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Political Prisoners and Banned Persons inApartheid South Africa

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Political Prisoners and Banned Persons in Apartheid South Africa

Alternative title Notes and Documents - United Nations Centre AgainstApartheidNo. 39/78

Author/Creator United Nations Centre against Apartheid

Publisher United Nations, New York

Date 1978-00-00

Resource type Reports

Language English

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Coverage (spatial) South Africa

Coverage (temporal) 1978-00-00

Source Northwestern University Libraries

Description This issue contains the names and wherever available theparticulars and addresses of political prisoners servingsentences for life or periods of 15 years or over and ofbanned persons in South Africa.

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39/78 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS*

39/78 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS*POLITICAL PRISONERS AND BANNED PERSONS IN APARTHEIDSOUTH AFRICA/ Note: This issue contains the names and,wherever available, theparticulars andaddresses of political prisoners serving sentences for life and for periods of 15years or over and of banned persons in South Africa. It is publishedat the requestof the Special Committee against Apartheid in connexion with the UnitedNationsobservance on 11 October of the Day of Solidarity with South AfricanPoliticalPrisoners.The General Assembly has repeatedly called on the South AfricanGovernment torelease unconditionally all persons imprisoned, interned or otherwise restricted onaccount of their opposition to apartheid.Anti-apartheid movements and other organizations have encouraged people allover the world to send Christmas cards and letters to the banned persons andfamilies of political prisoners. The Special Committee against Aar eid .hassupppted such campaigns as expressions of solidarity w hvve'rson persecued'trtcte4Qa' their oppositionto apa r- eid. U-fv r -yLibraryMAr 7 1979Africana78-20797* All material in these notes and docume Acknowledgement, togetherwith a copyof the publicati

CONTENTSPageI. POLITICAL PRISONERS SERVING LIFE SENTENCES . . . ...II. POLITICAL PRISONERS SERVING SENTENCES OF 15 YEARS OROVER . 9III. "BANNED" PERSONS . . . . ....................... . . . . 31

-I-I. POLITICAL PRISONERS SERVING LIFE SENTENCESCHIBANE, SamuelSentenced to life imprisonment in 1963 for a political offence. Nofurther detailsknown.GAVENI, KelfieSentenced in Grahamstown in December 1965 to life

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imprisonment on charges of killing a member of the Transkei LegislativeAssembly, Mlingo Alakutatwe and his wife, in April 1965. (Two othersweregiven 10 and 12 year sentences as accomplices.)GOLDBERG, DennisHe was sentenced to lifeimprisonment in June 196h, along with Nelson Mandela and others at the Rivoniatrial. He is an engineer, born in 1933, who joined in 1956 the CongressofDemocrats,a white group allied with the African National Congress (ANC) ofSouth Africa. In 1960 he was detained for four months along with his 61-year-oldmother. He lost his job when he was released. The Goldbergs have twochildren.Mrs. Goldberg was also a member of the Congress of Democrats and wasdetained in 1963 while her husband was on trial.Mrs. Goldberg's address is:Mrs. Esme Goldberg32 Ravenscroft AvenueLondon N.W. I, England.GWALA, HarryHe was sentenced to lifeimprisonment along with four others, on 25 June 1977, after a 14-month longtrial. He was charged with membership in the ANC and with recruiting formilitary or political training to assist in the overthrowing of the Government byforce. He had been secretary of the South Africa Railways and Harbours WorkersUnion, a member of the South Africa Congress of Trade Unions local committeeand Chairman of the Pietermaritzburg branch of the ANC. In 1953 he wasremoved from his trade union posts by the Government. He served eight years inprison on Robben Island between 1964 and 1972 and was banned forfive yearson his

-2-release. The Gwalas have five children.Mrs. Gwala's address is:Mrs. Edna GwalaBox 73Edendale 4505Pietermaritzburg, Natal.KATHRADA, AhmedHe was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 at the Rivonia trial, along withMandela and others. He was born in 1939 and was one of the organizersof theCampaign forDefiance Against Unjust Laws launched by the ANC and the Indian Congress in1952. He was imprisoned there for nine months and was banned in 1954.Acquitted in the 1956-1961 Treason Trial, he was detained for five months in1960 and then placed under house arrest in 1962.The Kathrada Family address is:Kathrada FamilyP.O. Schweizer Reineke

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Transvaal.MALEPE, DimakeHe was born in 1945. The State charged that Malepe and 11 other Africans, allunder 25 years of age, conspired to attack white teachers at the Hebron AfricanTraining School, and that they were members of the Pan Africanist Congress. Thejudge, in finding them guilty, said that it was distressing that they should haveplanned to attack "men who ministered to tneir cultural and spiritual needs".Malepe was sentenced in the Pretoria Supreme Court in June 1963 to lifeimprisonment; he was 18 years of age. Others were sentenced to 15 to 10 years;they included a juvenile under 18.MANDELA, NelsonNelson Mandela was born in 1918. He joined the ANC in 1964. With OliverTambo,with whom he practiced law in Johannesburg, he founded theYouthLeague of the ANC which revitalized and transformed the Organization. He wasthe leaderof Umkonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC. Jailed numerous times, hehas since 1964 been serving life imprisonmentunder maximum security on Robben Island.In his statement at the trial, he said:

-3-"During my lifetime, I have dedicated myself to the struggle of the Africanpeople. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society...it is an idealwhich I hope to live for and achieve. But, if needs be, it is an ideal forwhich I amprepared to die."Mrs. Mandela's address is:Mrs. Winnie Mandela802 Brandfort Bantu VillageOrange Free State.MASEMULA, Jeff (Jafta)Born in 1931, he was one of 15 charged in the Supreme Court, Pretoria,in June1963, with conspiracy to commit sabotage. It was alleged that at a meeting inAtteridgeville, a township near Pretoria, plans were made to attack whites. Theaccused were said to be acting under the influence of Potlako Leballo of the PanAfricanist Congress. Masemula and John Nkosi were sentencedto lifeimprisonment, others to lesser terms of imprisonment, and a youngsterof 16 to 10years' imprisonment.MBEKI, GovanGovan Mbeki was sentenced to life imprisonment at the 196h Rivonia Trial. Ajournalist, teacher and political leader, he was born in 1918. An expert on ruralproblems, he is the author of The Transkei in the Making and South Africa: ThePeasants' Revolt as well as "CThe African Claimsi, a basic policy document of theANC.In 1956 he became National Chairman of the ANC. Served with banning andhouse arrest orders in 1963, he went underground and was appointed to the HighCommand of Umkonto we Sizwe.

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The Mbekis have three sons and a daughter. Mrs. Mbeki's address is:Mrs. Govan MbekiBox 122 IdutywaTranskei.

-4-MDLALOSE, ZakheleZakhele was sentenced to life imprisonment on 25 July 1977 in Pietermaritzburgalong with four others, under the terms of the Terrorism Act and the Suppressionof Communism Act. He had been interrogated, standing for three daysand nightscontinuously. He was born in 1926. He has three children.Mrs. Mdlalose's address is:Mrs. Viella MdlaloseP.O. Box 45 Hammersdale 3700Natal.MEYIWA, MatthewsHe was sentenced to life imprisonment on 25 July 1977 in Pietermaritzburg alongwith four others under the terms of the Terrorism Act and the Suppression ofCommunism Act. He was born in 1925.Mrs. Meyiwa's address is:Mrs. Sylvia MeyiwaC/O Phezulu Secondary SchoolP.O. Hammersdale, Natal.orN.Y. Box 250 Hammersdale, Natal.MHLABA, RaymondRaymond Mhlaba was sentenced to life imprisonment in the1963 Rivonia trial; he has eight children. His wife died in 1960 while he was injail.Mhlaba, born in 1920,worked in the drycleaning industry in Port Elizabeth andjoined the Laundry Workers Union after he left school at Standard VIII. He joinedthe Communist Party in 1943 and the ANC in 1947. He was the leader of theCampaign of Defiance Against Unjust Laws in Port Elizabeth in 1952.In his testimony at the Rivonia Trial, he denied that he was a member of Umkontowe Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC, but said that he would have joined if hehad been asked to and would have attacked any target selected.The Mhlaba children's address is:The Mhlaba ChildrenC/O Mrs. E. MbekeBox 122Idutywa, Transkei.

