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Ir Ndlovu’s house was burnt to ashes by rampaging students.

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this week led to the burning o f a shop and a house in the township was killed by an “assassin”. *• ■■ '

This claim was made by businessman Moses Ndlovu. who was accused by resi­dents of shooting Fi- kile Peter Ralane,21, at the township’s shopping complex on Monday night. ■

M r Ralane, a Form Four student at Kagiso

J u n io r ' S e co n d a ry School, died the same

night at Leratong Hos­pital.

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M r N dlovu . has de­nied that he shot Mr Ra­lane.

He said he believed the bullet

Ralane meant for him. j S *“The bulfct was fired whprtl was walking towards

my shop. I just stood stiH; and Fikile fell,"said M r Ndlovu. I s ' _.-»—

A group or’ stmrtnts, determined to avenge Ralane’s deush/marched. to M r, Ndlovu' afterwards apd set it alight.

The stul^nts then marched to M r Ndlovu’s house and burnt it to ashes. Damage was estimated at R60 000.

A police spokesman, a Lieutenant Malherbe, said West Rand police had “ nothing” concerning the

MOSES NDLOVU 'I was the target'

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M rshop.

However, according to earlier reports, policc arrested four people in

connection with the inci-

By RJch Mkhondo

Aa. the consumer boycott m Im hold,and incidents,of intimida-

and ^ uries most Reef town-

shijjs, Uiree bullet-riddled bodies have been found at Kagiso town­ship near Krugersdorp.

The body 0f a man was found

oa „ V * Ctl0n 01 the township ♦ Tsakane, and the othe?

two at Chamdor Industrial Park yesterday morning.

A spokesman for the Krugers-

c £ £ Residl nts (KRC) and the

2 ° 0tt Committees a8es of those

found dead ranged from 20 to 28.He said the motive of the Juli­

e s was still not known, b it the organisations believed the

M E S S 'SJ the consumer boycott.

W M t P ° R a n H i a irS 0 r 0 f f i C e r f 0 r 0 1 6West Rand declined to com­ment, but a spokesman for the

3 found shot deadin Kagisotownlip

Police PubliV P-l,.*:____ v ' ■ . •

School at K-m

Police Public Relations Direc-

that tw o L T ret° ria confi™ ed tnat two bodies were discoveredyesterday morning.

He said police were invp^n murder charges

said h i l ? C 3nd CBC d e s m a n said his organisations applauded^ re s ig n a t io n of tw o^ounS?

‘BOLD STAND’

. He " I * “The KRC and CBC congratulate the two former

anSn M r°R ’ KMr m k e M a b S f Galekgutle, for

t h l k courageous stand

frnm ave taken t0 steP down from civic politics.

f„,^We4.hope other councillorsfollow their lead,” he said.

it was announced that Mr ste-

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ven Ro°i 'Mashigo, who was shot dead by police when they tried : to disperse a group of youths who were allegedly intimidating' people violating the consumer boycott will be buried tomor­row at Munsieville.

to Thf rKRf 111(1 CBC aPPealed I

is PatrolD a m a g ^ « ^ j ^ a ted at^ about R300 00 was caused at Kagiso Senior Second­ary School, in the Kru­gersdorp area, when it

>as petrol-bom bed early yesterday. .. ..

The laboratory, dom­estic science room, prin­cipal’s office, staff room and classrooms were ex- tens: vely damaged.

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u t : vuiwuumues to Mr Mashigo a hero's funeral." I

, u j organisations said they asked the police and the army to keep away from the township as

panted to bury their dead peacefully.

Incidents of assaults and in­timidation against those violat­ing the call to boycott white-

from shops were reported from Mamelodi, Vaal East Rand, Soweto and Petersburg.

meeting of parents - the principal at the

weekend decided pupils should be urged to write the end-of-year exams.

Trouble began in June when a pupil was alleg­edly shot by a shopkeep­er. Youths burnt down his hom e and stoned his shop. » i •

------ After the incident sev-The caretaker said sev- .e ra l pupils, in c lud ing :

eral. petrol bombs were,- some from Kagiso Junior hurled in to the class- '-Secondary School, were rooms at 5 am. “ arrested. / _ i

• Student sources saitf " C3Ued for. pils had told the nrin- introduction of demo-

. .pal a „ d u T a S t a S a^ U,!,-'l“ Ud SRC* re p e a te d ly tha t the? * to 5°rporaI pun-would not write external * ^hment and the improve-

i . t a i ’ S S S -

IS ConnA^farlhad been in detention since June were released. is connected to the ir

grievances.

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bombed e a r l y ^ S t i S S S ^ n ^ i- ' r Was ^ tro1’ al petrol bomb atUcfa * reP ° rted «ver-

, lice vehicles the. coua^ 7 on po

If rnan-of the Police Public IW ar*7 Vi^ li^ e3, a sP°kes-

The house of aTwest Rir,H0“ IV!f,i0n 3aid*wizfcr Moletsane w a s S J S ? i councillor, Mrs Zii-

morning when a ’niob petro

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. to yesterday w ^ W C r ! ? a P?Uce vehicle in Sowe-Sss&'ssr s* ■f t * * « M d . »aa a .

night, and a deliver/ v e h M^ ° !? attack late last

b o m t o in c S b ' f f S

attempted arson, while V Eas‘em Cape, forD U S ___ . *bus was exensively da­

maged by stone-throwers m Soweto yesterday

Security forces last night sealed off; Laas- downe Road in the Cane Peninsula after several private vehicles were da­maged by stone throwers.

u r,oad was sealed off shortly after 9 pm and was continuously pa­trolled by Casspirs. — Sapa.

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consumer■ v By Jon Qweiane

The boycott of white businesses’ which has been in force in Soweto and other Reef townships areas for the past three months, has been called off with imme­diate effect W ‘

This is only a temporary measure. Consumers have’ been given eight days - up to December 7 - to make their purchases in white business areas.

In Pretoria the boycott comes into ef-.\ feet on Sunday, .after being suspended : for some days. .

Mr Jabu Ngwenya, a spokesman of the Consumer Boycott Committee, an­nounced last night that the boycott had ' been temporarily called off in order "to '•

sort out the confusion oif the past three months and give the campaign a new direction". „ , , ; ;v _ . ..,

But he added that on December A it', would once more be enforced. V'' " . ' He said his committee had decided the

boycott was not effective enough in Iteef,, areas because, unlike in townships else- where, Soweto and East Rand townships '

.'had'numerous routes which people .took! .to white shopping centres.)

That made monitoring the ban verv ^difficult/ {

“But we must stress that even though the boycott is being temporarily lifted, this does .not mean people must go on wild buying sprees. . • 1

.. Rather, we want them to buy essen-

r c y w i m & y ,

daystials which they cannot obtain from township stores.

