TLC, noun
- Origin:
- Initial letters of Transitional Local Council.
In the transformation of apartheid structures: a body, representative of all former ethnically-based municipalities in a city or town, which is responsible for civic functions until a single non-racial municipality is elected.
1994 Grocott’s Mail 19 July (Coastal News) 1The Amalgamation Agreement which is to be signed by Port Alfred’s T.L.C. has as yet not been signed..The Agreement has been studied by the Forum and agreed to in principle, but the omission of a clause dealing with the taking over by the T.L.C. of the R18 million debt of the township is to be rectified before the Agreement is signed.
1994 K. Paton in Weekend Post 21 May 7Jeffreys Bay is following hot on the heels of Port Elizabeth and seems likely to become the second Eastern Cape town to have its transitional local council (TLC) approved.
a body, representative of all former ethnically-based municipalities in a city or town, which is responsible for civic functions until a single non-racial municipality is elected.
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