Municipal Police

Explanation
The Municipal Police force was created to defend black local authorities in townships across the country and to bolster the security forces' efforts to deal with the climate of 'ungovernability' that had gripped the country in the mid-1980s. Approximately 14 000 Municipal Police officers were recruited, trained and deployed in urban and rural towns across the country where unrest was strongest. They rapidly became associated with violations both on and off duty. Between April 1988 and August 1987, Municipal Police members had been charged with crimes including murder, robbery, assault, theft and rape. Known also as 'greenflies', 'greenbeans' or ' amaTshaka ', the Municipal Police were attached to the local authorities, initially falling under the Department of Constitutional Development. In 1989 they were incorporated into the SAP.

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Submission

??/04/89 SAP personnel: Thokoza Two municipal police injured when grenades thrown at councillors home

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Amnesty Hearing, Kroonstad

MR TSEDISO GUBUWE : No, I won't emphasise that becauseI don't know all of them, I mean the Municipal Police. I takethem all as policemen.

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Amnesty Hearing, Benoni, Day 1 (07 September 1998)

... and led people to battle, the combat units in various locations in the region. These sub-units were ordered to deliver a heavy blow to the bogus municipal elections in 1988 and the security personnel. The following operations illustrate the extent of the blow unleashed by one of our combat ...

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Amnesty Hearing, Johannesburg, Day 7 (13 July 2000)

EXAMINATION BY MR KOOPEDI: Mr Buhali is it correct that you are an incident - you are an applicant in these three incidents? Chairperson the incidents being referred to appear on page 1 being the bombing of the Zola Municipal Offices, the ambush of a police vehicle at Meadowlands in January 1988,

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Amnesty Hearing, Pietermaritzburg

In paragraph 28 would you make the observation as to how you saw this body of roughly 16 000 special constables, with some municipal constables, which was attached to the police force of 48 000? --- They were an auxiliary or third force that was similar to the forces that were used with success ...

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Amnesty Hearing, Port Elizabeth, Day 4 (25 June 1998)

MR MJIKWA: Thank you. In 1990 I received information from Sizwe Makhuleni as to where one gets the Police, the municipal Police, where they usually relax and sit and drink. We went to that tavern, I don't remember the name of the street. I asked Sizwe to go in to see if they were there, and if ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Grahamstown, Day 3 (09 April 1997)

MS MAKI: Where we were, there was a toyi-toyi at the taxi rank. We heard shots and I fell and had a blackout. The police, Municipal police, took me and threw me in a police van and went to drop me at the old clinic office.

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Decision

(d) Attack on a municipal police guard at Mzimhlope women's hostel during or about 1987;

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Amnesty Hearing, Vanderbijlpark, Day 6 (10 May 1999)

MR MEY: And at that stage, he was still a member of the Green Beans, the Municipal Police, is that correct?

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Amnesty Hearing, Pretoria, Day 1 (23 February 1998)

... [inaudible] one from Bane Mope and Mpushlela, Nelson Funyane and according to the charge sheet it was indicated that they were members of the Municipal ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Upington, Day 2 (03 October 1996)

But you left the service, when did you leave the police force, the municipal police force? --- It was around about six months after the incident about which I am now going to testify and I immediately left to go to Namibia and I returned from Namibia in 1991 and I then went back to Cape Town with ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Grahamstown, Day 2 (08 April 1997)

... state as follows. Number one, on or during 1986, the 23rd day of May, I was in the employ of the Alexandria Municipality in the capacity of a municipal policeman. I also lived with my family in A Street, Alexandria, Kwaincubeli. I was on duty that particular day on foot patrol in the ...

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Amnesty Hearing, Pretoria, Day 2 (04 June 1999)

MR MAZIBUKO: Yes, yes. The one that you pointed is the one that I have just spoken about, which is the Duduza Administration offices, those offices were also used by Municipal Police.

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Decision

3. The attempted murder of Municipal Police driving in Emdeni during April or May 1988 and the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition used during the attack.

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Decision

... Council offices. None was armed. He lead with another three following directly behind him. He demanded from Constable Shuping keys to the Municipal offices. He moved around the counter to take possession of the keys. Constable Shuping started shooting above his (applicant's) head and ...

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Amnesty Hearing, Bloemfontein, Day 1 (17 August 1998)

... the series number on the shotgun was removed and another number was engraved on this - M992. It was known to me that it was similar to which the Municipal Component of the Police in Sebokeng marked their ...

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Decision

3. Attack on Municipal police training centre during April 1987: Enoch Chiloane Dibakoane, Lucas Mandla Dube, Cyprian Mkhonbeni Khumalo, Christopher Mathebula, Simon Thembinkosi Ndawonde, Pieter Ngobeni.

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Amnesty Hearing, Bloemfontein

MR ERASMUS: Inspector Nkanja I know. He was attached to the municipal police and he was included into the police and he was transferred to the security branch, that is my knowledge of him.

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Grahamstown, Day 3 (09 April 1997)

At the time municipal police were called Amangundwana or rats and these children started shouting to us. Hey you Amangundwana and I was driving the van at the time and my partner said to me let me go and look at these children that are shouting at us.

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Amnesty Hearing, Durban, Day 2 (02 September 1999)

MR RADEBE: Sgt Nortje received information that Charles was responsible for the killing of municipal police and the South African Police in Chesterville. Maybe the policemen around this area were known to this people and they did not know us.

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