"We also warn youngsters who beat up people ignoring the boycott call, that

. violence is not our policy,"Instead of violence, the youths must'

go around educating people on the rea-' sons behind the boycott,” he said. ••

' ‘- He said township shopkeeper’s, who had been accused.by the community of taking advantage of the boycott by rais-. ing their prices, should not do so when the ban on white shops was reimposed.

‘ The suspension of the boycott did not mean the demands which had prompted it were being abandoned, he added.

The demands are: '■• An end to the state of emergency. ■

• Withdrawal of army units from the townships. ■■ ’ •

• The release of all detainees.A fourth demand asking the Govern­

ment to halt all fare increases had been added, he said.

The areas where the boycott has been called off from today includes townships in Johannesburg, the East Rand,. West Rand and Potchefstroom. - y ,

Because people had often said those behind the boycott call were faceless, the Consumer Boycott Committee had decided smaller committees should b e ­set Up in the various communities to answer any queries consumers might have as well as ensure no-one was as­saulted for ignoring the call.

MfSJL?*10* deaifd *fter search of shoppersTh. _________ .. .u,_________________ They destroyed groceries foufid in th* vphi^Uc T«»tra« « / .n .i.-'P—. n — i r . .

S l f e s v (l(CZ-(£$”~By Rich Mkhondo

The consumer boycott this week claimed its first vic­tim on the Reef when a man was shot dead by police in Munsieville near Krugersdorp on Monday.

*.,He WJ M Mr Steven Rooi Mash‘go (34), a father of three children.

Incidents of intimidation, assaults and injuries were reported in most Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal townships.

The Munsieville shooting happened at the entrance to the township, where youths manned roadblocks

owned shops ^ ^ * "* * b° Ught fr0m white'

According to eyewitnesses Mr Mashigo, of 1248 Munsieville, was shot in the stomach after police ac­cused him of intimidating and destroying goods of people who had bought from white-owned shops.

Said an eyewitness: "Youths stopped taxis and pri­vate cars coming from town.

"They destroyed groceries fouhd in the vehicles and in some cases assaulted .those who refused to hand over their goods." ,

He said a shot was fired after Mr Mashigo was confronted by the police and accused of destroying people s groceries and intimidating them.

A youth who stoned the police after witnessing the. incident was shot and is in a critical condition in hospital, he added.

A Leratong Hospital spokesman said two youths were being .treated for bullet wounds.

Police yesterday confirmed that a man was shot dead in Munsieville "when blacks deprived other blacks of their purchased goods”.

A spokesman for Mr Mashigo’s family said he had not been involved in the consumer boycott.

( In»4S^ 0ikeng’ S h a r P e v il le , Bopheiong (Vaal), Sowe­to, Mohlakeng Westonaria (West Rand), Mamelodi {Pretoria), Katlehong, Tokoza, Vosloorus. kwaThema.

Tsakane (all on the East Rand), Seshego, Lebowakgo- mo, and Turfloop (Pietersburg), ypuths manned road­blocks and confiscated goods.

Taxi drivers said they had been advised not to ferry passengers carrying goods from white towns.

"We are going to heed to the call because our vehicles might be attacked,” said one Kagiso taxi- man. .

In Pretoria, small businessmen face bankruptcy as the black consumer boycott takes effect.

The shopowners have called on the Chamber of Commerce to meet the boycott organisers and make representations to the Government.

Several retailers have expressed anger at what they regard as a lack of interest by the authorities.

The boycott, which has entered its second week and

« sh« J ° *ast unt'l January 2, has cut many turnovers

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By Rich Mkhondo

The consumer boycott this week claimed its first vic­tim on the Reef and incidents of intimidation, assaults

. and injuries were reported in most Pretoria-Witwaters- •. rand-Vaal townships. • ' ' ; i

A father of three, Mr Steven Rooi Mashigo (34), was shot dead by . police in Munsieville township near Krugersdorp on Monday after­

noon. Vr.*\- s » * •

The shooting happened at the entrance to the township, where"*hs manned roadblocks and searched all cars'for goods bought

white-owned shops. ,

according to eyewitnesses, Mr Mashigo, of 1248 Munsieville, was shot in the stomach by police, who accused him of intim idating people arid destroying goods they had bought from white-owned shops. , i i * . .................

Said an eyewitness: “Youths stopped taxis and private cars com­ing from town. They destroyed groceries found in-the vehicles and in some cases assaulted those who refused to hand over their goods.

Confronted by p o l i c e K . V“Mr Mashigo was confronted by the police and accused of de­

stroying people’s groceries and intimidating them.

• “An argument ensued and he was shot in the stomach. A youth who stoned the police after witnessing the incident was shot and is in a critical condition In hospital*.

A Leratong Hospital spokesman confirmed that two youths were being treated for bullet wounds.

, Unconfirmed reports said almost 10 youths, were injured in Kaei-', so and Munsieville.; . •• *

v Police yesterday confirmed that a man was shot dead in Munsie­ville “when blacks deprived other blacks of their purchased goods”.. -' policeman,'while arresting two women, was allegedly attacked

ae man ahned with a knife. - -

spokesman for Mr Mashigo’s iam ily said the deceased was not involved in the consumer boycott. 1;, ’ .7 . . .

“The family was surprised to be told by the soldier who shot him that he was found intimidating people who defied the boycott”.

The family said they met the soldier at the Government mor­tuary where they went to identify the body.

~ In Sebokeng, Sharpeville, Bo- phelong (Vaal), Soweto, Mohla- keng, Westonaria (West Rand),

Mamelodi (Pretoria), Katlehong, Tokoza, Vosloorus, kwaThema, Tsakane (Bast Rand), Seshego, •Lebowakgomo, Turfloop (Pie- tersburg), youths manned road­blocks- and confisticated goods bought from town.

In most townships, taxi driv­ers said they had been advised not to ferry any passengers car­rying goods from town. , Y

""We are going to heed to the call because our vehicles might be attacked", said one Kagisotax im an .y ;̂ - .: : . . ; -

- Meanwhile ' Pretoria’s small; businessmen face bankruptcy as the black consumer ■ boycott gains hold. ' ' ■

The shopowners, who deal mostly in black trade, • have called on the Chamber of Com­merce to call a meeting with the boycott organisers and to make representations to the Govern­ment.

Several retailers have also expressed their anger at the lack of interest in the situation by the authorities.

If manufacturers do not allow for extended credit in the com­ing year, businesses will be forced into liquidation. •

One central Pretoria store which made R4 800 in sales on a Monday in December last year, made R297 yesterday. Another owner said turnover was down by 85 to 90 percent.

The boycott, which has en- ' tered its second week is set to last until January 2.

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Man dies in consumer boycott_______ . ____ '______________ .___________________________ v v ' X i — , „nnth<; w h o W prp 'ip a r r h in oTHE black consumer boycott on the Witwatersrand and Pretoria has resulted in the death of at least one man.

