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BLACt SASH NATIONAL CONFEp.Lr~£

M.rc~ 12 -IS 1~87

Cape lown

81.c~ ~••n E••tcap.·Operation Oli.ko}", Ra-ovals and

Not., ThR first ••ction of the paper •• an overvieM of tnelapl...ntation and threatened i~l...nt.tion of ord~ly ur~.ni••tlon inPort Ellzabath/Uitanha9_, and the ••cond • .etlon outlln•• briefly the••t.bli.~ent of • Port Elizabath Ant1-R.-oval. Cc..ltt•• (P~CI.

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TM \Ie..." ... 1 dev.lop "t. in the E•• t ...... Cape, focusing on pc.litic:aloroanl•• t,on ••tat pon.e. and eCOI"lomic ..-.:••• ion .... docu...ntad .nC~ ,.vl W.lk ·• Albany Black S.s che.. · port and In JUdYCh.l ...... · E••teap. BI.c~ Sa.h COPE field work... · port. The•• ".P(~t.

indic.t. both the hl'ilh1y developed nalur. of township-b•••dOI" ....... I ••tlon In thIP E•• t n C.-po, •• _II •• the cor....pondin\llypow.rful .t.t....p..... tv chin~y to crush .... i.t.nc. and facilit.. t.the i.pi_mentation of the so-c.llad "afor. package. Cant 1 to thispolicy t. the devolution of po..... to local lalbait disc dit.-dJauthoriti •• to brinQ about 'oro..-Iy urban •••tion'.t tn. local la"al.The Ibhayi Town Council h•••noth... n... for 'ord.,-ly urbani •• tionl~." oli.kol .pp..o.ch ••••• you d"op • d ..op of oil h.... , ."d .p d itout~ I... f ...... no to the i"t."t,oo to .ov••y.t.~.tic.lly f ..~ on .to the ".Mt. "st.blll.I"O ."d ".ut... ll.j"O". c:.... t,"o ~.t... il •••d"....... ,

~ c:~"iti•• i" the P.E./Uit haO hay. lived .. Ith pi..c:.-_.I......v.l ••nd thr••t. of forced lOOv.l. for • long ti_ - i" thec ••• of L.nO. IUit....hag.' ."d W.I IP.E.) for dec.d••• HoN.v....b.for. the d.v.lop_t of the ~ .. ..c:eptor~ tooor>.hip. of K_nobuhl.tUit....hag.l ."d l"Iottwr_11 tP.E.) ••"d u"tll the t ...glc: .._ov.l ofL.ng. to K...nobuhl. l •• t y..... "0 .......-ov.ls had b••n .nforced Inthe ..... b.for••

No... with that c~"ity lic:ki"O It. ooound•• othe" c:oeeuniti....ithp".viou. thr"••t. of .....ov.l. "uMOU... of ...-ov.l or .v." ".p.. l.v•• i .. OfII

...mov.l ..... t.king eor..... iou.ly th.n .v... the Gov...n.."t·.d.t..... ln.tion to p..oc:••d ..Ith it. policy oi ord... ly u ..b.nl••tion .t.11 eo.t•• ~lthouOh org.ni•• tion.lly .t..ong to an .lso.t l.g."d.,-yd.g..... the •• in no.. thern town.hip ...... of Port Ellz.b.th had. untilthe thr••t ....ed ....ov.l of Red Loc:.tlon t. p... t of New B.. IOhton). n.v...h.d to org.nl•••p..c:ifie.lly ...ound the I ••u. of fore.d -ov.l. Thetwo oth town.hip that hay. f.e.d this thr.at di ctly. La"ge.nd W.I p t.d f ..08l the ..In township elu.t "d both.'-••itu.t.d " whit id.nti.1 In Ult."h.O•• Uw .. lght-wingint.....t. of t c ..o.chi"g whit••ubu..b of L.yvill. h.d • dl ....c:tinflu.nc. in b"inglng .bout t .......soval. whil. W.I .... Tow".hiP ••t ...dltion.1 PFP con.titu....ey in P.E •• h.S been o...nted ....p .. i.v••

oaaut of popular re.i~lan~e .na .tat. r.pr••••on with it. ~on~~lt.nt

.o.:ial ten.ion•• all of whi~h hav. haa a b.arino oro the r ••••t.n~. tothe r ••ov.1 and the r.~oval it•• lf, the orowth of bro.a-ba.ed ~~n.ty

ana work.r uroani.at.oo•• the ~workcr••t-popul,.tM-type t.n.ion. in thetwo ~a,n COS~TU union••pillinO 0'1." into ~o-munlty pol.tic•• thed"velop.ent of .Ilern.ti"e 10~.1 .tru~tur•• in the for. of .treet .na..... co••• tl•••• the .ff.~t.v. de.tructlon of the loc.1 ~o.mun.ty