-5-MKWAYI, WiltonMkwayi was born in the Transkei in 1923 and left school at an early age to workto support his brothers and sisters. He joined the African National Congress at the

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age of 17 and became active in the trade union and political movements. He wasvolunteer-in-chief of the African National Congress for the whole EasternProvince during the Defiance against Unjust Laws Campaign of the early 1950s.He was arrested in 1956 with 156 others, tried for treason, and wasacquitted."The treason" he said, "was in the eyes of the Government that we wanted a say inour own country." In 1960,during the State of Emergency, he left South Africaand travelled overseas, visiting various countries including China. On his return toSouth Africa to carry on the struggle for the liberation of his people, he joinedUmkonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress.WhenNelson Mandela and others were arrested at Rivonia, Mkwayi, Dave Kitson andLaloo Chiba took their places on the 'high command' of Umkonto.Mkwayi was arrested in 1964 and endured months of solitary confinement andtorture. Those who saw him at his trial reported that he was unrecognizable. Hewas charged under the Sabotage Act and the Suppression of Communism Act. Hewas therefore convicted of conspiring to bring about a violent revolution andsentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island. After sentencewas passed,Mkwayi and the others, Chiba, Kitson, Matthews and Maharaj, gave the clenchedfist salute of the African National Congress and shouted ANC slogans. Mkwayitold the court that like his leader, Nelson Mandela, he was prepared todie for his"ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together inharmony and with equal opportunities."MLANGENI, AndrewHe was born in 1926 and wassentenced to life imprisonment in June 1964, along with seven others. He hasfour children.As a boy, Mlangeni worked as a caddie in order to earn his school fees. But hewas unable to continue beyond the Junior Certificate Level and took anumber ofjobs after leaving school. He joined the ANC in 1951 and was elected BranchSecretary in 1956. In 1961 he was an organizer of the All-India AfricanConference. He was arrested at Rivonia in 1964 and charged with sabotage. Hetestified that he had not been a member of Umkonto we Sizwe, the military wingof the ANC, but

-6-had agreed to carry messages for it.Mrs. Miangeni's address is:Mrs. June Mlangeni545 Dube VillageP.O. Dube 1804Johannesburg.MOTSOALEDI, EliasHe is serving lifeimprisonment since the 1963 Rivonia Trial. The Motsoaledig have seven children.Mrs. Motsoaledi herself was detained in prison for 161 days afterattending herhusband's trial.

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Elias Motsoaledi took a series of low-paying jobs after being forced toleaveschool due to poverty. His trade union activities cost him job after job. He becamea member of the Communist Party and in 1948, the ANC. In 1949 he was electedChairman of the Transvaal Council of Non-Etropean Trade Unions. He wasdetained in 1952 and again in 1963. In between he was served with stringentbanning orders while recovering from tuberculosis in the hospital. Atthe RivoniaTrial he said that he had joined Umkonto we Sizwe in 1962 and had helpedrecruitment for overseas training. He charged that he had been tortured andassaulted while in detention prior to his trial.Mrs. Motsoaledi's address is:Mrs. Caroline Motsoaledi10175A Kgaye StreetOrlando West 2 P. 0. PhirimaJohannesburg.MTHIMUNYE, IsaacHe was born in 1940. He was sentenced to nine years for assaulting guards at amagazine near Pretoria with intent to steal dynamite. He was already serving asentence of life imprisonment for a political offence.NENE, JohnJohn Nene was sentenced to lifeimprisonment on 25 July 1977 along with four others, in Pietermaritzburg,underthe Terrorism Act and the Suppression ofCommunism Act.

Mrs. Nene's address is:Mrs. Thako NeneP. 0. Box 348 Machibisa Pietermaritzburg, Natal.NKOSI, JohnBorn in 1942, he was charged in the Pretoria Supreme Court, together with 14others, in June 1963, with conspiring to commit sabotage. They were alleged to bemembers of the Pan Africanist Congress. He and Jeff Masemula were sentencedto life imprisonment.SISULU, WalterWalter Sisulu was sentencedto life imprisonment in June 1964. Mrs. Sisulu has herself been banned since1964 because of her activism. They have five children.Walter Sisulu was born about 1912 in the Transkei where he completed StandardVI. He joined theANC in 1940 and became its Secretary General in 1949. He was accused in theTreason Trial of 1956-1961 and was detained for five months in 1960. In 1963 hewas sentenced to six years imprisonment for organizing protests against theProclamation of the Republic in 1961 and for furthering the aims of the ANC.While out on bail pending appeal, he went underground to continue his politicalactivities until he was arrested in July 1963 along with Mandela and others. At theRivonia Trial he said that his aim was the emancipation of the African peoplefrom white domination. The peaceful protests of the ANC had been met only with

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repression, he saidso he came to advocate more energetic measures, includingsabotage.Mrs. Sisulu's address is:Mrs. Albertina Sisulu7372 Orlando WestP. 0. Phirima Johannesburg.TEFU, PhilemonSentenced in 1963 to life imprisonment for a political offence.

-8XABA, AntonHe was born in 1935 and sentenced to life imprisonment along with four others on25 July 1977 in Pietermaritzburg under the terms of the TerrorismAct and theSuppression of Communism Act.Mrs. Xaba's address is:Mrs. Regina Xaba568 Main RoadSobantu VillagePietermaritzburg 3201Natal.

-9-II" *POLITICAL PRISONERS SERVING SENTENCES OF 15 YEARS OROVERAPRIL, JamesHe was sentenced in May 1971 to 15 years' imprisonment under the TerrorismAct. Born in 1940,and a former student at Cape Town University, April was chargedwith being a member of Umkonto we Sizwe, the military wing ofthe ANC, having undergone military training abroad and re-entering South Africawith a false passport. He addressed the court saying that people in despair alwaysresort to violence. He is Coloured.His sister, Helen April has an address at:Miss Helen April,Room I,14 Noel Street,London WI.BABENIA, NatrarialHe is one of 19 Indians and Africans from Natal provincesentenced in February 1964 in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court for acts ofsabotage committed during 1962 and 1963. These actsincluded possessing explosives and recruiting for military training. Nolives werelost as a result of these actions.Babenia was sentenced to imprisonment for 16 years andserves his sentence on Robben Island. He was a member of theNatal Indian Congress.

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BONANI, MiltonHe was found guilty of sabotage in the Supreme Court,Grahamstown on 4 June 1963. He was alleged-to have attempted toloosen nuts and bolts on a railway line so as to endanger thepassage of rail traffic. The judge said that it was fortunatethat no accident had taken place or he might have been convicted of attemptedmurder. He said that there was no doubt that an act of sabotage hadtaken place;the question was whether it was theaccused who had committed it. He was satisfied to believe theevidence of the witness, Maxim. Bonani was sentenced to 15 yearsimprisonment.BUYAPHI, Nanka JonesSentenced to 20 years in 1974 for a political offence. Hishome is in the Transkei.

