In contrast to Indian/coloured who had to prove they were property owners to be allowed to vote, black voters had to prove their that they had no criminal record and were registered residents of a particular township.Many blacks were excluded s they did not fit into this criteria. In order to deal with boycotts on rent and service charges, Planct (1989 in Ismail et al 1997: 52) opines that these challenges further aggravated the financial problems of Black local authorities.