d e r o f th e m eeting on S a tu rd ay thev^harf ! w*^00 P 0up lVIr Jo{ian W epoer

r a i d e d to- a ff ih a te w ith 5 ? t0 d isclose ^ a t• - i J i e r grout} and have s t r e n S h ! £ k ♦ d‘3cussed a t the ^ e e t -

ifl num bers, a s they w ere "lieh t - n r " S Ule £ ro u P had a pe* would have to stav i "‘u

authont.es. They could also not. Krugersdorp residents 7 « ‘«*an d improve theu, organise o„„ t j . ^ ^ j

ville a re not happy to live in the tow nship because th ere a re in­ad eq u a te facilities. We a r e not ju s t driving them out — they would ra th e r live in K agiso and m any have sa id they a r e p re­pared to sign our p e titio n ,” he said.

• In N ovem ber la s t y e a r , the G overnm ent announced w hat w as believed to be the end of a 25-year s tru g g le betw een re s i­den ts and local au tho rities , w hen they said M unsieville w ould have to s tay due to a lackOr flinrlc Tnp*« — 1 .

afford to in ee ting.

The spokesm an said although the defence force patro lled the a re a betw een Dan P ien aa rv ille and M unsieville 24 hours a day

m s s r s r s e s - k - ' X z s m z sU e white c r t t a a J Z « £ I ™ ™ severa! ^

S ta " people ■' , b eTt m “ ti f 8 “ “ ^ ”M any h o m i e r , i A S S Ha“ ”

K a g i s o ' u n r e s t v i c t i m d i b s nR v Rich Vllitinn^ Tl».. ...rj '' ___■ 'By R ich Mkhondo

A y o u th w ho w a s sh o t th r e e w eeks ago during unrest on the W est R and died in hospital yes­te rd a y m orning.

M r A lec M olete (18), of 5538 R iverside. Kagiso, w as allegedly sho t on Ja n u a ry 23 in Kagiso.

M r M o le te ’s d e a th b rings to six the num ber of people killed

. in the a re a during unrest w ithin a m onth. . ?.-■

R e s id e n ts s a id th e tro u b le w hich led to his shooting s ta r te d w hen p o lic e a lle g e d ly fo rc e d people to use buscs 'w h ich they had been boyco tting fo r abou t th ree weeks.

They -said tax is w ere blitzed and passengers .forced ou t and searched . Sniffer dogs w ere used to exam ine th e ir parce ls.

Youths then a ttack ed a beer-, ha ll in K agiso Two and police search ing for the a tta c k e rs en­te r e d a n e a rb y s u p e r m a rk e t . The ow ner of the shop closed the doo r w hen the po lice a rr iv e d . T he police forcib ly opened the door and ordered everyone out.

The police a lleged ly ordered the people to lie face down on the stoep. One of the shop assis­tan ts, M r Alec M oiete, tr ied to run aw ay and shots w ere fired.

He w as a lleged ly sho t th re e . tirrjes in the back. Po lice fpok

him to the loca l c h a rg e office and la te r to L era tong H ospital.

1 The police had confirm ed th a t a. you th w as sh o t d u rin g in c i - ' den ts of stoning in the tow nship.• Two C atholic nuns who w ere ta k e n in to c u s to d y d u r in g a M unsieville funera l a t the w eek­end a re believed to be detained in te rm s of the In te rn a l Security A c t - *■»*'■'! A law yer fo r S is te r B ern ard Ncube and S is te r C hristine of St M ary’s in K agiso said th a t his clien ts w ere being held in te rm s of section 50 of the A c t . ...• T h e y w e r e b e in g h e ld a t R and fon te in , he sa id , an d had been allowed legal consultation .

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d h e ^ a y J F e b n i y y 5 /1 StfS-':- • ' .. .

w . . _ k ,» T H E organisers of the

K rugersdorp bus bycott have received a letter f ro m G r e y h o u n d B us Lines employees urging them to cail off the boy­cott as It could lead to the closure o f the bus com pany in the area. ...

In= the le tte r th e em ­ployees say th a t if the b o y c o t t is p r o lo n g e d there is a likelihood they m ay lose th e ir jobs.

“W e are solely depen­d en t on G reyhound for

e a r n in g to g e t h e r i t fam ilies. ' .

•We the w orkers w ould like to d raw at­ten tion to the boycott com m ittee tha t ou r fu­ture is a t stake because o f the boycott.

