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For more than two months now, the govern-' ment of Ciskei has been waging war against the people of East London.

In early July, Gompo Transport announced a busfare increase. The people of Mdant'.ane in East London live miles from work: there are many unemployed. They cannot afford the higher fares. They sent a 10-person delegation to the bus company, but th® bosses refused to meet them. Nearly all of the con.mi ttee are now in detention.

* On 18 July, a bus boycott began. The uiskei Government owns part of the bus company. Sebe, the Ciskei Chie* Minister immediately began harassing Mdantsane " ’ residents to force them off the trains and onto the buses.

* ih’ g i i m t e s aro Ci^Kei col i --* h==.* - peo p le whc r r / j s t d t e be aro People have- to sh .w t.-.c- - r e r t p a v n ^ - i . n e i r comp a s *iouse oernr" t r , C i s k t 'Nat ior .a1 Independence P - r t y c - " j s , y -*ev

ao n et hove any one of th e s e , -:r>ev z'-- a r r e s t s d o r <e pt f rom work.

-hpnKAcSKSt 4 * Sebe b°9an open ,ar aoains ^ e bus boycotters. Peocle trvinq to boar-* trains were shot by lines of police HurH- redi have been beaten-up. There are series of disappearances and secret burials. Sebe1 figure of seven dead is nowhere ne=r truth. _

Ciske^6 3 Stat9 of Emerqencv ln ;-o iskei Anyone on the streets afte- '

i-.ju pm can be arrps+oH l -thurK ctart k . ^eo - tnouah iet^'s

9 start harassing people much earlier.

Hundreds of people have been detained Many have been taken to the Sisa D u l ^ e stadium to be interrogated and tortured One man was handcuffed hands to feet “ ' and made to swing from a rod between two tables. A Rhodes student, Nombeko Dwesim was taken from her home and beaten for 15 hours in the stadium

The trade union SAAWU (South Ai- — ----- vjuui.il *iricarAllied Workers Union) has been banned in the Ciskei. Nearly all the trade ur.ion leaders - including General Workers Union and Food & Canning Workers Union - have been detained. SAAWU is e

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nenoer ot the.UUF. The meeting to launch the Border region of UDF - scheduled for September 24th - was banned by the South African authorities'.

* The people of East London are determined, Tney will not end the boycott until th^ir demands are met and their leaders are re­leased. The schools have also boycotted in support of their parents.

The people of East London need our support arid solidarity. They are facing tne vicious results of the Bantustan policy.The South African government and police work nand-in-hand with Sebe's thugs - we need to oppose not just Sebe, but the whole cruel policy.

The Nationalist government has stated .that the future of the African people lies in the Bantustans. This is the future ttiat the new constitution holds out for the majority. PW's plans are to send millions into the hands of their puppets like Sebe.

Must we accept this homeland independence, that divides and oppresses us?

KTC - CROSSROADS CISKEI

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE

Thousands of people liv? ir, r.ape low,' £ squatter camps, they .ire duiiy bein? hv-rasi-ec by South Afric?r; D-’icr- enc BAAB officials. Thiir houses arc tcrr, cown anc they are attacked Dy p e r k s oc:s, teargassed i»nd baton-cn’arcr-^. Many'cf thas- p ec p k are so-called Cisi.eians. The} go not se-i the Ciskei as their home. There are ro jobs in the Ciskei. The drought has caused starvation and hunger. Ir, Cape Town, they can get jobs, there is water. Women and children can live with their husbands and fathers. Some have fled tne Ciskei to live in Caoe Town asrefugees.

Must the people of KTC-Crossroads pay the price for Pretoria's Bantustan dream?Is the Ciskei situation the promise that P W Botha holds out for our brothers and sisters in the African townships?

NO TO THE NEW CONSTITUTION AND THE K00RNH0F BILLS !

JOIN- THE UDF CALL !(V • • _

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SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF MDANTSANE AND EAST LONDON 3

REJECT THE CISKEI TERROR !

SUPPORT THE STRUGGLE OF 'THE PEOPLE OF KTC- CROSSROADS !

AWAY WITH THE BANTUSTAN FRAUD ! WE ARE ALSO HERE TO STAY 1

solidarity meeting hanover park civic sun. 2 october-3 pm

JOIN IN THE SOLIDARITY MEETINGS !

Published by Wages Crron. fcr UDF (Western Cape). Printed on SRC Press, UCT.

Collection Number: AK2117 DELMAS TREASON TRIAL 1985 - 1989 PUBLISHER: Publisher:-Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand Location:-Johannesburg ©2012

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