The Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) was established in Johannesburg in July 2000 by activists and organisations involved in two key anti-privatisation struggles: the struggle against iGoli 2002, and the struggle against Wits 2001 at Wits University . The APF had affiliates from the unions, communities, students and the left: while most affiliates were township-based community movements, it also included small leftwing political groups, like Keep Left and the anarchist Bikisha Media Collective (later part of the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front ).
6-864: For ten years the APF was a vibrant social movement in Gauteng townships, including areas on the East Rand and in Soweto and Orange Farm . It is now defunct. The APF had fairly detailed positions on a wide range of issues, and was self-described as 'anti-capitalist.' However, its focus was on struggles, and in practice, affiliate organisations and individuals could take a wide range of positions. Many ordinary members were interested primarily in fighting against immediate problems, such as evictions and cut-offs, and did not take hard political positions. Others however were influenced by left-wing ideas, including Marxism–Leninism in
12-549: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . East Rand 26°10′38″S 28°13′19″E / 26.17722°S 28.22194°E / -26.17722; 28.22194 The East Rand is a major urban area located in the Gauteng province of South Africa . It is the urban eastern part of Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation . The region extends from Alberton in
18-569: The Socialist Party of Azania tradition, Trotskyism in various forms, and anarchist communism. There was also a small autonomist current, based largely among university intellectuals. Trevor Ngwane , one of the founding members, and a former town councillor was the APF's best known figure: his politics were orthodox Trotskyism . The movement suffered significant state repression, largely directed at protestors from APF community-based affiliates. This Johannesburg -related article
24-680: The time, the local governments of the East Rand (excluding Modderfontein and Linksfield) were merged into a single municipality in 1999, called the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality ( ekurhuleni meaning "place of peace" in Tsonga ). Despite having a separate municipal government, like the West Rand , the East Rand is included as part of the Witwatersrand urban area. To this end,
30-487: The towns of the East Rand were combined (excluding Modderfontein and Linksfield), and eventually merged into a single administration: the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality . This area became settled by Europeans after a gold-bearing reef was discovered in 1886 and sparked the gold rush that gave rise to the establishment of Johannesburg . As part of the restructuring of municipalities in South Africa at
36-421: The west to Springs in the east, and south down to Nigel . It includes the towns of Bedfordview , Benoni , Boksburg , Brakpan , Edenvale , Germiston , Kempton Park , Linksfield and Modderfontein . The East Rand is known as the transport hub of Johannesburg and includes Africa's largest and second busiest airport, OR Tambo International Airport . After the end of apartheid, the municipal governments of
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