~ouncill and .t.t...".pon•••• the L.nO. ~••••~re of M.r~h IqO~. th.thr •• t.nea r ...ov.1 .na ,t••~ntu.1 .mpl ....nt.t.oro. th. 1.rO.-.c.l.dort.ntion .na h.rr ........nt cof le.a.r••nd acl.v ••t •• and ...o.t r.centlythis y.ar, tne .xperlenc. of v'Ollant.,,~ in thO! "r.~.ptor" lown.lup ofKwanobuhle.

The backoround to the r.lI>Ov.l. the r ••o".l It.elf .nd t .... r.~ent

vioil.nte .~t.on h.v. all b.en ..ell docu.entI'd in ottw,. .our~e•••nah.,.. it .. ill b. ~on.ld.red .uff.~i.nt to record th.t on. ~th into theStat. of E••ro.n~y on 14 July IqSb. ttw r.-o"al. b.oan, ana by OCtObI'rLanO..... c~l.t.ly a•• t,.oy.a, 30 - 40 000 ,.•••d.nt....,.. ,..lo~.t.d in• ~rud. t.nt town In K...nObuhl •• der •• lv.ly r.f.r,..d to •• ~TJOk."ill."

(pl.c. of the tr ...pledl loc.lly, where ~onditlon••re .ppall'1'I0 - fourd.ath. fr~ carbon ~oxjd. poi.oninO occu,.r.d in the ••rly .t.O.' oft .... ,..Ioc.tion••nd .11'1 every re.pect t .... cond.llon••,.. wor •• th.n inL.no. - dl.t.n~. froro. tooon ••~h"ol••nd ho.plt.l .....t. di.po••I.health. hou•• no and ~o.mun.ty ~oh•• iv.n••• , On 12 Jun....b.r. of theL.noa Co-ordinatino C~ltt.....hich ,..p,. •••nt.d the r ••Id.nt. in thei,.,..fu••1 to .0'1•• had .Ither b.en d.t.ln.d or h.d oon. into hidinO. On29 July, the Port Ellz.b.th Sup,.... Court. in ,.••pon•• to .1'1.ppllc.tion brouoht by t .... K...nObuhl. Town Council. d.clar.a all.tructure. bet...-n ath .nd qth ~venu•• ill-o.I. t~ ...k. ~TER ther ...ov.l. had alr.ady b.oun, Th. r ••oval ....re .ff.~t.d by the u •• ofd.~.li.lno Intl.id.tloo tactl~....Ith the .how .nd thr.at of for~. a,a crud. r ...ind.r to ..ould-be re.i.ter., S••h f,.ld worker, JudyChal ..r. r.cord.d.Mlt would t.k••or. than ord,nary ~our.oe to.. Ith.tand that .ldnloht knock on t .... door".The .o.t blz.rr. offi~l.l

t.~t,~ .... the In.I.tenc., with the .onotooo... r.oul.rity of a .tu~k

re~ord, by the K..anobuhl. Town Coun~11 Admini.trator, th.t the r.mo"al."er. 'volunt.ry', and .1'1 affid.vit to this eff.ct wa' produced by theTown Council ~d .. ini.trator In r ••pon•• to an an uroent SUpr.... Courtinterdi~t lodg.d by four Lanoa re.ident••••klno to re.tr.ln t ....Coun~II from d.IIlOII.hlnO t .... ir .hack••