- 10 -CHIBA, LalooLaloo was born in 1930 and sentenced to 18 years in prison in 1964. Hewas aleader of the South African Indian Congress. Despite brutal treatment by theSecurity Police during detention in 1963 and 1964 which resulted in deafness inone ear, he refused to give information which would incriminate hiscolleagues. InOctober 1964 he was charged, along with four others (Wilton Mkwayi,DavidKitson, S. R. Maharaj and John Matthews) with 58 acts of sabotage such aspreparing for guerilla warfare, furthering the aims of communism and joining thehigh command of Umkonto we Sizwe. The judge considered him havingservedas a link between Umkonto and the Indian community.Mrs. Chiba's address is:Mrs. Laloo Chiba72 Heathcock Avenue Lenasia, Transvaal.CHILOANE, AbelHe was one of eight African youths convicted in the RandCriminal Court in June 1963 for possessing weapons, plotting to kill whites anddestroying property. They were accused under the Sabotage Act.They weremembers of the Pan African Congress (PAC). The judge admonishedthem,saying that he was going to "impose sentences that will help others to rememberthat South Africa belongs to white and black - and not to black alone". Hesentenced Chiloane to 15 years. Chiloane was a salesman and bandleader byoccupation, living in Daveyton, Benoni.CHOLO, TheophilusCholo lived in the Transkei and was a member of the AfricanNational Congress (ANC). He was charged with five others, in Pretoria, in June1973 with five counts under the Terrorism Act of 1967, including thefurtheranceof the aims of the ANC. Chnlo was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.DANIELS, EddieHe was a photographer, born in "District Six", Cape Town, around

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1934. He was an executive member of the Liberal Party until 1964,when he wasserved with stringent banning orders. He helped found, and later served on,thePlanning and Regional Committee of the African Resistance Movement (ARM), aradical underground group which resorted to sabotage as a means of protest. InJuly 1964, he was detained under the "90-day law" and brutally beaten. Later theState charged that he blew up pylons and railway boxes, and chargedhim underthe Sabotage Act. He refused to give State's evidence against his co-defendantsand pleaded guilty to the charge. In his statement from the dock before beingsentenced, he said that all his life he believed in justice and in doingwhat wasright. The cruel and humiliating conditions under which blacks were forced to liveappalled him. "I have seen the hardships

-U-caused by apartheid laws ... I felt it was my duty to protest against these laws", hesaid. In November 1964, he was sentenced to 15 years'imprisonment. The judgesaid that he accepted "unreservedly" that the accused did not intend to injurepersons.DHLAMINI. Themba LinusHe was one of 12 Africans - 11 men and one woman - tried in thePietermaritzburg Supreme Court on five counts under the Terrorism Act andSuppression of Communism Act. The charges were: (1) conspiring with theillegal African National Congress and the Communist Party of South Africa, aswell as the Umkonto we Sizwe, to overthrow the State; (2) undergoing militarytraining; (3) searching for routes by which armed men could enter South Africa;(4) inciting others to go in for military training; (5) harbouring "terrorists".On 22 March 1969 one was discharged and eleven were convicted. Dhlamini wasconvicted on charges 2 and 3 and sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment. He was amember of the ANC. He and his wife, Theodora, have four minor children, threeof them at school.DINGAKE, MichaelHe was born about 1929. A former leader of the African National Congress, he isa British subject and a citizen of Botswana. While en route from Botswana toLusaka in 1965, he was kidnapped by the Rhodesian police and held inKhamiprison, Rhodesia, until handed over to the South African police, in January 1966.He was charged in April of that year, along with Mr. Isaac Heymann, withcontravening the Suppression of Communism Act. He was accused offurtheringthe aims of the Communist Party and the African National Congress; incitingpeople to leave South Africa to undergo military training; and procuring people togather information for the African National Congress, the Umkonto weSizwe andthe Communist Party. He refused to enter a plea or to take part in the courtproceedings on the grounds of his illegal deportation to South Africa. In May1966, he was sentenced to 15 years'imprisonment. While serving thissentence onRobben Island, he was taken to Pretoria in May 1968 for further interrogation. Itwas reported that he was brutally beaten during this questioning. The SouthAfrican authorities refused to accede to requests by the British Government to

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deport him to Botswana. Mr. Dingake is married and is the father of a 12-year olddaughter, who lives in Botswana, with her mother, Edna.

- 12 -DYANI, MalcolmIn 1961 he was sentenced in East London to six counts for possessinga"dangerous weapon", and in 1963 in Butterworth to 15 years for sabotage andbelonging to an illegal organization. He was born in 1940.In March 1977 he was found guilty at a special court held on RobbenIsland ofpossessing a book (Dialectical Materialism) which had not been obtained from theprison library and sentenced to three months further imprisonment.FRANCIS, JeremiaPleaded guilty to setting fire to a petrol storage tank in the Cape Town docks andwas sentenced on 24 April 1963 at the Cape Criminal Sessions to 15 yearstimprisonment under the Sabotage Act.Francis chose not to give evidence and so could not be cross-examined The judgecommented that he therefore was 'left in the dark' as to why Francis had acted inthis way. However, he would impose a heavy sentence as a deterrent toothers. Hewas born in 1928.GEYAMA, OboyA member of Poqo (the military wing of PAC), he was sentenced to 15 years'imprisonment on 4 March 1963 for the attempted murder of chief Matanzima inthe Transkei and for sabotage.ISMAIL, IbrahimJournalist and member of the Natal Indian Congress. He was on the "DefendMandela Committee" set up in Durban in 1962 and a leader of Umkonto weSizwe, the military wing of the African National Congressin Natal. He was arrested and detained under the "90 day law", held insolitaryconfinement, incommunicado, and brutally beaten by the police duringinterrogation because he refused to make a statement implicating others. He and18 others were charged in the Supreme Court, Pietermaritzburg, in1963, withhaving committed acts of sabotage, recruiting for military training and possessingexplosives. He was also charged with blowing up the offices of A.S. Kajee, one offour Indians who had accepted an invitation by the South African Government toparticipate in Republic Day celebrations.In February 1964 he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. While in detentionhe participated in a hunger strike, and while serving his sentence on RobbenIsland he was charged with refusing to work in mud, knee-deep.

- 13 -He was charged in the Bellville magistrate's court on 18February 1965 with inciting others to undergo military training andsabotage, andremanded to be tried in the Cape Town Supreme Court on 1 March 1965. It wasalleged that he had gone to Basutoland (Lesotho) from June to December 196 toobtain information on making arms and to find routes for trainees inguerillawarfare to use across South Africa's border. The State alleged that he was a

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member of Poqo. The trial was held in camera. Jaxa was sentenced to17 years'imprisonment.JOBO, Titus VukileBorn in 1932, he was arrested in 1963 and tried in October 1964. He was foundguilty of having set fire to a woodworking factory near Korsten, Port Elizabeth, in1962 and sentenced to 18 years under the Sabotage Act. He was also sentenced inGrahamstown Supreme Court to a term of five years' imprisonment, four years torun concurrently with the term of 18 years.KITSON, Ian, DavidBorn in 1919, he is the father of Steven and Amanda.He was trained as a mechanical engineer and spent eight years in the UnitedKingdom. He returned to South Africa in 1959 and in 1964 he was detained.When his wife protested, she too was detained. He was charged in 1964, alongwith four others, on 58 acts of sabotage.In December 1964 he was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Shortly beforebeing sentenced he wrote to his children: "I want you to know that I have alwaysdone and fought for what I believe to be right. If I am sent to jail, itwill bebecause I am trying to make a better South Africa for you to live in."Mr. Kitson's children, Steven and Amanda, have an address at:Steven and Amanda Kitson603 Seddon House, BarbicanLondon, EC2Y 8BXEngland.KONDILE, BolenteSentenced in 1963 to 15 years for a political offence.

