Committee of Ten wants election of a new community board

Date: 26 Jul 1977
Updated: 22 Aug 2019

Committee of Ten wants election of a new community board

The 'Committee of 10' formed by prominent Soweto residents, issued a programme for the election of a new community board to have total autonomy in Soweto, including powers to levy taxes and to control education, the police and local elections. The minister of justice, Jimmy Kruger, rejected this and the government remained committed to community councils with limited powers, control being retained by the Bantu Administration Board. Source: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Committee of Ten wants election of a new community board. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012320

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