The government imposed emergency rule in 36 districts of the Eastern Cape and the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging region amid escalating township revolt. Curfews, detention and restrictions on public assembly gave security forces wider powers and limited public reporting. The crackdown sought to suppress community organisation and the mass political activity that increasingly challenged apartheid authority.
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