Ciskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting

The Ciskeian police disrupted a residents' meeting, which was held to inform those residents of Peelton unable to attend a previous meeting, of the incorporation of the whole of Peelton into the Ciskei on 12 August 1988. The people of West Peelton were against the incorporation as they were going to loose their South African citizenship and did not wish to fall under the jurisdiction of Ciskei. The western portion of Pealton had already been incorporated into the Ciskei in 1981 and according to the Borders of Particular States Extension Amendment Act the government wanted in 1988 to consolidate the two sections as part of the Ciskei. However, resistance by the residents forced the South African government to reverse its decision and offer the Peelton people land in South Africa. This was one of the great rural victories of the 1980s and it gave all other people living in Ciskei confidence that it was possible to take on the Ciskei regime, and win.