notel S•• Sue Lund, 'Th. Battl. for K.bah, Orderly l.Jorbani •• t10r0 andControl '. South ~fric.n L.bour &ull.tln, Vol II No e IS.pt-O~t 198b',Grah•••town Rural ComIIlltt•• , G.R.C, N.... I.tter N04 (Su...,. IqObl;Judy Ch.I~.r., 'Langa R••oval ·.E••t~.p. Bl.ck S••h COPE report, PortEllzab.th 19Bbl PI.n.~t, 'L.n5!., The C••• for Upgrad.', Joh.nn••buro.lqSbl M.ndl. ~'h.OO, PI.nact, 'C.ught 11'1 the ..eb of orderlyurbanl ••tlon - For~ed R..-ov.l. In L.ng.', JOh.nn••burg 1ge~1 RoryRiord.n, ORSA. 'The .v....t. in I<..a Nobuhl •• Sund.y, 4th J.nuary Iqe7·.Port Ellzab.th IQS71.

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F"j ... t.I'1". that t~ ""/no".ls tool< pl.c~ in spite of th....Ha.:llv.c.~p.l0n that MS. l.unc~d by co-aunity orO.n••• ttons aoainst the localcommunity counc, Is, forcino ...ae... to " •• '0" and black poJ.c.~.n tofl ••• This ha. not discouraged tne Gov..rnmenl from pursuing it.objecti". of davolvinQ pe-.,.. at t.l'la local laval to bring aboutunacceptable ·,..fo..... ·• In the c ••• of Lan..._, th...... declsiva. Bvbolst.,-inO th.- dIscredited K...nobuhl. Town Council with whit..adminlstr.tors ."'Po-".-eO to act in the ab••ncl' of "Iectall blaCkcouncillors. t",.. Gov..rnm.nt .ffective)y allOOoOed U,. local highlycon.~v.tiv. whit. Int.r•• t oroups of Ult.nhao_ to deciO. on the fst ..of the Lang. ,. ••id~t.... th full judlci.l backIng.

Secondly, It Cam. about. in spit" of the highly .ffeclve end relet'velyideoloQically COheSive orQ.nlsat'on.1 structures in the townships. They..r., ~.ver, not .bl. to fully M'th.tand the onslaUQht of the st.te'.r.pr.s.'ve .ppar.tus In .ts d.t.r.ln.tlon to IQnor. popular el.ctedI.ad.rs .nd IIjIr.ssroots orlljl.nisatlon. In L.nga, the .econd St.t. ofE..erQency M.S the other decisive factor in facilltat'nlljl th. r."'Ov.l.The d.tention .nd h.rr••sllent of l ••ders and .ctlvists MAS a cripplinlljlbl~ to the co-ordin.t.d anti-r••ov.1 .ffort.

The callP.illjln hed b••n prep.red at str..t and ar•• c~itt•• l.v.l. aco-ordinatinlljl C~itt•• h.d b••n ••nd.t.d to n.gotiat. Mlth the localauthoriti_. 1..... 1 couns.l had b.en sought to cont•• t the Supre_ Courtactton land later to bring an int.rdict and to se.k protection forr .... in.ng resldentsl. and. aost illPr.ss've of all,. well publicised.f ••sibl., .ltern.tiv. uplljlr.de pl.n d.sign.d by • prOf.s.,onal andprOOr.s.iv. planning t ••• M.S cOllftlssioned .nd pr••ent.d to theauthoriti ••. ~ll this i~r.s.'ve arr.y of prparations .chiev.d ".s tobuy. little ti~••

Thirdly. though the r.mov.l did not occur .. Ith the .id of vigil.nt•• ction. ta. in Cro.rOAds). the growth .nd encour.g_nt of vig.l.nteis..in K...nobuhl. point. to the kind of de.t.bills.tion tactics that c.n be.~p.cted in the ..hoi. P.E./Uitenh.g. l.nd ind.ed, n.tion.lly). in they••r .h••d. t.hi. Mill help cl••r the patn for orderly urbanls.tionMithout the ..or. visible pr.senc. of the 6~OF.

