KwaThema is a township south-west of Springs on the east Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1951 when africans were resettled from Payneville because it was considered by the apartheid government to close to a white town. A black local authority with municipal status was established in 1984. In 1985 KwaThema experienced violent unrest and right-wing vigilante activity. In South Africa, the term township usually refers to the (often underdeveloped) urban residential areas that, under Apartheid, were reserved for non-whites (Africans, Coloureds and Indians) who lived near or worked in areas that were designated white-only. Soweto (actually a group of townships) and Alexandra are two of... Springs is a city in Gauteng province, South Africa and is part of the East Rand region. ... The RAND Corporation is an American think tank first formed to offer research and analysis to the U.S. military. ... Categories: South Africa stubs | Provinces of South Africa | Gauteng Province ... See also: 1950 in South Africa, other events of 1951, 1952 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... See also: 1983 in South Africa, other events of 1984, 1985 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. ... See also: 1984 in South Africa, other events of 1985, 1986 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. ...
The attack at kwaThema Administration offices was carried, I think it was the 20th of October 1988.
The Administration offices at kwaThema were used as a voting station for local government elections and then subsequent to that, because obviously we were opposed to these elections, it ultimately became a target.
As the Basil February Unit in terms of the overall mandate of disrupting these elections, I indicated to the Commissar of the Unit, the Commissar of the Unit being Teboho Ben Tlatsi, for him to take charge of this operation and ensure that it is carried to the letter.
PRETORIA -- Education Minister Kader Asmal said yesterday violence or threats of boycotts at schools were totally unacceptable and that political organisations should not operate beyond the school gate.
Principals in KwaThema had told him that gangsterism and drugs played a large part in the violence there, and that adults were involved.
With reference to the conflict in the KwaThema schools between the Congress of South African Students (Cosas) and the Pan Africanist Students' Organisation, and within Cosas, he said partisan politics had no place beyond the school gates.
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