KONDOTI, Malcolmess JohnsonMalcolmess Johnson wassentenced in March 1964 to 18 years imprisonment for sabotage. Hehas fivechildren.Mrs. Kondoti's address is:Mrs. Miriam Kondoti171 Simani StreetDuncan VillageEast LondonCape Province.LANGA, PaulOn 17 August 1977 Paul Langa was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment by acircuit judge in Johannesburg on charges under the Terrorism Act. It was allegedthat Langa was chairman of a sub-committee of the Soveto StudentsRepresentative Council known as the Suicide Squad, and he had causedexplosions in the Jabulani Police station. He was also convicted of possessingarms. No one was killed or seriously wounded in the explosions.LENGISI, AmosHe was one of 12 Africans, including a woman, tried in the

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Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court on five counts under the Terrorism Act and theSuppression of Communism Act. On 22 March 1969, Lengisi was convicted ofcounts 2, 3 and 4 and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. Lengisi had passedStandard II examination. He had an old mother whom he was supporting. He wasa member of the African National Congress.LETSOKO, NapoleonHe was charged with four others, including Michael Maimane, in JohannesburgSupreme Court under the Sabotage Act. It wasalleged that they planted petrol bombs, attempted to set fire to a Shell OilCompany and an arms and ammunition store. He was sentenced in April 1963 to17 years'imprisonment. He was allegedly a member of the Pan AfricanistCongress. His appeal was dismissed by the Bloemfontein Appeal Court inSeptember 1964.- 14 -

- 15 -MABUSE, SolomonMabuse was accused with Dimake Malepe and 10 othersof conspiring to attack white teachers at the African Training School at Hebronand of being a member of the Pan Africanist Congress. In June 1963, in Pretoria,he was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. Malepe got life imprisonment, andthe others received sentences of 10 to 15 years. All were under 25 years of age.MABUSELA, Vikile AbnerA member of Poqo, he was sentenced on 4 March 1963 to 15 years' imprisonmentat Queenstown for attempting to murder Chief Kaiser Matanzima andforsabotage.MAGAMO, PeterMember of the African National Congress since 1952, laterto become Chairman of the Pretoria branch. Participated in the Campaign ofDefiance against Unjust Laws in 1952 and the subsequent Alexandra bus boycott.He was detained for five months during the State of Emergency in 1960. Thefollowing year, he was served with stringent banning orders, which confined himto the magisterial district of Pretoria. He was detained under the 90-day law in1963 and brought to trial the following year, with nine others, in Johannesburg, oncharges of sabotage. The State alleged that he had placed explosives in four publicbuildings, conspired with Elias Motsoaledi andbelonged to Umkonto weSizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress. In the trial,he saidthat he did not enjoy violence but had been forced into it by the sufferings of hispeople. He went on to say that the buildings that the Umkonto we Sizwe hadaimed to sabotage were symbols of apartheid and that care had beentaken that noone would be hurt. He was sentenced in 1964 to 15 years' imprisonment.MAGUBANE, VusimusiHe is serving a 15 year sentence.His sister Mrs. Minah Magubane's address is:Mrs. Minah MagubaneInanda Seminary

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Private Bag I Durban Natal.

- 16 -MAIMANE, MichaelMaimane was charged with Napoleon Letsoke and three others with attempting toset fire to a Shell Oil Company's petrol depot and an arms and ammunition store.He was sentenced, in Johannesburg, in August 1963, under the Sabotage Act, to20 years' imprisonment. His appeal was rejected by the Bloemfontein AppealCourt in September 1964.MAKONE, CorneliusBorn in 1944, Makone was charged with conspiring with 10others, all under 25 years of age, to attack the white teachers at theAfricanTraining College, Hebron. They were alleged to be members of the Pan AfricanistCongress. Makone was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in the PretoriaSupreme Court in June 1963. Malepe, charged with him, was given lifeimprisonment and the others 15 to 10 years.MAKWETANA, MahleloA member of Poqo, he was sentenced in 1963 to 15 years'imprisonment for attempting to murder Chief Kaiser Matanzima andfor sabotage.MANGOANGWANA, MpoliseBorn in 1944, he was detained on 22 March 1966 and held under the '180 daylaw'. Charged in Cape Town (his home is Langa) Criminal Sessions onthreecounts under the Suppression of Communism Act, with membership of Poqo, themilitary wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, he was sentenced to five years'imprisonment. In December 1966 he was charged with sabotage. It was allegedthat he conspired with others to overthrow the State. He was then sentenced to 18years' imprisonment. The two sentences were to run concurrently.MANTANYA, TembaHe was sentenced in 1963 to 15 years for a political offence.MANTANYANA, Patrick SindilaHe is one of 12 Africans - one of them a woman - tried in the PietermaritzburgSupreme Court on five counts under the Terrorism Act and Suppression ofCommunism Act. He was convicted on 22 March 1969 of counts 2 and 3 andsentenced to 18 years' imprisonment. Mantanyana was a member of the AfricanNational Congress.

- 17 -MAQOTSI, Silas (Magotsi)He was one of 12 Africans charged in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court onfour counts under the Terrorism Act. He wasfound guilty of charges 2 and 3, and was sentenced on 22 March 1969 to 18yearsimprisonment. Maqotsi was a member of the African National Congress.MASHABA, AndrewAndrew Mashaba joined the ANC in the early 1950s and was also active inthetrade union movement. Detained in 1960, 1963 and again in 1964, he was brought

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to trial with nine others. He was charged with being a leader of Umkonto weSizweand, in that capacity, having participated in a successful attack on a telephoneexchange and an abortive attack on the Pretoria Supreme Court. During the trial,he said that he had been four times assaulted by the police. In September 1964 hewas sentenced to 15 years in jail.His wife, Caroline, has been under banning orders for years. Sheis employed indomestic service and only sees their five children on her days off. Once a year shemay visit her husband, 1000 miles from Johannesburg, on RobbenIsland.MATHEBE, HarryCharged in 1965 in Grahamstown with four counts under the Suppression ofCommunism Act, including plotting violence and taking part in the activities ofthe banned Pan Africanist Congress, he was sentenced in May 1965to 15 years'imprisonment. He was alleged to be the leader of the movement; 22 co-accusedwere sentenced to terms from 5 to 15 years.MATINIS , AlbertBorn in 1955, he was charged in Grahamstown Special Courtwith sabotage (2 counts) and alternative counts of public violence, maliciousinjury to property and arson. The charges arose from the stoning of the CentenaryHall on 7 August 1976 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. The trial lasted from 1February to 17 February 1977. Matinis was sentenced to seven years on count 1and eight years on count 2 - effective sentence 15 years. The others got lessersentences.

- 18-MATIYO, WilmotCharged in Graaff Reinet with Viysile Tole on five counts of sabotage, includingthree petrol bomb attacks on houses in the Uitenhage location on 29 November1962 and two other counts of cutting telephone wires in the Provincial Hospitaland Santa Centre on 11 February 1963. He was sentenced in May 1964 to 20years' imprisonment.MATOBA,Matoba is serving a 15-year sentence.His sister Mrs. J. Matobo's address is:Mrs. J. MatoboThaba H.P. SchoolPrivate Bag 511Matopane, Transvaal.MATTHEWS, JohnJohn Matthews was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 1964,along with four others. He was convicted of obtaining materials for makingbombs and it was alleged that he was a member of the High Command ofUmkonto we Sizwe. Matthews told the court that he had acted becausehe wantedto make a better South Africa for his children. Though there were grounds for anappeal, he refused it saying that he was proud of being sentenced along with theothers. A bookeeper by profession, Matthews and his wife have several children.