Th. vigil.nt••tt.cks th.t occurr.d in K...nobuhl. on 4 JanUAry 1987.. ith the back'nlljl of the S.curity Forc.s wer. And ar. eKplicitly ai ••dat ...A.h'nQ local popular UDF .tructur••• • One of the more tragic

not.2 Rory Riordan of ORSA cc.piled coospren.ns've docu_ntahon of theprOlljlre•• of the vigilant. attacks ls.. reference 1 abov.). Thestat.-ents h. took bear ••ple evldenc. to the collusion b.t....n thepolic. and the vigilant.s. Lelljlal action arising out of the evidence hecollected, is planned to be under M.y before the coos-..oration of theLanga ~a••acre on the 21st of "arch.

con.eQu~ce. of t"- rl •• of vigil.nt•••• 11'1 Uit~hag. i. that It 1.brlng.ng to the fore once -or.~ cr.ck. 11'1 the hard-~ cohe.lonthat ••• p.In.,t.k".gly forged b.t...n the ...... on••nd the c ....... ityorO...... tlon. before the r..-o"'.1 and the .econd St.te of E..roency.

500 f ••,lle., fr~ the ...11 Ind... trl.1 town of Deso.tc~••• t ... tedbet...n Ultenn.g••nd Port Ellz.b.th. were forcibly r.-o",.d toKoo"'ob\I~l..... the ... I'e of the I..ng. ~.-o",.I•• t.l:.ng .",_body by.urprl.e. ,nclud.ng the re.,ldent••"d .upport group•• The ••_ t.CtIC.were .-ployed •• In Lang••

The E•• tcape BI.ck Sa.h ~a., b••n r.portlng on the proor••• of thec.~aion to re.l.t • full-.c.l. Wal_r r.-o",al for ••"'er.l ye.r. I•••att.ched docu..nt by Bobby Melun.l:yl. The following c~nt. concernthe upgr.d. propo•• I •.

The Go"'ern_ent .nnounced per••n.nt .t.tu. for the town.hlp of W.l_erle.t. In tn. 1920·.1 in OCtob.r 1981. .nd RI-.. llllon .....lloc.ted foruporading. Thl • .-cunt WA. doubl.d to R2-.ltllon In 1987.

Howev_. rec~t .t.t...nt. by t"- Jbhayl Town Council .re f.r fro­cOAlforting for the Mlll-o.l· .n.ckd_ll_••ho _k. up by far tn.larg_t gr~ in W.l .... Cn••rly :s ti_. a.....y a. the r-ol.t_..,t~.nt.I. Thi. t.lll_ .. lth the dl.co",_y by CDP£ tate l •• t ve... thAt.",lctlon notlc•• in t_•• of the t"- town.hlp rao.. l.tlon. were b.,nosur eptltlou.ly hAnded out to ~ beckV d lodO.........ho were told todl nU. t"-,r ·."t~d'" v d.·. Tne t O.t. of tn •• C.-p.'On weredl.c:our.ged by the loe.1 c lty oroa"l.atlons f ...oe .'01'111'10 r.ceiptof tne docu..nt•. No further d.",.lop-.nt. took pl.ce until tned ••cto....tlnQ 1~lication. of U t.t....... t by "ini.t_ ........ ,. to Nld... _S.",ao•• ptop for ...1 th.s y U,.t W.l_ WA. to be r.t.lnHM.. lthln It. p esent bound i ..• and that If ....fflcl~t .t...d. could notbe ...,. a",ai l.bl. to .cc ~at. tne pr......t popul.tion .t anaccltfltal:ll••t ....d ....d. those f_ill_ for .hoao p ...ovi.lon could not b•...,. M.,II twr.v. to b. hou.ed In other black town.hip. in tne PortEliz.b.th eglon-.Tne Urban Found.tion. which twr.. twr.d hl.toric link.",th W.l In It••truogle for ....t~tlon. has .lso ...ecently ••depublic It. f ...... ttwr.t .~ "'''Ident••Ight twr.",e to .av. to ot".... bl.cktown.hlp. In the upgrading proor....•• A f.atur. of the .W.I ..... uporad.pl ... 1. the secrecy ....rrounding the ...y in ..hich the -.on.y I. to b•...~t. and the refu•• l .0 fa.. on the p .... t of the lbhaVI Town Councl I torespond to the off d. bV the Urb.n Found.tlon for it. in"'ol".....tin the plannlno proc The Urb.n Found.tlon h.....n..hll. pointed tofurt ....... funding for Wal...- should the Ibhayl. decide to ....pondfa"ourably to the in"'ol"--.nt of the prl"at•••ctor.

