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- noun Plural form of
kitskonstabel .
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Examples
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TRC media officer Phila Ngqumba said today testimony would range from random killings by "kitskonstabels" in Grahamstown, a feud between the United Democratic Front and Azapo in Port Alfred, and a feud between the ANC and PAC in Fort Beaufort.
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In January 1988, the "kitskonstabels" went on a shooting rampage after one of their colleagues was fatally stabbed.
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He quoted several witnesses who claimed "kitskonstabels" or special police constables had participated in some of the attacks, in which homes were gutted and looted.
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Harrington described how he transported so-called special constables or "kitskonstabels" to carry out attacks on UDF targets.
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Meyer conceded the recruitment of so-called special constables or "kitskonstabels" into the police force had been a mistake.
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Three people died when "kitskonstabels" went on a shooting spree in the town after one of their colleagues was fatally stabbed, the commission heard.
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The state settled the case, but this did not halt the aggressive activity of the "kitskonstabels" with further incidents of them being involved in violence and intimidation being reported in the second half of 1988.
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In another case, Noxolo Jafta told the commission that as a 15 year old girl, she was shot and beated by the "kitskonstabels", despite having done nothing wrong.
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Sixteen so-called "kitskonstabels" (ill-trained police assistants) were deployed in Bongolethu after receiving just six weeks of training, the TRC heard.
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Truth commissioner Archbishop Desmond Tutu told a media briefing after the hearings two things had stood out: the activity of the "kitskonstabels" and the way they they were let loose on the community, and the abuse of power by the police.
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