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Mrs. Matthews' address is:Mrs. John Matthews67 Kitchener AvenueBez Valley 2191Johannesburg.MAWELA, Keki MafunsaneKeki Mafunsane is serving a 15-year sentencefor taking part in the attempted murder of Chief Kaiser Matanzima and sabotagein 1963. He is a member of Poqo.Mrs. Mawela's address is:Mrs. N. MawelaC/O Mr. L.A. Magill StoreP. 0. Box 86Engcobo, Transkei.

- 19 -MBATHA, LombardLombard Mbatha was sentencedto 20 years'imprisonment in 1963, along with 15 others. He was charged withhaving conspired to recruit people for military training outside South Africa. Hewas regarded as the leader of the group.Mrs. Mbatha's address is:Mrs. B. MbathaP. 0. Box 137Residencia, EvatonTransvaal 1980.MINI, MankanelaSentenced in 1963 to 15 years' imprisonment for a political offence.MISO, MgwayaSentenced at Queenstown in 1963 to 15 years' imprisonment for attempted murderof Chief Kaiser Mantanzima and sabotage. A member of Poqo.MJO, BrianHe was born in 1946. According to a fellow-detainee, Brian Mjo was detainedunder the '90 day law' and subjected to torture though he was only about 17 yearsold at the time. In 1964 he was charged with Fezile Mlanda for participation in apetrol bomb attack on the home of an African policeman in East London, in 1962.The attack resulted in the death of the policeman's 14 year old niece. Insentencing him to 20 years' imprisonment the judge said that Mjo hadacted underthe influence of Washington Bongco, who was later executed, and of the AfricanNational Congress. The judge said that if it had not been for Brian's youth, hewould have imposed the death sentence.MKALIPI, KwedeKwede Mkalipi is serving a sentence of 20 yearsin prison. He was charged in the Bellville Court in 1965 with having incitedothers to undergo military training outside

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South Africa and was sentenced in 1966. He was alleged to be a memberof PAC(Pan African Congress of Azania).

-20-Mr. Kwede Mkalipi's brother V. Mkalipi has an address at:Mr. V. MkalipiP. 0. Box BaziyaUmtata, Transkei.MLAMBO, JohnsonMlambo and seven other young Africans were convicted in the Rand CriminalSessions in June 1963 of possessing weapons and plotting to kill whites anddestroy property. They were members of the Pan Africanist Congress. Mlambowas sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. He had worked as a clerk; he was ametriculant and lived in Daveytown, Benoni. He was born in 1940.MLANDA, Felize (or Fezile)Mlanda was born in 1946. He was charged with Brian Kjo in March 1964 forparticipation in a petrol bomb attack on the home of an African policeman, in EastLondon, in 1962 which had resulted in the death of the policeman's 14-year oldniece. In passing sentence, the judge said that they had acted under theinfluenceof Washington Bongco and the African National Congress. If it had not been fortheir youth he would have imposed the death sentence (Washington Bongco wassentenced to death and executed). As it was, he sentenced each to20 yearsimprisonment. Mlanda had passed his matriculation at the age of 17.MMUTLE, DavidHe was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. Date of sentence unknown;probably 1963-1965.MOFFAT, GeorgeHe was born in 1945. He was charged in the Supreme Court, Pretoria, in June1963 with conspiring vith 10 other Africans to attack the white teachers at theAfrican Training College, Hebron, and with being a member of the Pan AfricanCongress. He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.MOLEFE, LevyA member of the African National Congress, he was charged with AndrewMashaba and six others in the Pretoria Supreme Court in September 1964 with anumber of sabotage attacks and was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.

- 21 -MOOZWANAA member of Pan Africanist Congress, he was sentenced in 1965 to 16 years'imprisonment for membership of a banned organization and for recruiting othersto undergo military training abroad.MPANZA, JusticeJustice Mpanza was a member of the South African Congress of Trade Unionsand the ANC after 1956. He was arrested many times for taking partin politicaldemonstrations. Detained for many months in 1973, he was chargedin June with

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undergoing military training in the Soviet Union and conspiring tooverthrow theState. He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.Mrs. Mpanza's address is:Mrs. Regina MpanzaUmpumulo Primary SchoolP/B 220, Hapamulo 4476Natal.MPONTSO, Satisha JacksonA member of Poqo, he was sentenced in 1964 to 15 years'imprisonment for attempted murder of Chief Kaiser Matanzima,and for sabotage.MPOYI, MgwansililiA member of Poqo, he was sentenced in 1963 at Queenstown to 15years'imprisonment for attempted murder of Chief Kaiser Matanzima, and forsabotage.MSONGOMeongo is serving a sentence of 15 years' imprisonment.Mrs. N. Msongo's address is:Mrs. N. MsongoC/o Mr. Whitefield,, Holita Store,P. 0. Cofimvaba, Transkei.

- 22 -MTETWAMtetwa is serving a sentence of 15 years' imprisonment.Mrs. Mtetwa's address is:Mrs. E. Mtetwa45 Connacher StreetNew Brighton VillagePort Elizabeth, Cape Province.MbO. LawanaA member of Poqo, he was sentenced in 1963 in Queenstown to 15years'imprisonment for the attempted murder of Chief Kaiser Matanzima, and forsabotage..MTWALO, WilliamIn 1963 Mtwalo was sentenced to 12 years'imprisonment on a chargeof burningdown the shop of a representative of Chief Kaiser Matanzima in New Brighton,Port Elizabeth, in September of the previous year. While serving thissentence, hewas again charged with Charlie January, under the Sabotage Act, with havingcut the telephone wires of the Bantu Administration offices in New Brighton. InJanuary 1964 he was sentenced to 20 years. He was a member of the AfricanNational Congress.MZIMELA, Fana CletusHe was born in 1938. He was charged with having left South Africa withouttravel documents, undergone military training overseas and having had skirmisheswith Rhodesian security forces in 1967 before re-entering South Africa on a

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forged passport, with the intention of taking part in armed revolution.He pleadedguilty to two charges under the Terrorism Act and was sentenced in thePietermaritzburg Supreme Court on 24 November 1972 to 15 years onone countand 5 years on the other count, sentences to run concurrently. He wasconvicted ofbeing a member of the banned African National Congress and its military wing,Umkonto we Sizwe.

- 23 -NAIR, BillyHe was a leading member of the Natal Indian Congress, secretary of the Natalbranch of the South African Congress of Trade Unions and secretary of theDurban Chemical Workers Union. In 1961 he was acquitted along with 156others, after a five-year-long treason trial. In 1960 and 1963 he was detained forseveral months. In 1964 he was charged with acts of sabotage including recruitingfor military training and possession of explosives and being a member ofUmkonto we Sizwe. He was sentenced to 20 years which he is serving onRobbenIsland.Mrs. Nair's address is:Mrs. E. Nair712 Himalay House161 Warwick AvenueDurban.NDHLOVU, CuenickHe was born in 1933 and worked as a porter on the railways. He organized thetrain workers and became secretary of the Natal Non-European Railway WorkersUnion and assistant secretary of the South African Congress of Trade Unions. Assecretary of the Kwa Mashu Residents Association, he led a successful fight to getstreet lighting and other amenities.An executive member of the ANC, he was detained in 1963and severely beaten up. In 1964 he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment onRobben Island.Mrs. Ndhlovu's address is:Mrs. C. Ndhlovu F1388 Kwa MashuDurban, Natal.NDLOVU, CleopasHe was arrested on the Swaziland border in March 1976 and was sentenced inJuly 1977 to 15 years under the terms of the Terrorism Act and the Suppression ofCommunism Act. During the trial he said that he had been taken to a police campblindfolded for 13 days, kicked, punched and given electric shocks duringinterrogation. The Ndlovua have four children.Mrs. Cleopas Ndlovu's address is:Mrs. Esther NdlovuP. 0. Box 91Malkeins, Swaziland.