•The WAl-.r .,• .-pl. I•• ~1••• lc ca.. of the pred,ca-.nt cc..un,ti••find th••••lv.. in .~ they ara forced to n~otl.t. an upQTaa.. olanthat ",.. b .... 1~'" f.-.,. t .... lop. With t .... _tlor"l. Of the r-.prt.va_.,-,nQ off, trw c:-.n.ly i. f-.c:inO t ... -.oO_ln9 .... l.ly of ""wade'orderly u"b~i••tlon·-.tvl ••

Rao L.ocatlon ia .. a.cti_ of _ 8"'9"tOl"l _11 .,luated n."t to t ....,..il...v line and clo••• t of all 1ne •• in P.E. loo-nat'llp ...... to t ....co~~.,.c•• l and indus.. ial c.nt,. ••• T.... carryo.tad Iron .truclu"•• thatthay occupy ....r. on:;......y b.rr.cka u ••d by the e,." ••h aoldi ..... dur,ngt .... AnOlo-El~'" Wa,.. The n .... IIltl_ of f •• il,•• Ijv,nll t ....... ia aboul 1 :500.of ..~. 400. ar. backyard lodg..... Chlld....n and 0".nochl1o...n alaooccupy s"acks .,1.eM<:! to the •• in .t..uctu,.••• Accord'nQ to .....pl",."""v.v c:onduc:tecl by Rary RIordan of QRS 6'i'X of ttw .ubJ.ct. t\..cl li"e-dt."..... for _. th.n ZO '1'••".. It i ••n known for it. po"." ty. Ttwo_....al conaition. baa tn••• toy na '1'..... of offici.l neqlect.na hop.I ••• ly In.dequ.t "ic... Sionificantly, It I. an ..... thathoi. P,.O"e-d h.,.d ..-d d.nO""ou. to cont..ol by ttw ••cu,.ity fore•••

The fi,..t offici.1 .t.t..-nt. of the Intended ".-0".1 of Red Loc.t.ion_f.c" in 1983. but only c._ to ....,.-actu.lity In No"........ I ••t'1'..... , _II into t.he .econd St..t.. of £-erg...cy. Tn. tACtiC adopt" bythe I"'yi Town ~il .... to thr•• t ... tlw -lodO"". and Illeo.1 .....ckd_II ..... - .. ith ."iction tin t ...... of the 111-0.1 SQu.tting Actl by.c .... t.in d.t•••nd inti.id.tory tACtic. (t.hr •• t. 0"'''' lOUdhAll > _.u.ed to ·.oft... • p.apl. up clo.... to the d ••dlln•. On. d.y .ft thed ••dlln., the Council .u--." the p,.••• to •. p,.••• conf enc.·.ct.i.int;! ttw ,.._.... 1 .......olunt.,.." .nd than in"it.d ttw p to •displ.y of ttw how ",olunt..,.y ttw ,.._".1 in f.ct ..... Thi. _i.fi,."b.dly .nd tu,.n.d into. bU,.,.,..ly .t.ged -"olunta,.y .0"." by • _n, ..1'10it l.t.,. t.,..n.pi,..d, h.d bought. hou•• in ~the,.... ll .ny...y. D......nicip.1 polic. t"ucl(., • C••spi,., 4 polic n••nd .cor•• of .,.••d••cu,.ity polic.men .tOOd by to .ff.ct the - olunt.,.." ,.s_".l". :5 d.y.I.t... the Red Loc.tlon .ntl-,..-o.... l. C_ltt infor_d of .noffici.l ,..pri."••nd • thr••-phA•• pl.n for upg dlng t.he ......

ThrOUQhout the p ... iod. the ...... r •••-.t of ORSA". Rory Riordan, _ ....of t.he SI.cl( S••h .nd of ttw pr... t.n fact••n." out.id.... ' by the••curit.y polic. and SADF _d. cont.ct "'... ." aifhcult and s"... tually the......... d.lcl ..." • -.,Ilt....y zon.- .nd Rloraan .... o.nn.d f,.o- entry.