“ W e call o n the o rga­nisers to ho ld talks with G r e y h o u n d m a n a g e ­m ent ab o u t the issue." the le tte r said.

A spokesm arf for the bus boycott organisers d ism issed . the le tte r as “ a n o t h e r a t t e m p t by G r e y h o u n d m a n a g e ­m en t to confuse ’ resi­d en ts ."

M ean w h ile re s id e n ts . believe th a t the road­blocks and searches on taxis and private vehi­cles is an a ttem p t by the police to b reak the boy- , co tt. : * . •

- Roadblock i-T he boycott is in its

fourth w eek. • . * - ••• ' , » * r

' • D uring the roadblock , \ som e people w ere alle­gedly forced off the taxis a n d f o r c e d to b o a r d buses. «

A spokesm an for the Police Public Relations. D i r e c t o r a t e s a id th e y

r w ere engaged in a crim e p rev en tio jj^x erc ise___ ^

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Candle vigil planned for

A three-day candle cerem om y in honour of th ree u n res t vic­tim s will take p lace In Kagiso ?nd M unsieville th is w eekend.

Candles a rc to be lit from F ri- -u<iy to S'jQdcy evening in honour lof Miss Maki L ekgw ete (14) and 'J^lr Alec M olete (18), who will be ■buried, on Saturday, and M r F er-

Jdinand Serum ula (35), whose fu­ne ra l will take p lace on Sunday. t .. Miss Lekgw ete w as shot when security forces d ispersed a back-to-school ra lly on J a n ­uary 28._Mr Serum ula ,was shot on the sam e day when police pa­tro lled the tow nship a fte r, youths went on the ram p ag e . M r Alec Molete w as shot when un­re s t flared in the tow nship on Jan u ary 23. He died in hospital on Monday. •*'

A spokesm an fo r the re s i­dents ' com m ittee called on the P o lice and D efence forces to £ eep aw ay from the funera l be­cau se their p resence could d is­ru p t the cerem ony and lead to Ainrest. /

Proceedings w ill s ta r t from the M ethodist Church a t 10 am on Saturday. The co rtege leaves for the cem etery a t m idday.

Call off boycott, ‘say Greyhound wo'-'kers

T he o rg an ise rs of the K rugers­dorp bus boycott have received a l e t t e r fro m G rey h o u n d Bus L ines em ployees u rg ing them to ca ll o ff the boycott a s it could le a d to th e c lo su re o f th e bus com pany in the a rea .

In th e le t te r th e em p lo y ees say th a t if the boyco tt is p ro­longed there is a likelihood they m a y lose the ir jobs. -

“We a re solely dependen t on G reyhound fo r o u r ea rn in g to­g e th e r w ith our fam ilies. We the worKfers would like to d raw a t­ten tion to the boycott co m m it­tee th a t our fu tu re is a t s take because of the boycott.

“We ca ll on the o rg an ise rs to hold ta lk s w ith G reyhound m a n - .

a g e m e n t ab o u t th e issue ,” th e le t te r said. r

A spokesm an fo r the bus boy­c o t t o rg a n ise rs d ism issed th e l e t t e r a s “a n o th e r a t te m p t by G reyhound m anagem en t to con­fuse res iden ts”.

“ We a re p re p a re d to c a l l a m ee tin g w ith the T ran sp o rt Al­lied W orkers U nion to d iscuss th e b o y co tt and a s c e r ta in th e o rig in of the le tte r .

“ We w ill not hold any ta lk s w ith the bus com pany because so m e of o u r le a d e rs a re s t i l l being held under secu rity leg is­la tion .”

T he b o y c o tt is. in its fo u r th w eek. • . . n ;

Workers letter to end > bus boycottTHE general secretary o f th e T ranspo rt and Allied W orkers’ U nion. M r M aduke R ankholo ,.yesterday said G reyhound Bus Lines w orkers disassociated themselves from a le tter calling fo r an end to the m onth-long bus boycott on the W est R and.

M r R an k h o lo said he spoke to em ployees of the bus com pany in K a­giso. K m g ersd o rp . yes­terday.