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iNDULI, JosephHe was sentenced with Ndlovu and others in July 1977 to 16 years'imprisonment.He was arrested on the Swaziland border in March 1974.Mrs. Nduli's address is:Mrs. Sylvia NduliP. 0. Box 565Manzini, Swaziland.NGCOBO, Bifana MatthewsHe was one of 12 Africans - one of them a woman - brought to trial at thePietermaritzburg Supreme Court on five charges under the Terrorism Act. He wasfound guilty on charges 2 and 3, and on 22 March 1969 he was sentenced to 18years imprisonment. Ngcobo was a member of the African National Congress.NGQEBISA, SindileA member of Poqo, he was sentenced in Queenstown in1963 to 15 years' imprisonment for attempted murder of ChiefMatanzima, and for sabotage.NGQENDELEKA, BolisiA member of Poqo, he was sentenced in Queenstown in 1963 to 15years'imprisonment for attempted murder of Chief Kaiser Mantanzima and forsabotage.NGQIBISA, Siquko CharlesA member of Poqo, he was sentenced in 1963 to 15 years' imprisonment forattempted murder of Chief Kaiser Matanzima and for sabotage.NKABINDE (or MKABINDE), VictorNkabinde and five others were sentenced on 28 August 1963 in Johannesburg to20 years' imprisonment for sabotage. Their appeal was dismissed by the AppealCourt Bloemfontein on 24 September 1964. They were members of the PanAfricanist Congress.NKATLO, JacobNkatlo was born in 1944. He was charged with 10 otherAfricans with conspiring to attack the white teachers at the African TrainingCollege, Hebron, and with being a member of the Pan Africanist Congress. Hewas sentenced in the Pretoria Supreme Court in June 1963 to 15 yearsimprisonment.

- 25 -NKOSI, SimonBorn in 1926, Simon Nkosi and four others, three of them under 18 years of age,were charged with sabotage arising out of arson attacks on sawmillsand forestryin the Epmelo district, Transvaal, in August and September 1976. Nkosi, in hisstatement, claimed that he was asked to enlist young people in a Black PowerMovement. The prosecution alleged that Nkosi was the leader andincited theothers to start fires. He was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment; the others weresentenced to lesser sentences.NTSHANYANA, Hector

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He was charged with 32 others in the Supreme Court, Grahamstown,under theSabotage Act. The charges were in connection with an attack on theKingwilliamstown police station in April 1963. In October, he was sentenced to25 years' imprisonment. Two others, Clareson Ntwasa and Kilekile Nydbo, weiegiven 20 years each. Others got 12 and 8 years; most were acquitted. The judgesaid that Ntshanyana was lucky to escape the death sentence as he was one of theinstigators and had a long record of violence including a conviction for murder.NTUTU, ShumiBorn in 1936, Ntutu was charged under the Sabotage Act withpossessing three home-made bombs and some chemicals. It was alleged that hehad planned to blow up the home of the State Prosecutor. The acting judge at theRand Criminal Sessions sentenced him to 15 years' imprisonment inJuly 1964.He said that he had not found Ntutu intended using the explosives; neverthelesshe had "contemplated" sabotage. If Ntutu had actually intended usingtheexplosives he would have imposed the death sentence.NTWASA, ClarisonNtwasa was sentenced in the Grahamstown Supreme Court inOctober 1963 to 20 years' imprisonment. He had been charged with 32others inconnection with an attack on the Kingwilliamstown police station in April of thatyear.NXADI, FaansNxadi, Louis Toaani and Milton Bonani were found guilty of sabotagein theSupreme Court, Grahamstown, on 4 June 1963. They were alleged tohaveattempted to loosen nuts and bolts on a railway line so as to endanger thepassageof rail traffic. The judge said that it was fortunate that no accident had takenplace; otherwise the men might have been convicted of attempted murder. he saidthat there was no doubt that the act of sabotage had taken place; thequestion waswhether it was the accused who had committed it. He was satisfied to believe theevidence of the witness, Maxim. Nxadi was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.

- 26 -NYDBO, Kilekile (Nyobo, Kholikile)Nydbo was charged with 32 others in connection with an attack on theKingwilliamstown police station in April 1963 and tried in the Supreme Court,Grahamstown,in October of the same year. He was sentenced to 20years'imprisonment, as was Clarison Ntwasa. Hector Ntshanyana got 25 years andothers 12 to 8 years each. Most were acquitted.NYEMBE, Dorothy NomzansiBorn in 1930, Dorothy Nyembe of Natal has spent most of her life underrestriction; imprisoned for two short periods in 1952 for taking part in theCampaign against Unjust Laws; arrested in 1956 together with 156 others andcharged with treason (all were acquitted); endorsed out of Durbanin 1959 by theBantu Administration Department; detained for five months during the State ofEmergency in 1960; arrested in 1963 and charged with furthering theaims of theAfrican National Congress and sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment; served with

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banning orders under the Suppression of Communism Act in 1966 and again in1968; and arrested and detained under the Terrorism Act in 1969.In March 1969 she and 11 African men were charged inPietermaritzburg Supreme Court with five counts under the Terrorism Act.Nyembe was found guilty on only one charge - count 5- but was neverthelesssentenced to 15 yeard imprisonment. Dorothy Nyembe joined the AfricanNational Congress in her early twenties, took part in the Campaign against UnjustLaws in 1952, led the Natal contingent of women to the great demonstrationagainst passes outside the Union buildings in Pretoria in 1956 and waselectedVice-Chairman of the ANC Women's League at their conference inPietermaritzburg. In 1960 she participated in the Anti-Pass Women's Committeeand in 1962 she took the chair at the conference convened in Natal by theSouthAfrican Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and the Natal Rural AreasCommittee.NYOBO,He is serving a sentence of 20 years' imprisonment.Mrs. Nyobo's address is:Mrs. Ethel Nyobo6588 NulMadantsane TownshipEast London 5219Cape Province.

- 27 -PHOKANOKA, LawrenceBorn in 1938, he was arrested in Rhodesia on i4 August 1967. It was alleged thathe had been illegally overseas for military training and was on his way back toSouth Africa. In 1969 he was brought to trial with 11 other Africans(one of thema woman) in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court on five counts under theTerrorism Act.Phokanoka was found guilty on counts 2 and 3, and was sentenced to 18years'imprisonment. He was a student at Fort Hare University andhad obtainedseven courses in a BSc degree. He was a member of the African NationalCongress.PISTOLI, NelsonHe is serving a sentence of 15 years' imprisonment.Mrs. Pistoli's address is:Mrs. N. PistoliZigudi Store5381 CofinyabaTranskei.RAFUSA, GeorgeSentenced in 1963 to 15 years' imprisonment for a political offence. His home isin Cape Town.RAMOTSE, BenjaminBenjamin Ramotse was arrested in

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1961 after explosions were set off in three South African cities. Hewas chargedwith culpable homicide under the Explosives Act and with membershipinthe"banned" ANC. He was let out on bail and then failed to appear in court toanswer the charges. From 1961 to 1968 his whereabouts were not known. He waseventually arrested in Botswana by the Rhodesian police and handed over to theSouth African police. In 1970 he was charged, along with Winnie Mandela and 19others, with undergoing military training and furthering the aims of theANC. Hewas sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. All the others were acquitted. After thesentence was passed, he raised his hand in the clenched fist salute of the ANC.