W.... t war. the ...... tl.1 lngreaient. that led to the ~.d Loc.tionrapri."., and how .aclif. i. the ......anQ..-nt7 Wit.hout the n•• tlyprap.red c.ap.ign of L.ng., .nd ..ith no 1-0.1 .Ct.lon reo.rdn •• wort.hyof p ..... -.ulnQ Irightly or _onglyl, the " ..ulent. of R" Loc.t1on _ thelaport..nt. fir.t .t.g. in tlw b.ttls for the riQht to ,. ... in in t.he.r...- T"....••re nO enc..oachlng ..hit. or "colou,."· " ••Id.ntl.l ......in ttw ",Icinlty of R.d Loc.tion - their...... b.tU. for the riQht.. of

,l~ poor to rem•• n in '" ·pri•• sit.. ' township ar•• ~hlCh could with•••• b. l ....n.fo d ,nto ...1<1<11.-,,1••• hou.,no;; buffe.. ;ron., ."'5i." topolicR and .~.ct nts, but with ......v. socI.l and political costs.

- Red Loc:ation is .... ll-l.:nown for ttw .illtancy of its youth. ThiS ....proaably .. mol;vat,on but also .. d~t...r.nt tor lhe .....ov.l.

- ~ committee dQ!eoat.d by ttw .... id.nt. to act on lhe.r behalf toapproeCh the Blacl.: S••h. IDAMA$A ano the PFP. held ...oul ... report-back.... linos to lh. resident. and helped c.... t .... sPirit of Coh•• ,ven•••and .... ,.t.nce. ~e.\d.nt. held nlghtly viOil. to pre-.mpl .. Lanoa-stylemidniQhl

- Rory Rie-rdan of ORSA (a PFP body) tool< up the cUdQels on Denalf ofRed Location. He •••• sted with ltw draftino of .. petition Cwhich ".ss,g...~ by 4000 p.opl 0 s.nt to tn. St.t. P~.sld."tl. p~.p.....d ..ndcoll.t.d • s"'~"".Y nd with And~." S ........g~. the PFP MP. n.goti.t.d withth...uthorities .~O\.lnd the iss.... th.t R..d Loc.tion could b.. ~ ..d.v.lop.dwith high a~nslty housl"g. H. w.S l"st~u...."t.l 11'1 .~ ...nOlng for .n..It~~".tiv. pl ..n to b .. a~.wn up Q...~.. t h ..st. to p~ov. th,s po,nt.

- The ....sid..nt. ~.lli.O "~Ol.InO the i ••u .. of "hy I'Ir "",nd.ll ••n offlCl.lof th.. Town Council. P~"""lou.ly known to the p.opl••• tn.i ... ~f.th.~~

ifo.- hiS .pp~o..ch of con.ult..tion ..nd ...sp.ctl. had d.s.... t.O ..nOb.t....y~ them ••na ..hy he ... fus.O to ..OO~.... th..",•••ndino in.t...O theSAOF" .nd polic. to c.~..y O\.lt thei .. coon pl.n•• TM. t.ctic w•• ....... y.ff.ctiv. and ~.y ......n h.v. b••" decisiv••

- P...ss publicity"•• ........ y good - the thr...t.n~ ....-0 1 c.ptu....a theH".gin.tlon of the loc.1 p ....s ••nO .... 1. tn. NCAR. th tion.l .naint...n.t,on.l p~.ss.Tn. GRC .na the NCAR .p.nt ti"' ith COPE "'••I) .... s.nd othe.. conc.~n.d p.opl ....h....~ loc.1 O...oups O.in.a • cl ......,.und....st..ndi"o of go........ n"'.nt polICY In ... l.tion to ....m.o..... ls .nd of howsuppo.-t wo.. k could b. -0"••ff.cit ...... 1y co-o...Oin.t.O.

S.CU",ty .pp......s te. n.v. b n • p .. i~. MOtive 101'" r ..mov.. l .. s ,ts ti~ing

.nd the fo110winO not.s of ting b ..tWl!~n Ana...... S ..v.gO!. Ro.-yRio.-d." .nd • ........ y s ..nio.- offici.l .~ploy.O by the Ibh.yi Town Councilon the R.d Loc.tion ,..mo..... 1 s ••m to b••,. out. ~TtlC int.ntion of the••cu... ity fo.-c •• in the bl.ck town.hips, s to .dopt an ~oli.kol