T hey den ied know ­ledge o f the le tte r and said they did no t wish to be used as an “excuse” to end the boycott.. T he unsigned le tte r

By MANDLA N D L A Z l" '

c l a i m e d e m p l o y e e s feared th a t if the boycott was prolonged the com ­pany might close dow n a n d t h e y w o u l d l o s e th e ir jobs.■ T he le tte r called on th e organisers to end the boycott and sta ted : “ We are solely d ep enden t on G r e y h o u n d f o r o u r ea rn ings." -

M r R a n k h o l o s a id l “ W e strongly condem n th e au th o r who has used o u r m e m b e rs . for • his ow n selfish e n d s .-'

Confuse ■H e said his union and

th e bus com pany em - ; ployees regard the le tter ; as “ an o th e r dirty frick" j to confuse residen ts and

m a k e ’ t h e m u s e t h e buses.

R esiden ts believe tha t search ing taxis and p ri­vate vehicles is an a t­tem p t to b reak the boy­co tt th a t s ta rted on Jan ­uary 8.' M r R ueben T sa tsane . chairm an of the K ru- gersdorp Black Taxi As­socia tion , said his group w ould com plain to to p police officers. J .

H e said taxis in the a rea h ad d ro p p ed the fare fo r schoolchildren . Tnstead o f 50 cents they now paid 25 cents.

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The s e c re ta ry of the T ra n sp o r t Allied W orkers U nion (T rau), M r M aduke R ankholo, has denied the union w ro te a le t te r to o rg a ­nisers of the K agiso bus boyco tt

rging th em to ca ll off th e boy- j t t a s i t could lead to th e clo­

sure of the com pany .Said M r R ankholo: ‘T h e le t te r

does not com e from the union. If it w as sen t by som e of o u r m em ­bers, it w as not au th o rised by the union. O ur union know s

to bus boycottersu ■ . . 1nothing about it.

A le tte r pu rported ly w ritteq by em ployees of G reyhound Bus L ines w as received by organi­s e r s of the bus b o y c o tt In it the o rg an ise rs w ere u rged to call off the boycott a s i t could lead to the closure of th e bus. com­pany in the a re a if i t w as pro­longed.

T he le tte r a b o ca lled on th< o rg an ise rs to hold ta lk s with tin G reyhound m a n a g e m e n t

Q w e f a T f e ^ ” , ;•!

^POLICE fired Itea^sWoke ,; and sjambokked mourners j

at the funeral yesterday of an unrest victim in Kagiso, Krugersdorp, without any apparent provocation." >'

A te a r s m o k e c a n is te r w a s f i r e d in to a c h u rc h d u r in g th e fu n e ra l s e r v ic e an d m o u r n e r s w e re s ja m b o k k e d a t th e g r a ­v e s id e in a to w n sh ip b e s ie g e d b y p o ­

lic e . j ::i- •. • V L a te r y e s te rd ay , live am m u n itio n w as

fired when youths responded to the m any rounds of tearsm oke w ith stones.

Two SABC new sm en ca rry in g stan d ard ' police w eapons drove around the tow nship

w ith the policem en. ;. SABC-TV repo rte r-C hris O lckers ca rr ied - ' a shotgun and cam eram an G lenn M iddleton

! a gun used for firing tea rsm oke can isters.

f The two had been trav e llin g in a m inibus f= ;a rrttr 'a -pbptlngept.-oL poM ecm ea,-buc-L attc i ^ r o d e fn the open back of a police yan , hold­

ing th e ir w eapons a t the peady.■—V "E arlier,'w hen police o rdered news team s ’ f ro m R e u te rs , V isnew s, A gence F ra n c e ' P re s s e and a G erm an te le v is io n s ta tio n

aw ay, the SABC m en w ere not in te rfe red w ith. . « ;

The foreign new^ c re ^ s w ere esco rted by police to the K agiso police sta tion . O lckers and M iddleton jum ped into a police vehicle and drove off, bu t re tu rned a f te r a short tim e. M iddleton film ed the funeral.•' C o m m e n tin g on th e f a c t th a t SABC

sta ffe rs 'carried police w eapons a t the fu- . in era l, an SAP spokesm an y este rd ay said it• w as not norm al p rac tice to allow civ ilians

access to police w eapons and the two m en s duty w as to cove^ fio ting , not contro l it.

l i e sa id i t w as possib le O lckers had a - shotgun s im ila r to those police w ere c a rry ­ing and it w as possible M iddleton w as car-

^..fying a tea rsm oke shooter "to look a t it” .T he spokesm an said he-did not have any

''In fo rm ation on the funeral a t th a t tim e, jn d could not com m ent on the police actions.

