RSC, noun

Initial letters of Regional Services Council, a regional body created in terms of Act 109 of 1985 to represent all municipalities in a region, and to coordinate the provision of services. Also attributive.
1985 P. Bell in Business Day 15 May 6Next in line are the Regional Services Councils (RSCs); the new super-councils of the third tier...RSC chairmen will in turn by appointed by the Provincial Administrators, themselves Presidential appointees.
1986 P. Cull in E. Prov. Herald 24 Nov. 2The PFP chairman..stated that the RSCs were a new structure designed to co-opt groups and individuals, and extend apartheid in a more subtle and effective way.
1987 New Nation 2 Apr. 7The RSCs are part of a sophisticated attempt to meet the demands for a non-racial democracy half-way.
1987 Weekly Mail 28 Aug. 10Unlike the tri-racial parliament for whites, coloureds and Indians, RSCs do not exclude blacks. Nor are blacks nominated to serve on the RSCs, as they are in the reshaped provincial executives. But..white paramountcy or control is built into the RSCs.
1988 Race Rel. Survey 1987–8 (S.A.I.R.R.) 121It was envisaged that the entire country would be divided into RSCs although the exact number to be established was not known. The proposal was that the Transvaal would have 12, the Cape 14 and the Orange Free State 10.
1993 Sn Argus 12 Aug. 1Mud dumped by RSC threatens marine life.
Initial letters of Regional Services Council, a regional body created in terms of Act 109 of 1985 to represent all municipalities in a region, and to coordinate the provision of services. Also attributive.
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