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THE FORMATION OF THE PORT ELIZABETH ANTI-REMOVALS COMMITTEE

Th. n ••d for a co.-itt•• to focus sp.cifically on r.DOval. in the PEar ... should b. cl••r fr~ the pr.vious r.port. At pr.sent the Co-mltt••~ploys two fl.ld work.rs. on. of wh~ is a ..~b.r of a civic. and th.olher i. a ~...ber of COPE. The committ•• in it. fin.l for~ i. tocon.ist of on. repr.sentativ. from ...ch of ~ black re.idanti.l .r••••a. well as ~ or bother m.mbers from non-township based organi ...tionsSUCh •• S... h. Th •• coonOlitt•• WIll elect an e~acutlve to run theorg.ni •• tlon but not to dacide on pol,cy. PA~C h.... n.wly open.aoffic. in North End.

The structur. of PA~C. wh.l. b.ing difficult to org.nl •• initiallv.lsom...raa. did hot s.nd rapr ••ant..tiv••• t fir.t bec.u.e they confusedPAR!: WIth. ~n.w organis.tion" fro," C.pa Townl. will f.cilit.te th•• duCat.on of the community on 'oroerly urbanlsatton". so th.t p.ople.. ill b...ble to underlit.nd the levl'l. of policy and .t.g•• of rall>Ov.l •..nd hence be .bl. to str.te.. i,.••<:c~".. tltngly.

PARe "hopes to .ffill ..t. to the NCA~ in the ne.r futur ••

fb. 1011& flih't to .top tb. blaok-.pot n-a..&1 of 014 Val..rtoe.tloA, nov ,.n'ral11 ,..f.r,..' '0 .. Valaer fowa.b1p ~t

.tl11 4ubb•• -ilokl.bl- b1 ,...l•••t., .at.4 .1tb an offlol&1,..prl.... 1. Octob.r 1986 that •••t '0-1 bou.e.llol•• ,.. bu.rr11at:for boa.-lapro......t 10....

fb. propo'" .e"., ,..port"l, Oil th. 'ravl11& be.N. 4uriJl4: the v.r,••••1101'0\&.111 r ••l.t•• 1n 'the 'arl, 60'. b1 la.h be", .ho1.cl~•••uoh .t&1.art. a. Pi na..l., !l11,01 flrl fe.., Le"'1.the ,lea ....b.l•••• Lat.r, .hI. local a'.'.1.tratl0' beart

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1919 c.lli.. for tb, ,..t.IlUo••f tb. to...hip, • flll!T1 of pr...1.U.,.. froll I,.b ...b.,.. aUIT.' local 1.t.,...,.fb. Sa•• VI..1.-It. Co..itt..... fora.4, OR .hicb S..b ...repreun't.t, ••• a .\&.I'atH. caapall11 w.a foqnt, 1••hicb.a• .,,1, ....17 .1ItU.. Upi'&r, "" .ali.Wf;, laolllUac tb.a••. J•••• J.ck.o.. fb. ~C ooni.t'" of ,...14••t. of ~th -~lack­

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Mr ~ul. 11....a...c"," to In....,t,.t. the f ...lbl1lt, ofth. ton.•hlp·. ,..t_Uoc 1114 it blc....pparaDt that 'b' localautbor1t1. tbe I." C.p.....lnl.'ratloo Bea"', flnal11 ,oc'pte'tb••1tI1lUOD. th. Orb.. 'olld.Uo••troll&l1' .upport•• the,..,••'10' of 'lb. towo.blp &0' It .ctl...l, '.-o..tl'lt•• It.111\'''''\, tb, oo-.1t...t of .1if.-t1-. ,...le1••t oo.=enU,cOUAol11or no 'oubt bat '0.. b'.r1ne Oil d.,..lop"""

• ourl0u. "pect ." tb, loee tla, 1t took 'lb. 10.,,.....t to aak.tb. tla.! annOUAc.maa,.

What DOV ,....la. 1.rl 1..u. 1. til. lI04l1 to be ...,t., for It.11,.,...•. ao4 o. that "plM' .b.th.,. tb. ourrent po)Ill.Uoll .Ulall ti.ad .0cca.04.Uo. or lIot. fb. Urban PolldaUoA baa appeal.,tor 1t••ll-cl••••• aaslau. popUl.tloA ,111I to be .'111••••V. a••lt .....lo~.t••

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