Pebple have been intimidat­ed in several townships." Social events, including con­certs, a beauty concert and wed­dings have been cancelled or postponed because of the boy­cott, which is due to end on De­cember 31 on the Reef and on January 2 in Pretoria.

Groups of youths have been searching commuters at stations and bus ranks and some have been forming roadblocks and; searching vehicles for goods. -

First victim of the consumer . boycott, Steven Rooi Mashigo, a

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father of three, was shot and killed by police in Munsieville township, near Kmgersdorp on the West Rand^on Monday after- boon; ’ “ — - - - --

A police spokesman said Ma­shigo was hit in the back and right side after police intervened when youths were intimidating shoppers.

The spokesman said six people were also arrested in Munsie-;. ville for intimidating and des­troying people’s goods. .

A witness claimed Mashigo,- 34, was confronted by/police'; near a roadblock manned b y ­

youths who were searching peo­ple’s cars for goods bought from white-owned shops. *rr.

An argument ensued after the police accused Mashigo of in­timidating people and destroy-, ing their groceries,

According to the witness, youths were seen stopping taxis, buses and private cars at the roadblock.

Soon afterwards Mashigo was shot

Residents said cars were searched and newly-bought clothing and groceries brought from town were destroyed.1 In some cases people who did

not want to hand over their goods were assaulted.

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The consumer boycott Is meant to involve both* blacks and whites in efforts to change the South Africa system and intro- ^ duce a new order, a spokesman of the Consumer Boycott Com­mittee (CBC) said yesterday.

He said the boycott might have serious consequences for the black community but it

•was not aimed at them. The • boycott was aimed V businessmen to get them

come involved in the fight

CKSt-LAQX'S.By Ricti Mkhondo \ V *1

The consumer boycott in force in a ll townships in the PWV area has antagonised many residents who say they have had just about enough of being coerced into supporting one call

- .......... - after another. _ r* . >•:,at white \ Reside'nts^lnierylewed by T h e S t a r yesterday said they wefe - 6m l° angry with the boycott and the accompanying violence. *,y i

'• •a0^n«/»h* QA.a* t*4friMn C n J ' ' ' ' ' ' Many elderly residents cannot understand the call while others'

change SiO - ' ' i ' > Said,onejKaglsQ.^reiideht*',^'.‘Youths as young as 14 years;stop-’ *■5 ' taxis and prlyMe care coming from town. : ' i

t ,/ “They‘destroy*groceries found in the vehicles a assault those who refuse to hand over their goods,

ig positive. . ‘IWhere in‘the world have you seen youths as young as 12 years .

e to be forced to ’ makingdecisions?,

Urinate in efforts ‘..‘—r* ■ " 1 r " ' • • •••'. -v

' taxis arid private care coming from town.: ‘ • •}■The spokesman said many . v-.. v o v * ° . . .. . . . . .

white people just talked jn , “They destroy groceries found in the vehicles and in some cases

passing about change without doin£anything positive.

"They have actively participate in efforts to bring about change,” he said.

The organisers of the con­sumer boycott said it was un fortunatemany blacks suffered

• Boycott should be voluntary n.>t• ■ i •” C? * . - . | f •mi • • • — /I , ( } ,

i.«iv aaiu n >Yc.a u.i- A Katlehong-resident said:’ “I do not believfe that the boycott That In^the process ‘tv should be Enforced on the people^ It should be voluntary. ., -few

_.v _._jks suffered. i-;. , ; "The communities should be educated about it being the only

“It is not our intention to V tocl to cripple an unjust Government. >•' • • •drag- people kicking and ' -'T “When the Consumer Boycott Committee bans weddings, it isvJy screaming towards indepen- ' ; similar to'the police banning our funerals and restricting the num- dence. We would be happier if ;; f ber of people who may a t t e n d . , ”V -

they willingly got involved. .'.‘The CBC said only-relatives could attend weddings and saidthere should be no feasts or merry-making. . i-- -.'■

A 55-year-old Northcliff domestic said it was cheaper for her to buy her groceries in town. She said there were a variety of items

• and she could choose what she wanted. ;

Though township prices were not bad, there were often short- f ages due to the increased demand. W * » < •- i \ 1 « ’

. , A Soweto mother-of-three said: “The consumer boycott is our only weapon with which we can fight evil structures that take „ ^

" people’s lives

’ ’ “Let us not be deterred or confused by ? the townships saying the consumer boycott

(j C) A youth, who claimed to have been one’ said he was fed-up with the boycott and appealed to leaders like

Bishop Desmond Tutu to Intervene in the situation before it was . too late. •• V M

“We apologise for the over- . exuberance of some of our cadres when monitoring the boycott,” he said. : /• •<■••• -.

The spokesman said black people had nothing to celebrate while the state of emergency, J detentions and police action against the people were contin- . uing. .91 >.x •* '* ‘I f ’.

■’ •“How cap you enjoy Christ­mas with police .vehicles cruis­ing near your home? Will the curfew be lifted for the tradi­tional New Year's Eve celebra­tions?" he asked. • •

Taking no chance* these tw o w o m e n transfer their gro-

'•ceries to p la in plastic bags to conceal w here they d id their

■ shopp ing.

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!s|JangerpusChristmas shopping In Johannesburg is not a pleasant experience for "boycott dodgers"

Five days of the “Black Christmas” boycott of white-owned shops had greatly reduced the

The effects of the boycott can be seen at most major city stores, where the size of queues has been considerably reduced.

With nine “boycotting days" left until Christ­mas, shoppers prepared to run the risk of hav­ing their goods seized In the townships take great pains to conceal where they buy.

ti, .1* many.,ns‘st on ““marked plastic bags. Then they peel off price stickers and transfer their purchases - mainly food - from the

enforcers*117"0115 °P '“ltcases ,0 f(wl boycott '

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the consumer boycott began to bite in the Pretoria

n i n f v rSra/ l are.a- and tension started to mount in manv wnships, the police today denied reports that bovcoU

pokesman Mr Jabu Ngwenya had been detained

- . police said that according to their records, no-one of that name had been detained under security or emer­gency regulations.

While superm arket workers in Johannesburg reported a greatly re­duced flow of shoppers at their tills, at ,least four people have died in boycott- related violence so far this week. • V

A man w?s shot dead by police on ‘ Monday. Yesterday three men were killed by unknown gunmen in Krugers- ' dorp - one in Kaglso and the others In • the industrial area of Chamdor.

Some sold they waited till dark before they dared enter the townships with their pu *

t t n T i w lerrible‘ i f ,bey ca,cb you' y o u ’v ei, a M Thuey even make you drink your wash­ing bleach if you buy it at white shops" a woman said. »“ups, a

" ! ‘J1055® sP°ken 10 refuted to identify them- selx es for fear of being “found out".