Kagiso w as under siege. Soldiers a t road ­b locks a t the en tra n c e s from M ain R eef R oad rem ain ed a t th e ir posts from early m o rn in g u n til la te a fte rn o o n . In s ide the tow nship th e re w ere m ore roadblocks, and

i so ld iers a sk ed people d riv ing past if they w ere headed for the funeral. ,

E very th ing w as peaceful a t the funera l of F ran c in a Legw ete (14), who died a f te r 3 police shooting incident, un til a squad of po­licem en arrnpd w ith shotguns w alked into the hom e and dem anded the se rv ice be a “bu ria l and not a political ga thering ’ . The o rder w as given by a S e rg ean t K aplan.

M ourners, including m em bers of th e be­reav ed fam ily, pleaded w ith the police, say-

- ing e v e ry th in g w ould go p e a c e fu lly and asking them to leave.

Before the procession le ft for the church police w ent into the ten t w here m ourners w ere singing and took aw ay seven young people, including one girl. .. . .

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They o rdered tax im en to d rive aw ay, uui a re la tiv e -o f the idead g irl said the taxis, w ere there to convey_tfie e lderly people to

- the cem etery . v ; 'When th e ch u rch se rv ice began , police

s ta tio n ed th em se lv es o u ts id e the y a rd in m any vehicles and stopped people try ing to use the sm all ga te a t the side of the church.

A few .'m inutes la te r a squad, of police­m en and.1 w om en sto rm ed t(ie church s jam ­b o kked 3 n u m b e r of peop le an d f ired a tea rsm o k e can is ter. Chaos broke ou t and a n u m b er!o f people w ere in jured . M ore a r ­re s ts took place. •

When' the pr,Qc^sslop lefWQC the CMie-

_ ^JTearsmpke ■:! te ry th ere w ere no pedestrian sI a c c o m p a n y in g it, in k e e p in g .

w ith re s tr ic t io n s im p o sed by K ru g e rs d o rp m a g i s t r a te M r

' J N Blom . ' • .1 A fte r th e co ffin had been

I low ered into the grave , police- m e n a p p r o a c h e d f r o m t h e w este rn side of the g raveyard and charged w ith sjam boks and b a to n s . T e a rsm o k e c a n is te r s ra ined on the fleeing people

M o u rn ers s in g in g freed o m songs a t the d eceased ’s hom e w ere s c a t te re d by tea rsm o k e . T hen youths rep lied to the te a r ­sm oke by throw ing stones. Live a m m u n i t i o n w a s f i r ed a t a t le a s t ope of them , rock a t the p o lic e . S om e p e o p le s a id he tw as in ju red b u t w as d rag g ed

,way b e fo re the po lice coui* ach him . '" ■ • / V

jpspCTsEsr ^erow&iik A K ag iso ^

' C itizen R e p o r te r ^ . . .’ AN illegal gathering in

Kagiso, near Krugers- ... dorp, was broken up by

police yesterday a fte r a ' vehicle was stoned and a

beer hall petrol-bombed. According to a Sapa re-

• port., police also used tc-irsmoke to disperse mourners attending tbe funeral of an unrest vic-

■ rim Miss Fransdna Leq- wete (15).. -• .-

The report said there . .. was a commotion outside ^ the. church when policc . ordered a group’ of

raourcers to disperse and then ored tearsmoki". The

• mourners also disobeyed 1 policc. order a t the

.. graveside. ■■ T'i. A t Constanda^.. near

Kroons tad, a man was se^ riousiy injuredl when his'

• vehicle was stoned and at Claremont, near Durban,

_ a private vehicle was ex­tensively damaged when

- it was petrol-bombed. - > '• A t Ashdownv > 'n ea r

• Pie term lritzburg, X four. ■ ‘ SAP .m em bers ’ -w ere

' sligbdy ' in jured when• - their vehicle was stoned.

The stone throwers, were dispersed .with tear-

- _ smoke. . t?~ ’■u-■ arrtr^ ..

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T V - ; m a n " d e n i e scarrying weapons

at funeralC itizen R ep o rte r SABC TV newsman, Chris Olckers, yesterday denied a Sunday news­paper report that he and a cameraman had carried police weapons during a weekend funeral of an un­rest victim in Kagiso, Krugersdorp.

Mr Olckers said that he and Glen Middleton had merely held the weapons for some policemen while the police were dispersing a mob of rioters after the funeral.

“ Glen and I received prior permission from the police to cover Saturday’s funeral in Kagiso. W e parked our vehicle ou t­side the township and travelled with the police, in the back of a police bakkie, to the funeral.”