- 28 -Mrs. Ramotse's address is:Mrs. J. RamotseNo. 348 Dube VillageP. 0. DubeSoweto 1800Johannesburg.SEJAKA, Gardner KitchenerSejaka was born in 1942 and brought up in the Transkei and joined theAfricanNational Congress while still a student at St. John's College in the Eastern Cape.He became Youth Organizer for the ANC.He was arrested in 1973 and held for many months indetention. He was then charged in the Pretoria Supreme Court with fiveothersand convicted under the Terrorism Act (1967) of undergoing military training inthe USSR and conspiring to overthrow the South African Government.He wassentenced to 15 years' imprisonment which he is serving on Robben Island.SELEKA, Gabakangwe JohannesSeleka was alleged to have gone overseas for military training andwas arrested inRhodesia on his way back toSouth Africa. He was brought to trial with 11 other Africans- one of them a woman - in the Pietermaritzburg SupremeCourt and charged with five counts under the Terrorism Act. Seleka was foundguilty on charges 2 and 3 and sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment,which he isserving on Robben Island. He was a member of the African National Congress.SHWENI, Notase A.A member of Poqo, whose home is in Langa, Cape Town, hewas sentenced in March 1963, in Queenstown, under the SabotageAct, to 20 yeard imprisonment. It was alleged that he led a group of Africans toattack the police between Cofimuaba and Qamata in the Transkei on 12 December1962.SIKUNDLA, JacobHe was charged in Port Alfred with two counts of larceny, cutting a telephonewire, possessing chemical or incendiary bombs, setting fire to a wool store, and tothe home of B.J. Mnganda of New Brighton. He was sentenced in January 1964under the Sabotage Act on each of four counts of sabotage to five years, the total

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sentence being 20 years' imprisonment. The judge said that had anyone died as aresult of these actions he would have imposed the death penalty.

- 29 -SIYATHULA, Mannert MalungisaBorn in 1934, he was a member of the Pan AfricanistCongress. He was charged with taking part in an attack on Queenstown policestation when one white policeman was killedand five others wounded, and of planning to attack Chief Matanzima in theTranskei. He was found guilty under the Sabotage Act in November 1967 in CapeTown Supreme Court and sentenced to 18 years'imprisonment.SUNDUZA, LesetyanaA member of Poqo, he was sentenced in Queenstown in 1963 to 15years'imprisonment for attempted murder of Chief Kaiser Matanzima and forsabotage.SUZE, AnthonyBorn in 1942, he was charged with Malepe, D, and nineother Africans, with conspiring to attack the white teachers at the AfricanTraining College, Hebron, and with being a member of the Pan AfricanistCongress. He was sentenced in the Pretoria Supreme Court in June 1963 to 15years' imprisonment.TEMBU (MTEMBU), Petrus AaronTembu was born in 1935 in Kliptown, Johannesburg, but moved to Natal wherehe joined the African National Congress in 1958 and was a meL.ber of theExecutive of its Youth League. He took an active part in local and national ANCcampaigns.He was detained for many months before being charged withundergoing military training in the USSR and conspiring to overthrow the State.He was convicted, together with Alexandre Moumbaris, Theophilus Cholo, JohnHosey, Justice Mpanza and Gardner Sejaka, under the Terrorism Act, in PretoriaSupreme Court, in June 1973 and sentenced to 15 years'imprisonment.TINA, Swelake JosephA member of Poqo, he was sentenced at Queenstown in 1963 to 15years'imprisonment for attempted murder of Chief Kaiser Matanzima and forsabotage.

- 30 -TOKANI, LouisTokani, Milton Bonani and Frans Nxadi were found guilty of sabotage in theSupreme Court, Grahamstown, on 4 June 1963. They were alleged tohaveattempted to loosen nuts and bolts on a railway line so as to endanger thepassageof rail traffic. The judge said that it was fortunate that no accident had takenplace, otherwise the men might have been convicted of attempted murder. He saidthat there was no doubt that the act of sabotage had taken place; thequestion waswhether it was the accused who had committed it. He was satisfied with theevidence of the witness, Maxim. Tokani was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.

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TONGA, PikanaA member of Poqo, he was sentenced at Queenstown in 1963 to 15 years'imprisonment for attempted murder of Chief Kaiser Matanzima and for sabotage.TYULU, NdoziA member of Poqo, he was sentenced at Queenstown in 1963 to 15 years'imprisonment for attempted murder of Chief Kaiser Matanzima and for sabotage.

- 31 -II1. "BANNED"PERSONSADEREM. Alan, ArnoldBorn in 1954, he was a postgraduate chemistry studentat the University of Cape Town and a voluntary socialworker among the squatters in Cape Town. He was bannedon 25 March 1977 for five years. The only visitors he may receive are his motherand a medical practitioner.Mr. Aderem's address is:Alan Arnold Aderem,25, Scott Street,Observatory,Cape Town.ALBERTYN, ChrisHe was the secretary of the Textile Workers IndustrialUnion. In November 1976, along with 21 others involvedin black trade unions, he vs banned for five years.Mr. Albertyn's address is:Chris Albertyn,121 Ridge Crescent,Berrydale Road,Durban,Natal.ALEXANDER, Dr. Neville EdwardDr. Alexander obtained his doctorate in West Germany andreturned to a teaching post in Cape Town. In April 1964he was convicted of sabotage and sentenced to 10 years on Robben Island prison.Five days before his release he wasserved with a banning order under the terms of the Suppressionof Communism Act, for five years. His appeal to know thereasons for his banning, since it had been impossible for him"to further the aims of communism in a prison cell", was denied.He now works as a clerk in a supermarket.Dr. Alexander's address is:Dr. Neville Edward Alexander,2, First Avenue,Lotus River,Wynberg,Cape Town.

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- 32 -ANDERSON. Neville ,EdwardBorn in 1953,he was an organizer of the Metal and Allied Workers' Union inJohannesburg. He was prosecuted for his involvement in a strike of AfricanWorkers at Heinemann's Electric Factory. His five year banning order expires inNovember 1981.Mr. Anderson's address is:Neville Edward Anderson,Olivia Road,Berea,Johannesburg, Transvaal.ARENSTEIN, JacquelineA Journalist and the wife of Rowley Arenstein, who too is banned, JacquelineArenstein was one of those accused in the 1956-1961 Treason Trial. She wasacquitted and then banned in 1963 for five years. Two more five-year bans havebeen served on her; the current one was due to expire on 31 August 1978.Mrs. Arenstein's address is:Jacqueline Arenstein,Flat 16, Belvedere,137 Cato Road,Durban,Natal.ARENSTEIN, Rowle,IsraelThe husband of Jacqueline and an attorney by profession, Arenstein defendedmany accused of political offenses. In 1966 he was sentenced to four years inprison for furthering the aims of communism. During that time he wasstruck offthe roll of attorneys by the Supreme Court. Upon his release in 1970 he wasbanned for five years. The order was renewed upon expiry. Henow works as an insurance broker.Mr. Arenstein's address is:Rowley Israel Arenstein,47 Arcadia Road,Durban,Natal.