'We live In fear. If they find out you have new clothes they tear them off and burn them

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But one of the men doing his lunchtime shopping said he did not fear the organisers of the boycott, but supported them “all the way" .

Its for the nation," he said proudly and

nil! 1°, |VC the Store wi,b hIs goods In a plain white plastic bag.

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ResldSentVSCom thc K5JEe'rsa°r, CBC said t h ° T 'Ue,e (KRC> and tih« * ? e or8anisations, believetthe deaths were connectedw ifitlw

a S . ebvnthi.VOlatile sUuat|on”-brough' about by the consumer boycott. •' •

In the P W v 'j " f° rC,e ln 311 to^nsfiips

cannot^understand the call w h i t ^ ^ ^ say it has made life unbearable ..

_ People who have taken.the risk ov

s t o £ gh i5e/ r g° ° l S "hlte-owned rUn “ *? «auntlet of “en-

- sojne of them their own children —.when they.reached their homes. ' ' .. ?*‘cu

Only weapon p.i: .Said one Kagiso resident:.“Youths as I youn« a sH stop taxis and private cars- coming from town. They destroy'»ro-

found in the vehicles and In

those wh° refuse tohand over their goods. • •*

Where in the world have you seen youths as young as 12 making d S isions. Can one expect any dlrectio ifrom such youths?” she asked.

) A Soweto mother-of-three said’-’T V .consumer boycott is our only weaoon ■with which we can fight evil structure that take people s lives. ■

“Let us not be deterred or confus--/ by pamphlets circulated In the tov ships saying the consumer boycott h- • been called off.” ” / "

_ In a mini-survey conducted by 77; S tanas t night, support for the boycot: came mainly from township resIde.iL Who saw it as a peaceful means of pro'

I .'h0^ 011 E lle rs - most o . •nffT. “ Calmed blacks would suffer if the campaign succeeded.., Last night pamphlets from the Pre­toria business community headed "Safe shopping were distributed in Mamelo- ,dl from a .helicopter. ■ ■ '

The pamphlets said: "Goodwill- Pface for all. Tomorrow (Frida all day Saturday, you people of Jodi will be able to do your Christmas ■ shopping freely and in peace.” •

Ut, an. h°^r ,ater’ Pamphlets from the Pretoria Consumer Boycott Com- mittee written in Sotho hit the streets

Mamelodi urging people to Ignore ' the earlier pamphlets " b e c a u s e t h e y

.were distributed by police with the sole -_ainr^ofjconfusing the people”. ,

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■ KRUGERSDORP^ Consumer Boycott'Com-i r mittee bat set up vigilante jp-oups “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 tne 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 wnat the boycott meant, accord-

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lng to a boycott commltte spokesman* In Krugersdorp townships of Mooiievllle and

Bialor chain stores in Soweto have report­ed a 60% Increase In sales since the start ofthe boycott.

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

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

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■ > r * > In Pretoria,,Jc! ■/. Industry and the ?.:■* In a return to bet*-

Pamphlets wevo... last week urging ale

ibycoomerceand forces has resulted

idlng for shops."*-' sped over Mamelodi 'ers tip go, about their

business under the pi n iactlon of'the security forces, who then manued bus terminals and other points of concentration to protect shoppers. • - ■ . : '• i

Pick ’n Pay chairman Raymond Acker­man said the boycott In Pretoria and. Johan­nesburg was ju s t beginning to affect com­pany stores. He added that It did not appear to be as serious as the boycott of four Pick ’n

Detention of CBC spokesman confirmed -

Police detain 7 boycott officials

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At least seven 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 Consumer Boycott Com­mittee (CBC) spokesman Mr Jabu Ngwenya. Po- iice spokesmen twice denied holding Mr Ngwenya before confirming his detention yesterday.. More Mamelodi businessmen and community

leaders are reported to have been detained be­cause of their alleged involvement in the boycott

The first to be arrested during a pre-dawn raid on Saturday were: Mr Louis Khumalo, the presi­dent of the Mamelodi Parents’ Association and owner of the only chemist in the township; Mr Joel Hlongwane, the president of the Mamelodi Chamber of Commerce and the owner of Zama Carpet and Zama Supermarket; and Mr John Tau, i former high school teacher and owner of a su- >ermarket

Their families said the police told them the nen were being held under section 50 of the In­

ternal Security Act The latest detentions — which have not yet

been confirmed by the police — include the Rev Lucas Kema Mabusela of the Ned Geref Kerk; Mr Johannes “Sparkle” Kekana, a well-known busi­nessman and former chairman of the local Ta­verners Association; and Mr D Chaka, who is said to be a member of the boycott committee.

And in an attempt to epd the violence associat­ed with the boycott the; Krugersdorp Consumer Boycott Committee (KRC) said violence against “boycott breakers" would not be tolerated.

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Enforce boycott! .The KRC disassociated itself from any acts of

“hooliganism and cr im in a l behaviour perpetrated' by people claiming to be our members enforcing and monitoring the boycott”. • ■ %■ -,i

The KRC also called on Reef township resi­dents to protect themselves from any acts of hoo­liganism and criminal attacks on their property.

The call came a week after incidents of intimi­dation and assault were; reported from various

townships. The KRC said it was working on a formula in which “activists” enforcing the boycott could be identified “so that our people should not confuse us with criminal elements”.

A KRC spokesman said: “If unruly elements do not stop their irresponsible actions, they shall be dealt with thoroughly.”

In Soweto, several Diepkloof shebeen keepers are disgruntled and confused about the way "comrades” have been trying to enforce the "Black Christmas” call made recently by the local consumer boycott committee.

The shebeen owners said youths had visited their houses at night about a week ago and demanded they stop selling li­quor until January 21.

They said: ‘-'This perturbed us, since we knew the boycott would end on January 2.

“All the same, we stopped selling immediately and told the youths they should rather close

outlets in the

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■■■ ' . S ta ff R e p o rte rs ’ *•'1 . _*■>

A t least seven consum er boycott o ffic ia ls in

the PW V area are now in de ten tion a fte r

the police m oved aga ins t the boycott lead ­ersh ip a t the weekend.

Included in the seven is Mr Jabu Ngwenya, chief spokesman for the Soweto Consumer Boycott Com-

■ mittee. Police spokesmen twice denied holding Mr .. ' '/ -a before confirming his detention yesterday.

..'.■. attempt to end the violence associated with- PWV boycott, the Krugersdorp Consumer Boycott

Committee (KRC) said yesterday that violence against “boycott breakers” would not be tolerated.

