Protests and a stayaway in the Vaal townships challenged rent increases and local authorities associated with apartheid. Confrontations and killings accompanied the uprising, which helped open a wider period of resistance. Residents' struggles over housing costs became inseparable from opposition to institutions governing them without democratic consent. The event illustrates how everyday material demands could develop into a challenge to the racial state.
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