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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BAMBISO, Khayeni Derrick Mtro

A UDF supporter who was tortured by named members of the Municipal Police and the Cradock Security Police members while in custody at the BAAB municipal o ffices in Bedford, Cape, on 13 June 1986. He was charged and convicted with the attempted ‘necklacing’ of the girlfriends of Municipal ...

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MAKAFE, Ntombomzi

Was shot by a member of the Municipal Police on 12 September 1986 while she was playing in the backyard of a house in Grahamstown, Cape. The incident took place on a day of tension between the community and the police. Unknown persons began shooting at the police who retaliated.

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NTEPE, Samuel

... Vereeniging, Tvl, in 1991 during widespread police harassment of ANC supporters in the area. Mr Ntepe was also harassed by alleged members of the Municipal Police in 1984 for his role in the Sharpeville rent boycotts. ...

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RABANNYE, Mpe Lepoko Paul

Was shot dead by members of the Maokeng Municipal Police in Kroonstad, OFS, on 26 February 1990. Mpe was on his way to school when police fired on marching municipal workers who had been dismissed.

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PETER, Lulamile Basie

An ANC supporter who was shot and injured on 18 April 1985 when police members, concealed in a Municipal Police vehicle in Despatch, Cape, opened fire on youths playing football. Basie was arrested at hospital, convicted of public violence and given a suspended sentence. Four people were killed and ...

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NKOSI, Eric Richard

Was shot and injured by a named member of the SAP while in his bedroom in Siyathuthuka, Belfast, Tvl, on 21 January 1990. Police reportedly began shooting randomly during a community march against the Municipal Police.

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PHILLIPS, Ntsokolo Moses

An ANC supporter who was severely assaulted by two members of the Municipal Police, one of whom was his cousin, in Lephoi, Bethulie, OFS, on 17 April 1993. Mr Phillips’ uncle was a councillor whose house had been stoned that day by protesters demanding his resignation. The police intervened and ...

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MBOLEKWA, Mntukanti

Was shot and injured on 18 April 1985 when police members, concealed in a Municipal Police vehicle in Despatch, Cape, opened fire on youths playing football. Mr Mbolekwa was sitting outside when he was hit by the gunfire. Four people were killed and two injured in the shooting. See Trojan Horse ...

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MAKOLOI, Phokoyantwa Jack

A member of the SAP who was severely beaten by SAP members in August 1990 in Barkly West, Cape, after the stoning of a Municipal Police member`s house. The policeman fired shots at a group of youths stoning his house, injuring about fourteen people. Mr Makoloi also lost his right arm in a hand ...

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NQANDU, Xolisile

Was shot in the head on 18 April 1985 when police members, concealed in a Municipal Police vehicle in Despatch, Cape, opened fire on youths playing football. Mr Nqandu died the following day. Four people were killed and two injured in the shooting. See Trojan Horse incident, Despatch.

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SUME, Mzuvukile Richard

An SDU member who was shot with pellets by members of the Municipal Police during political conflict in Uitenhage, Cape, on 22 May 1987. He was then detained and tortured at Church Street police station.

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SETHWALE, Lucas Tsenolo ‘Jetta’

A member of the Municipal Police who was killed by a crowd in Paballelo,Upington, Cape, on 13 November 1985. After police dispersed a meeting, angry residents stoned his home. He fired shots at the crowd and tried to run away but was caught and beaten with his gun before being set alight. ...

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SEGOLODI, Anthony ‘Hutshe’

A student activist who was shot dead by a named Municipal Policeman in Galeshewe, Kimberley, Cape, on 30 April 1986, when police shot at a group of youths gathered near a councillor’s house. Mr Segolodi’s funeral was disrupted by police.

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PETER, Sebenzile Richard Butter

A UDF supporter who was severely assaulted by members of the Municipal Police in Port Elizabeth, after being accused of stoning a police van during political protests in April 1986.

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HAAS, Tembile Wilmot

A UDF supporter who was doused with petrol and set alight by members of the Municipal Police at the municipal offices in Grahamstown, Cape, on 21 May 1986. Mr Haas was forced to admit that he was an ANC member.

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DYASI, Xolani Patrick

Was paralysed after being shot in the head and neck by members of the Municipal Police in Port Elizabeth, on 17 July 1985. At the time he was shot, Xolani was assisting his cousin who had been shot by the police during the 1985 school boycotts.

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MASEKO, Joshua Nsizwa

Was shot dead by members of the Municipal Police in Diepkloof, Soweto, Johannesburg, at a meeting to discuss a defence strategy for the community against Kabasa Gang vigilantes on 10 May 1986. Police disrupted the meeting, killing Joshua and two others.

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MOLEKO, Dineo Elizabeth

Was severely sjambokked by members of the SAP, Municipal Police and SADF at Tswelopele Higher Primary during the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960 in Sharpeville, Vereeniging, Tvl. Police opened fire on an unarmed crowd holding a peaceful protest against the pass laws, killing 69 people and ...

/victims/moleko_dineo_elizabeth.htm

MQUBULI, Mzukisi Thomas

A UDF supporter who was shot and injured after being assaulted and tortured by a member of the Municipal Police in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, Cape, on 6 May 1986. The perpetrator had allegedly tried to extract information from him about a police officer that had been burnt to death.

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BEKEBEKE, Justice

... members for several days after his arrest on 20 November 1985, after which he was charged, with 25 others, for the crowd killing of a member of the Municipal Police. One of the Upington 26, Mr Bekebeke was sentenced to death with 13 others and spent two years on death row until his sentence was ...

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