• • The KRC dissociated itself from any acts of “hooli- ' ganism and criminal behaviour perpetrated by peo-'. pie claiming to be our members and enforcing andmonitoring the boycott" 7

The KRC also called upon residents of all Reef* townships to protect themselves from any acts of

hooliganism and criminal attacks on their properties.The call came a week after incidents of intimida­

tion and assault were reported from various Reef townships.- .7 . ■ 777"'

■ Some residents claim the boycott has alienated them from the youths and say they have had enough of being coerced into supporting one call after an­other. . % 7 ' (•-: . . . .• ..... .......

. In the Vaal Triangle pamphlets issued in the name of the local boycott committee, which stated the boy- * cott was off, have been described as fakes.-• • *v

•‘The boycott in the Vaal is still on,” the committee there said today. . . • .

'V-^retoria correspondent reports that more Ma-• businessmen and community leaders are re- :ed to have been detained following their alleged

involvement in the current consumer boycott.* * 7 • ■ .. ■•i.*'' . ' .

Internal Security Act V'-1.7.vi'rThe first three who were arrested during a pre-*';, ■*dawn raid on'Saturday are Mr Louis Khumalo, the'.,

president of the Mamelodi Parents’ Association and owner, of the only chemist in the township; Mr Joel '

' Hlongwane, the president of the Mamelodi Chamber ^of ‘Commerce and the owner of the Zama .Carpet and 7 wZama'SQpermarket;'and Mr^John Tau, a former high . school teacher and owner of a supermarket.

, According to their families the police told, them tthat the men'were being held under Section 50 of the . Clhternal Security Act. . ■'* ■ • • ,,•J',/ The latest detentions —. which have not yet been

.’'"confirmed by the police include the Reverend , Lucas 'Kema. Mabusela of. the Ned Geref Kerk; Mr Johannes “Sparkle” Kekana, a well-known business-...

' man and former chairman of the local Taverners As-7,’: •-.sociation; and Mr. D Chaka, who is said to be a mem- 7 : ber of the boycott committee. 7k-7'-̂ 7.---7 "s - - I

.Yesterday the KRC*said it was working on a for-• mula in which ‘'activists”^nforcing the boycott could.... 'be identified “so that our people should not confuse us‘.with criminal elements’'^4 j;V w (;:;A spokesman said: “On Friday evening we received 7 information that some hooligans were now using the

. name of the committee for their own ends. fr -r- “We apprehended the people responsible and re- :t

educated them about the need for an orderly and not.; j a violent consumer boycott. •<.- . :

.1 ’ “On Saturday we again received information that t some crim inal elements had hijacked taxis. The \ group was apprehended and owners of .the taxis were ! called to identify them. *• V'.-. 1j f “They apologised and were also re-educated. ' f ‘1 f “We warn that if unruly elements do not stop theirs . irresponsible actions, they shall; be dealt withj• thoroughly " Uie spokesman said. . ‘ O f f

}■ And--iig^oweto^yCTal: Diepkloof shebeep.keepers' are disgruntled iSntf.confused about the way “com-

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'rades’.V have .beentrying to enforce the;‘-‘Black:.Ctyrist-i -mas"'call7i/T h e shebeeners, mostly from: Zone 4, Zone 2 and. '•Zone 1, said youthi'visited their houses at night about, a' week "ago and demanded that they ' stop selling IK

..quor uptil January 217 ; .

Boy&tt:T4 mpresaid; to be held

vt least 14 consumer, oycott leaders in the; ^est Rand townships of agiso and Munsieville; re believed to have been; etained late last night.' S A spokesman for the ? olice Public Relations directorate in Pretoria aid he could confirm the etentions only after \ heir names had been

submitted to his office. J, The detention of the .14

brings the total number of boycott leadership de-' tained since last Friday in the PWV area to 21. . ’

The 14 who are alleged to have been detained in the West Rand are also members of the Kagiso ’ Youth Congress (Kayco) and the Krugersdorp Res-' idents’ Committee.

A spokesman of both gave the names of some of the detained activists as Mr Robert Matsapo Mr Bruno Jabase, Mr Spike George, ’Miss Cynthia Mthobela, Miss Patricia Zwane and Mr William Mayisha, all of Kagiso.

■* «»» P a af. 12.

14 W e s t R a n db o y c o t t le a d e r s

h e ld -B y R ic h M k h o n d o ; ( l

A t le a s t 14 c o n s u m e r b o y c o tt o f ­

f ic ia ls f r o m th e th e W e s t R a n d

to w n s h ip s o f K a g is o a n d M un-

s ie v i l le w e re ' w e re d e ta in e d on

W e d n e s d a y n ig h t , a c c o r d in g to

re p o r ts . . • . •■

A s p o k e s m a n fo r th e P o l ic e

Du b l i c R e la t io n s D ir e c to r a te in

P re to r ia s a id he c o u ld o n ly con-

i r m th e d e te n t io n s a f te r th e

a m e s a n d a g e s o f th e o f f ic ia ls

..ad b een s u b m it te d to h is of-

! ce . • " •

: I f th e d e te n t io n o f th e 14 is

:o n f ir m e d , i t w i l l b r in g the to ta l

l u m b e r o f p e o p le d e ta in e d in

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th e P W V a re a s in c e la s t F r id a y

to 21. > i \ •T he 14 w h o a re a l le g e d to

h a v e been d e ta in e d in th e W e s t

R a n d a re a lso m e m b e r s o f th e

K a g is o Y o u th s C o ng re ss (K a y c o )

a n d th e K ru g e rs d o rp R e s id e n ts

C o m m it te e (K R C ) .

A s p o k e sm a n fo r b o th o r g a n i ­

s a t io n s s a id M r B r u n o J a b a s e ,

M r S p ik e G eo rg e , M is s C y n th ia

M th o b e la , M is s P a t r ic ia Z w a n e

a n d M r W i l l i a m M a y is h a o f K a ­

g is o n e a r K ru g e r s d o rp h a d been

d e ta in e d fo r th e ir ro le in th e

c o n s u m e r b o y co tt.

In M u n s ie v iN e , y o u th s k n o w n

o n ly as H e c to r , P h in d o , M o d ie g i,

a n d f iv e o th e rs h a v e a ls o been

d e ta in e d . ;

T h e s p o k e s m a n s a id t h a t in a

b id to ro o t o u t th u g g e ry a n d

h o o l ig a n is m d u r in g th e e n fo r c e ­

m e n t o f th e b o y c o tt , 15 k n iv e s

a n d o th e r w e ap o n s h a d been

c o n f is c a te d f r o m p e o p le p o s in g

a s m e m b e r s o f th e b o y c o t t c o m ­

m it te e . ■

“T h is sho w s th a t v io le n c e w i l l

n o t be to le r a te d ,” he s a id .

“ W e w a n t to d is s o c ia te o u r ­

se lv e s f r o m a c ts o f h o o l ig a n is m

a n d c r im in a l b e h a v io r perpe- j

t r a te d by p e o p le c la im in g to be-

m o n i t o r in g a n d e n fo r c in g the

b o y c o t t , b u t w h o se in te n t io n is

to ro b b la c k p eo p le .

