This Day in History: June 4, 1986
Additional Date: June 4, 1986
In June 1986, there were many necklacing incidents in Soweto, Johannesburg with people being brutally killed. The Soweto Civic Association demanded that the South African Defence Force troops be withdrawn from the township and that the councillors resign. On 4 June, 1986 the Soweto Town Council rejected the demands made by the SCA and asked the SADF to remain in the Soweto Township as long as people were being ruthlessly killed. Mr. Letsatsi Radebe reported that such demands made by SCA were ‘not from an organization that loves the people of Soweto’ and was emphatic that the troops would remain in Soweto