Committee of Ten, noun phrase

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Also with small initials.
historical
A civic body in Soweto, first elected in 1977 in opposition to the government-appointed community council. Also attributive. See also civic.
Note:
The first of many community-based associations formed in opposition to community councils around the country, the Committee was replaced in 1984 with a new executive committee.
1977 World 23 Sept. 6Speak to the Committee of Ten and get meaningful elections off the ground in Soweto now, is the appeal from Beeld, the Afrikaans morning newspaper, to the Government.
1978 Survey of Race Rel. (S.A.I.R.R.) 35Following the collapse of the Soweto Urban Bantu Council, it was suggested..that prominent people in Soweto should establish a civic body to run the affairs of the area.
1978 Survey of Race Rel. (S.A.I.R.R.) 403A resolution..stated that Government-created institutions should be rejected and that the interim committee of ten should be elected to research how affairs in Soweto should be run.
1982 M. Mzamane Children of Soweto 241A people’s interim government of Soweto, the Committee of Ten.
1983 H. Mashabela in Frontline May 45When civic associations, under the umbrella of the Soweto Committee of Ten, mushroomed..some of us believed the organisational ills ravaging the body of the community would be tackled and overcome.
1985 Race Rel. Survey 1984 (S.A.I.R.R.) 177The Soweto civic association claimed to have 13 registered branches...The Soweto committee of ten which is the executive committee of the association,..was disbanded and a new executive of eight members who had ‘greater ties with the grassroots’ elected.
1989 Reader’s Digest Illust. Hist. of S. Afr. 455The Port Elizabeth Black Civic Association.., formed as an expression of popular opposition to the government-sponsored community council in much the same way as Soweto’s Committee of Ten.
A civic body in Soweto, first elected in 1977 in opposition to the government-appointed community council. Also attributive.
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