“ W e w a n t to m a k e i t c le a r

t h a t th e c o n s u m e r b o y c o t t is n o t

d ir e c te d a t th e p o lic e .

“ I t is a p e a c e fu l, no n - v io le n t

w a y o f in d ic a t in g o u r a b h o r ­

re n c e o f th e a p a r th e id r e g im e .

“ W e w a n t w h ite b u s in e s s m e n

to ta k e u p o u r g r ie v a n c e s w ith

th e G o v e rn m e n t , w h ic h m u s t r e ­

a l is e th a t w e a re a ls o h u m a n

b e in g s a n d th a t o u r d e m a n d s

s h o u ld n o t be s u p p re s s e d ,” he

s a id .

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^A'Kaglsayouth died from bullet ^wounds at-the'Baragwanath : -Hospital yesterday1-following an ^incident In which* a; businessman 7 fired at a crow'dtwhich confront- •/•led him-to'enforce,the consumer

k B .o y.fco $\C o m m i 11 p e;( K C B C).spokesman^said.Mif-Angie Man-'

!V,ganyine tl9)'was'swounded when, the businessmai^-fireci - shots as the. youths^ tried ;to;stop him at-'

- the entrance to the-township.- . ;ii.. Re..said’Mr Manganyine was.' I'rushed to the-Baragwanath Hos- •^pital where^^dlkL* "ii-r; ^ A ^ > o licefspokesaian in. Pr^j toria,; C^ptain.^-'Beclc^said'tHe!1 businessm an..w as> fo rc ib ly - stopped a t. the-entrance to the ■township by a group of youths.; Said Captain Beck: “They as­saulted him and removed cloth­ing from his car. He drew a fire­arm and fired shots, wounding a

'-vear-old man. ; .“He is licensed to carry a fire­

arm. He reported the matter to the police. I do not know if the man died later as a result of the bullet wounds." ‘ ") A.KCBC spokesman said they", would lay complaints with the'- (police against the alleged ha-.I:rassment of their members'and .those of the' Kagiso Youth Con- 'gress (Kayco) and:the Kagiso.' Residents' Committee.

V-.Tne spokesman alleged yes-, terday a man with an Afrikaans accent phoned to say: "Your koelie ( In d ia n ); lawyer was bombed and you are the next”-.■ The spokesman said that, in another incident, a member of: the Garment. Workers’ Union' (Gawu), Mr Serge. Mokonyane,' was allegedly assaulted by1 two i white men Outside a ̂Krugers-' dorp supermarket-jV .V:.- He said the matter'ttkd been' reported to the police."’ ■ - ., The spokesman also said: “At, •

6 pm on Saturday a bus with about 30 men, a police van and a

. Landrover arrived at Kagisoj Extension 2. • ...... •....... ,I - “In the bus with the men were'| two policemen who carried ! batons and. quirts. They drove• around the'.tdwnship_ and -as-1 | saulted our members.. > . ,v ,

“They besieged a house in Ka-. jgiso Extension 2 and,.when they1 ! could not find'.our members, as- !. saulted a youth in the house. ..j<

“Our members,: Mr ^Alfred Moshe (14) and Mr Brian Motl- hajwa\16), were assaulted by the same group. They put them in the bus and .later they were transferred into the Landrover.

“Their families have been told they ‘will .appear :in court -soon but they have not'been told what the charged will be,” he said. ... :

Captain- Beck'said: “I refect; the allegations.' People should ; report their complaints so that‘s their- evidence can be'- tested against available evidence. • •

“It does not comply with the ; norms of law for people to make- unsubstantiated statements in­criminating.other people or. the Solice. and not be prepared'to Yake* thos&^altegations- under jath for a proper investigation,”

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Consumer.. , • . ■#*$* boycott on Reef lifted ■The boycott'of white-owned shops in Johannesburg, the Vaal area and on the Reef has been called off, accord­ing to a spokesman for the Consumer Boycott Commit­tee (CBC) in the region.

The CBC made a brief an­nouncement yesterday "to avoid confusion" among township residents who have

j supported the boycott.

The spokesman said the CBC would be issuing a statement later explaining why the boycott had been called off and the conditions which might lead to it being resumed at a later date.

K S

« S iliU s m iS lE I--

< 5 ^ -1 l l Tne consumer boycott in the West Rand townships of Kagiso and Munsie­ville near Krugersdorp has been extended indef­initely and a boycott of Greyhound buses has been launched.

The boycott of buses has also been initiated at Mohlakeng and Weston- aria near Randfontein.

These resolutions were taken residents meetings held at the weekend. Clothing that was bought on lay-bye, furniture and hardware material have been exempted from the boycott until the end of the month.

consumer boycott in the area came a few days after it was lifted in Pre­toria townships, Soweto, Vaal Triangle and the East Rand.

A spokesman for the Krugersdorp Residents and Consumer Boycott C o m m itte e s , K ag iso Youth Congress and Mun­sieville Youth Congress said the boycott had been extended because their “ gr ievances and de­mands” have not been met by the authorities.

The demands included the release of detainees, the withdrawal of mem­bers of the SADF from the townships and" the *

emergency.“Basically, we do no t

see why we fhould sup­port white-owned busin­esses while their brothers are still oppressing us.

The spokesman said they had decided to boy­co tt G reyhound Ba:i Lines, because of its “in ­sensitivity to the people’1.! problems”.

He said: “The bus com­pany allowed its buses to be used by the police who filled it with vigilantes and went around assault­ing members of activist organisations. !

“Whenever there are

the deceased's family.“The company does not

plough back into the com­munity in form of bur-> saries and educational facilities, and has never bothered to erect shel­ters.”

Greyhound Bus Lines General manager Mr Ro­bert Nesbett confirmed the boycott and said his company believed “we are simply part of the general^ consumer boy­cott”.

Mr Nesbett said he could not comment on the allegations levelled against his company, nor

funerals of unrest vie- on the extent of the boy- tims, the bus"cbm'pany ” c o t t ..............

ACCORDING to present police rwirds, Federation

v L I A °J?e? president Sister Bernard » Sister Christine Obolseng are not being

“ ; S ; tSeCUrily Ie*isla‘5°n °r emergen-

rnm m Pi?»keSnJn n f2r the Kagiso Consumer Boycott Committee alleged yesterday that Mcube and Obot-

I Z i Z r d'\‘ained aJbout 7P“ Wednesday night

near K g CeVsdoPrp.S ,W° “ “ * Kagis0’;

Meetings dispersedHoly sisters held J-

nesday night when police dispersed two mass meet­ings in Kagiso, near Kru- gersdorp.