'• Mr Olckers said that after the funeral, the' police vehicle he was trav- •_ eiling in stopped twice to help disperse mobs o£ troublemakers.

“ On the one occasion, I held a police shotgun and Glen a gun used for firing tearsmoke. On the sec­ond occasion I held a tea­rsmoke gun. There was

nothing sinister in this.. We were merely looking' after the policemen's weapons. We did not use

. them and we certainly did not carry them around the township.”

.« • r - y Mr Olckers said he

took exception to the Sunday newspaper article and would be discussing it

V with his superiors today.

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By Rich Mkhondo •. W. tAf-iO 0 N t l cr c o w - [£>: .

A t le a s t seven m em b ers of thei F o o d , B e v e r a g e s a n d A ll ie d 1 W orkers’ Union (FBAWU) w ere ' a r r e s te d y e s te rd a y in K ag iso ' a f te r tw o busloads of m ou rn ers w ere esco rted to the local police s ta tio n during the fu n e ra l of an u n re s t v ic tim . *. ■-

P o l i c e f i r e d t e a r g a s a n d s ja m b o k k e d m o u rn e rs a t th e g ra v e s id e w here th e y h ad a t ­tended the funeral of M r F e rd in - a ld S erum ula (35).. - • >

M r S erum ula w as sh o t 'd e a d th r e e w eeks ago d u rin g po lice

!j ac tio n in the township.' • D u ring th e s ta m p e d e a t the

c e m e te r y y e s te rd a y , s e v e r a l m o u rn e rs w ere in ju red and two b u s lo ad s , m a in ly un ion m e m ­bers,. w ere escorted to the police

' s t a t i o n . •;. W hen m o u rn e rs r e tu rn e d to

th e M r S e ru m u la ’3 hom e fo r t r a ­d i t io n a l h an d -w ash in g , p o lic e a g a i n f i r e d te a rsm o k e b e fo re sjam bokk ing them . ■• M ag is tra te M r J N B lom had o rd e red th a t the funera l be held be tw een 8 a m and 9.30 a m and th a t n o -p o litica l speeches, ban ­ne rs , p laca rd s, flags o r poste rs should b e d isplayed d u ring and a f te r th e funeral. , '

A sp o k esm an for th e P o lice Pub lic R e la tio n s D irec to ra te in P re to r ia sa id “no se rio u s inci­d en ts of u n re s t or police ac tion w e te rep o rted from K agiso”.

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February 10 1386 j -y 3

IjSecurity forces j j ' s e t e a r s m o k e

!at funeral JJwsr. . . B u iinnu Day Raporta*. . . t

HEAVILY-ARM ED se c u r ity forces cordoned off K agiso tow nship, n e a r K rugersdorp , and used te a rsm o k e to d isperse m o u rn e rs d u rin g the funeral of u n re s t v ic tim F ra n c in a Lugwete, 14, a t the w eekend.

About 1000 m ou rn ers a tten d ed the serv ice , pack ing th e K agiso M ethodist Church.

Joe M okgotho, of the K agiso Civ- • ic A ssociation, a U D F a ff ilia te , sa id that, sh o rtly a f te r the s e rv ic e be­gan, po lice fired te a rsm o k e a t a. group of m ourners g a th e red ou t­side the church , a f te r o rd erin g them to d isperse.

An- o rd e r issued by m a g is tra te J N BIouw proh ib ited m o re than a p riest and one fam ily -m em b er irom ad d ressing m ourners.

O ther inciden ts of u n re s t a t the w eekend lis ted in the po lice re p o r t were; >.• ;• •□ At Jo u b erto n , n ea r K lerk sdo rp , i police sa id they 3hot dead one m ag - an d s e r io u s ly w o u n d e d t h r e e J. o thers. ] >• . •□ At W hite R iv e r, E a s te rn T rans- ^ vaal, a b lack m an w as k illed w hen police fired te a rsm o k e an d sho t- / guns to d isp e rse a m ob s to n in g an SAP vehicle. • . . . '■

A ccording to the po lice r e p o r t , : ' by S a tu rd ay n igh t the w eekend death to ll w as two. A fu r th e r six people w e re w ounded and e ig h t a r- . rested.

Collection Number: AK2145 KRUGERSDORP RESIDENTS’ ORGANISATION AND 4 OTHERS v. THE MINISTER OF LAW AND ORDER AND 2 OTHERS 1986 PUBLISHER: Publisher:- Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand Location:- Johannesburg ©2012

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