Vaal Triangle Uprising 1984-5

• Vaal Triangle is an area of black townships - the started with a school boycott in September 1984 - they wanted to end unqualified books, excessive corporal punishment and sexual harassment + access to free books and paper
• COSAS had helped Trade Unions with disputes and so the Trade Unions helped COSAS with strikes (stay-at-home)
• White government told new black councils to put up rents at a time of distress and 30% unemployment (made councillors unpopular and frequently corrupt)
• Sometimes they had links with local taxi firms who locals depended on to get to work
• Elsewhere councillors gave liquor licenses to one another - more interested in making money for themselves than helping their people