■H'

WORDING to present e records, Sister Ber- Mcube, president of Federation of Trans- Women and a “Sister :tine” were not being in terms of either se- / legislation or the gency regulations, AP's public relations on in Pretoria said rdav.spokesman for the ;o Consumer Boy- Committee alleged rday that sister Mc-

and a “Sister tine” were detained out J pm on Wcd-

The SAP’s public re­lations division stated in a telexed response to in­quiries from Sapa: “According to our pres­ent records none of the persons mentioned in your telex are being held in terms of either security .legislation or the state of* emergency.’’

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

B j MONO BAOEIA

THE West Rand township Kagiso has been under siege

for the past month - with at least six people reportedly killed, others treated in hos­

pital 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 the begin­ning of January.

This week two pupils were, shot dead and a 40-

ycar-old mother allegedly raped by security forces.

Last week a ' schoolgirl was allegedly gang-raped bv security force members'. West Rand police have con-,

firm ed, that charges'have been laid against seven cop.' i* following the incident.

Residents claim there ' may have been even more

ra?e? 7 possibly five, the past week.

Six people have beeri killed, say residents. But by . last night City Press could ;

not confirm this with police. !

... _£agiso . residents .havcj now decided "to take ac-" tion"i

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lice harassment. V' !

The information will be

used to support a Supreme

Court application calling onsecurity forces to stop har­

assing residents.

Ntlokoa said lasvyers tak­ing affidavits have been re­fused permission to enter .

Lcrotong Hospital to inter- •' view a schoolgirl said to ' have been raped.-

- They also wanted to inter- • .view those seriously injured

,bv police bullets when more

th :m 2 000 parents and •"

pupils marched to'Krogcrs-

dorp police station this week. Std ? pupil Joseph Mono was shot dead.

.O n Monday cops alleged- • ly shot dead a 14-year-old

pupil when using teargas to disperse over 1 000 pupils

meeting at St Peter s Ro­man C a tho lic M iss ion School. *

The SA Catholic Bishops Conference this week urged

; Law and Order Minister Louis- ler Grange to investi­gate the incident.

Krugersdorp' Residents"

O rg an isa tio n secretary Lawrence Ntlokoa said yes­

terday his- organisation! -

with the help- of lawyers -

has collected over 100 affi­

davits detailing alleged po-

3urces said nn th- nr a v

*

■ <

F

n

I aeaa wnen over J 000 -‘ omen marched to Kru-

iirsderp police station to

protest against the alleged Harassment of pupils bv troops. and riot cops.

A police spokesman said it 8am on Wednesday a

crowd of over 1 000 people

atoned a police vehicle.

Cops then dispersed them with teargas.

He said as cops tried to arrest some of the stone-

ihrowers, the mob turned on

^hem, pelting them with stones.

‘Police fired two shotgun

rounds in self-defencc, fa­tally wounding one-man 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 o f troops and a stop

. £ alleged harassment of

Ir-jpils. tBut it has been claimed

tnc station commander told

hem the troopxin the town-- Imp belonged to the SA

. ------b ro th e rJoseph, 17, w as shot r fe a d by cops

Transport Services and ha>i ^

been summoned by the Greyhound Bus Service

-------- , u, munsievuie'^ tor her dead son. - -

with four two worn

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

Mono, o f \fabe 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

/jr ,7' P red 7 L. Preferred to walk:o observe add two men. • * a month-long boycott of

Eyewitnesses at the:dead-^ ses were harassed by se- youth's home claimed cops: curi(-v forc“ - '--had refused them access tp

■ the injured and would not call an im bulance. -

A police .spokesman said

ne had no commen't’ on the allegation. . ;

. • Many were he& briefly

by cops, whilc otnen were bundled into a b«a and fer­ried to Kagiso. •

The township women

then organised a march to

c j S •• local police station toS o u rcc s sa id when protest against tie pupils',

schools reopened on Janu- harassment and-to demand ary *8. several pupils who ’ the withdrawal of troops

Cops shoot pupil inA U /n ,U A \ i ...i____ *. — ‘A W O M A N whose grand­daughter was shot dead by

cops this week in Kagiso at

a “ back-to-school meeting" had a premonition that something bad" would

happen i f she attended.

Maria legwete. 58, said she had tried to keep her

granddaughter away from

the meeting at St M ary’s

Catholic Church.

M aki Legwete, 15, a Form One student at Mosu-

patsela Secondary School, was shot dead when cops a l l e g ed l y i n v a de d the-

church and started firing teargas and bullets.

A bullet entered the back.

°u her head and came out through her mouth. An­

other went through her low­

er leg and one through fier thigh.

Maria said according to friends M aki panicked

when cops fired teargas into the church.- :.*i- ..i-

She jumped out of a hishr window; As she Ml. to the ground she was hitihrice by bullets.

By Karen Bowes,

West Rand Bureauno solution on permananent se- curity had been reached in pre-

ances on the security situation im the suburh^a/ter iast week’s.' N o t D O l i t i c a l ' *petrol-bomb attack on a home, j p u n u i a i

tnM sJ £ ke^ ian l° r residents ; Chairman and founder of the J ' following a j action group Mr Johan W e o n e r

1ftl!rd,ay th.ey had ! was reluctant to disclose what ! *. ^ affiliate with the ? would Hi^nccori

j o i r i s | * H

security

' , '“dded to- affiliate with the Jier group and have strength j

in numbers, as they were "fight- * ing a losing battle’” with local I authorities. They could also not. ' afford to organise their own meeting.

The spokesman said although the defence force patrolled the area between Dan Pienaarville and-Munsieville 24 hours a day,

would be discussed at the meet­ing. but said the £roup had a pe- tition remtpcfincr

ville are not happy to live in the township because there are in­adequate facilities. We are not just driving them out - they would rather live in Kagiso and many have said they are pre­pared to sign our petition,” he said.

• In November last year, 'the Government announced what was believed to be the end of a 25-year struggle between resi­dents and local authorities when they said Munsieville would have to stay due to a lackn r f l i n r l n T _ - 4 .___J / ItiUon requesting Munsieville b« • o T fu n d T ^ S a i C d t ‘° 3

-2f.srs zrsxi Z; sas2 3 5the white residents of Krugen.- \ lion rand. ^ nul'

£ t p * ' ! th

Many homeowners in Munsie- . February I2 at 7 Pm

K a g i lS ‘u n res t v ic t im d i i s lBy R ich Mkhondo

A youth who was shot three weeks ago during unrest on the West Rand died in hospital yes­terday morning.

Mr Alec Molete (18), of 5538 ' Riverside, Kagiso, was allegedly . shot on January 23 in Kagiso.

Mr Molete’s death brings to six the number of people killed in the area during unrest within a month. .. v

Residents said the trouble which led to his shooting started when police allegedly forced people to use buses'which they had been boycotting for about three weeks. ' '• ' .

They -said taxis were blitzed and passengers .forced out and searched. Sniffer dogs were used to examine their parcels.

Youths then attacked a beer- hall in Kagiso Two and police searching for the attackers en­tered a nearby supermarket. The owner of the shop closed the door when the police arrived. The police forcibly opened the door and ordered everyone out.

The police allegedly ordered the people to lie face down on the stoep. One of the shop assis­tants, Mr Alec Molete, tried to run away and shots were fired.

He was allegedly shot three tiroes in the back. Police (pok

him to the local charge office and later to Leratong Hospital., The police had confirmed that

a. youth was shot during inci-' dents of stoning in the township.• Two Catholic nuns who were taken into custody during a Munsieville funeral at the week­end are believed to be detained in terms of the Internal Security Act - ■• •■ry;.••• ;■>'••. ■

! A lawyer for Sister Bernard Ncube and Sister Christine of St Mary’s in Kagiso said that his clients were being held in terms of section 50 of the Act... They were being held at Randfontein, he said, and had been allowed legal consultation.

P ( f c e ^ a y J F e b r t i^ S.f1 SflS-' -

i f “

THE organisers 'o? the

Krugersdorp bus bycott

have received a letter

f r o m G re y h o u n d Bus

Lines employees urging

them to call o ff the boy­

cott as It could lead to

the closure o f tbe bus

com pany in the area. ...

In; the letter the em­ployees say that if the

boycott is prolonged there is a likelihood they

may lose their jobs. >

“We are solely depen­

dent on Greyhound for . ( " ' t *arn ing together

jr families. " .

‘We the workers

would like to draw at­tention to the boycott committee that our fu­ture is at stake because of the boycott.

“We call on the orga­nisers to hold talks with Greyhound manage ­ment about the issue."

I the letter said.

,5£vogT*H\J

A spokesmarf for the bus . boycott organisers

dismissed. the letter as

“ano the r a ttem pt by G reyhound m anage­ment to- confuse resi­dents.”

Meanwhile residents . believe that the road­blocks and searches on taxis and private vehi­cles is an attempt by the police to break the boy­cott. : ■*; i:

- RoadblockThe boycott' is in its

fourth week. •. $ ■

’ ■ During the roadblock, \ some people were alle­gedly forced off the taxis and fo rced to board buses. . ...

A spokesman for the Police Public Relations. D irectorate said they

r were engaged in a crime

preventio^xercise___

Candle vigil planned for unrest? virtimsA three-day candle ceremomy in honour of three unrest vic­tims will take place in Kagiso jnd Munsieville this weekend.

Candles arc to be lit from Fri- -uay to i>';r,dsy evening in honour .‘of Miss Maki Lekgwete (14) and 'JAr Alec Molete (18), who will be •buried.on Saturday, and Mr Fer- Jdinand Serumula (35), whose fu­neral will take place on Sunday, t-.. Miss Lekgwete was shot when security forces dispersed a back-to-school rally on Jan­uary 28. Mr Serumula .was shot on the same day when police pa­trolled the township after, youths went on the rampage. Mr Alec Molete was shot when un­rest flared in the township on January 23. He died in hospital on Monday. -V -j

A spokesman for the resi- ’ dents' committee called on the Police and Defence forces to jceep away from the funeral be­cause their presence could dis­rupt the ceremony and lead to «inrest. ??;.:• /

Proceedings will 'start from the Methodist Church at 10 am on Saturday. Tbe cortege leaves for the cemetery at midday.

97

Call off boycott, 'say^ Y W s? i * t vCjreyhound wo"kers

The organisers of the Krugers- dorp bus boycott have received

’ -7- a letter from Greyhound Bus Lines employees urging them to call off the boycott as it could lead to the closure of the bus company in the area.

In the letter the employees say that if the boycott is pro­longed there is a likelihood they may lose their jobs. -

“We are solely dependent on Greyhound for our earning to­gether with our families. We the worKfers would like to draw at­tention to the boycott commit­tee that our future is at stake because of the boycott

“We call on the organisers to hold talks with Greyhound man-.

agement about the issue," the letter said. - r

A spokesman for the bus boy­cott organisers dismissed the letter as “another attempt by Greyhound management to con­fuse residents”.

“We are prepared to call a meeting with the Transport Al­lied Workers Union to discuss the boycott and ascertain the origin of the letter.

“We will not hold any talks with the bus company because some of our leaders are still being held under security legis­lation.” •• '• .

The boycott is. in its fourth week. • . • ;.

Workers deny letter to end ^ bus boycottt-’-*THE general .secretary of the Transport and Allied Workers’ Union, Mr Maduke Rankholo, .yesterday said Greyhound Bus Lines workers disassociated themselves from a letter calling for an end to the month-long bus boycott on the West Rand.

M r R ankho lo said he

spoke to employees of

the bus com pany in K a­

giso. K aigersdorp . yes- c l a i m e d e m p l o y e e s

• terday. ' feared that if the boycott

i They denied know-- was prolonged the com-

ledge o f the letter and pany might close dow n

said they d id not wish to a n d t h e y w o u l d l o se

be used as an “ excuse their jobs,

to end the boycott. The letter called on

. T h e unsigned letter the organisers to end the

• • ............. boycott and stated: “W e

are solely dependent on

y-'.j G r e y h o u n d f o r o u r

earnings." • . -

M r R a n k h o l o s a i d !

“W e strongly condemh

the author who has used

ou r members for • his

own selfish ends."' ■ ,

Confuse ■He said his union and

the bus company em-

1 ployees regard the letter

| as “ another dirty xrkk"

i to confuse residents and

m a k e t h e m u s e t h e

buses.

Residents believe that

searching taxis and pri­

vate vehicles is an at­

tem pt to break the boy­

cott that started on Jan ­

uary 8.' M r Rueben Tsatsane.

chairm an of the Kru-

gersdorp Black Taxi As­

sociation. said his group

w ould complain to top

police officers.

i He said taxis in the

area had dropped the

fare for schoolchildren.

. Instead o f 50 cents they

now paid 25 cents.

By MANDLANdlazi "

Union denies letter to bus boycottersS'-rm?. ( r . l . Z C , . , / I

The secretary of the Transport nothing about it.Allied Workers Union (Trau), Mr A- letter purportedly writteqMaduke Rankholo, has denied by employees of Greyhound Busthe union WTOte a letter to orga- Lines was received by organi-nisers of the Kagiso bus boycott sers of the bus boycott In it therging them to call off the boy- organisers were urged to calljtt as- i t could lead to the clo- off the boycott as it: could lead

s u r e of the company. to the closure of the bus com-Said Mr Rankholo: “The letter pany in the area if it was pro-

does not come from the union. If longed.it was sent by some of our mem- The letter also called on th<bers, it was not authorised by organisers to hold talks with tht

, the union. Our union knows Greyhound management

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