- 33 -ASVAT, Mohammed, FaroukAsvat is serving a five year banning order due to expire on 31 October 1978.Mr. Asvat's address is:Mohammed Farouk Asvat,14 Kachole Islamic Mansions,76 Mint Road,Fordsburg,Johannesburg,Transvaal.

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BASKIN, Jeremy, MichaelBaskin is a student at the University of Cape Town and Chairman of theWagesCommission. He was detained after a University student protest march in supportof the Soweto students. He was banned in November 1976 for five years.Mr. Baskin's address is:Jeremy Michael Baskin23 Grant StreetObservatoryTransvaal.

- 34 -BLOCH, GraemeBloch is a recent graduate in economics from the Universityof Cape Town. He was a member of the SRC, President of the Students for SocialDemocracy Movement and editor of a student newspaper. He was banned on 27November 1976 for five years for activity in connexion with black trade unions.Mr. Bloch's address is:Graeme Bloch,9 Wolmunster Road,Rosebank,Johannesburg,Transvaal.BOCK, William JacobusThe father of 12 children, he is a clerk at an engineeringwork but was formerly a teacher. He was acting general secretary of the ColouredPeople's Congress and served nine months in 1965 for continuing membership inthis organization when ordered to resign. He was banned in 1963, again in 1971and currently is under banning orders due to expire in October 1978.Mr. Bock's address is:William Jacobs Bock,38 Duke Street,Woodstock, Cape Town.BUDLENDER, Deborah, JeanAn economics student at the University of Cape Town, and past vice-president ofthe SRC, Budlender was a member of the Wages Commission, investigatingwages and conditions of black workers. She was banned on 24 November 1976for five years.Miss Budlender's address is:Deborah Jean Budlender20 Cook StreetObservatoryCape Town.

- 35 -CACHALIA, AminaMrs. Cachalia, wife of Yusuf Cachalia, also banned,

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collaborated in training and assisting Africans, who had been banished to remoteareas of the country in the early 1960s. She has been banned since 1963. Thecurrent order expires on 30 November 1978.Mrs. Cachalia's address is:Amina Cachalia,2 Luttig Street,Fordsburg,Johannesburg,Transvaal.CACHALIA, YusufThe husband of Amina and a prominent member of the South African IndianCongress, Cachalia has been banned since 1963. His ban,due to expire 30November 1978, includes house arrest and he has been under some form ofrestriction for more than 20 years now.Mr. Cachalia's address is the same as above.CAROLUS Steven FrederickBorn in 1940, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the South AfricanStudents Organization and a supporter of the Black People's Convention, anorganization now banned. He was detained on 7 November 1974 and held for 154days before being released without charge. A former business partner of JohnIssel, also banned, his order is due to expire on 31 October 1978.Mr. Carolus' address is:Steven Frederick Carolus,72 Anthony Road,Silvertown,Athlone,Wynberg,Cape Town.CHETTY. SaravananChairman of the Pietermaritzburg branch of the Natal Indian Congress, Chettywas banned in 1973 for five years until 31 October 1978.Mr. Chetty's address is:Saravanan Chetty,36 Kingston Road, Newholm,Pietermaritzburg, Natal.

- 36CHILOANE. Abel TiphekoRecently banned until 30 June 1983.

- 37 -COHEN, Gideon, DenysA graduate of Rhodes University and former economics student at theUniversityof Cape Town, Cohen was born in 1958 and was associated with the previouslymentioned Wages Commission. His ban will expire on 30 November 1981.Mr. Cohen's address is:

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Gideon Denys Cohen, 128 Belvedere Road,Claremont,Wynberg,Cape Town.COOPER, RevabalanThe brother of Saihs Cooper, now serving a ten-year prison sentence, he was amember of the Theatre Council of Natal. Revabalan was born in 1955. HewasPublic Relations officer of the Black People's Convention and was detained on 25September 1974, held for more than six months, assaulted during detention andthen released without being charged. His current ban ends on 31 October 1978.Mr. Cooper's address is:Revabalan Cooper,603 Himalaya House,Warwick Avenue,Durban,Natal.COPELYN, John, AnthonyCopelyn was the Secretary of the Trade Union Advisory andCoordinating Council of Durban and assistant to the Textile Workers IndustrialUnion. His five-year ban expires 19 November 1981.Mr. Copelyn's address is:John Anthony Copelyn,79 Waverly Road,Hiltary, Durban,Natal.

- 38 -DANGOR, Achmat, (or Ahmed Ibrahim)Dangor was born in 1950; he was National Chairman of theLabour Youth Organization. At the time of his banning in April 1973, hewasworking with the South African Institute of Race Relations. The head of theInstitute's youth section spoke of him in the following words: "Dangorwasanxious to make a contribution to reconciliation between black and white youth ina country where estrangement is assuming alarming proportions".His ban expireson 31 October 1975.Mr. Dangor's address is:Achmat Dangor,17 Wanderers Avenue,Newclare,Johannexburg,Transvaal.DAVIS, Don, John, WilliamDavis was sentenced with Dr. Neville Alexander in 1964and served 10 years in prison. Immediately upon his release he wasserved with afive year banning order to end on 30 April 1979.Mr. Davis' address is:

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Don J. W. Davis,103 Sixth Street,Elsies River,Cape Town.DIALE, NelsonRecently banned until 31 May 1983.DISEKO, Mathe, MatthewsDiseko is a former president of the youth organization of theSouth African Students' Movements and a poet. Banning order is fromSeptember1973 to 30 September 1978.Mr. Diseko's address is:Mathe Matthews Diseko,6001 Orlando East,Soweto,Johannesburg.

- 39 -DOCRAT, Abdul, KhalekDocrat is 62 years old. A book-seller by profession, he has been banned since1969. His first order confined him to his one-roomapartment for 22 hours out of 24. His current ban runs untill 31 October 1978.Mr. Docrat's address is:Abdul Khalek Docrat,1, Nirmal Court,78, Victoria Street,Durban,Natal.DEKKER, Loet, DouwesLoet was described by a colleague as a "leading figure in Industrial Relations inSouth Africa". He was employed by the Trade Union Council of South Africa andthe Clothing Industry's Industrial Council in the Transvaal. He was Chairman ofthe Urban Training Project in Johannesburg, a parttime lecturer in IndustrialSociology at Witwatersrand University and executive member of thenewlyformed Institute of Industrial Relations. His five-year ban expiresin November1981.Mr. Dekker's address is:Loet Douwes Dekker,57 Kilkenny Road,Parkview, Randburg,Transvaal.FAUISH, Judy ShamithShe was a literary project-worker with the Western ProvinceWorker's Advice Bureau assisting workers in Cape Town. In September 1976 shewas detained along with several other staff members. Her five-yearban ends on24 November 1981.Miss Fauish address is:

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Judy Shamith Fauish,29 Kitchner Street,Woodstock,Cape Town.

- 4o0 -FRANKISH, John, GavinHe is a medical student at the University of Cape Town. His four and ahalf yearban expires on 31 October 1981.Mr. Frankish's address is:John Gavin Frankish,7 Trill Pond,Observatory,Cape Town.GASA, David, SipononoHe was the director of the Umtazi Residents Association.He was served with a five year banning order on 21 December 1976.He was arrested in June 1977 and charged with breaking the order.Mr. Gasa's address is:David Siponono Gasa,Dl187,.Umlazi,Natal.GWABENI, JoelHe was a member of the Pan Africanist Congress and was sentenced to serveseven and a half years in prison in 1966, for sabotage. Upon his release he wasserved with a banning order, due to expire on 31 December 1978.Mr. Gwabeni's address is:Joel Gwabeni,P. 0. Herschel,Cape Province 5542.HOTMEYR, William, AndrewA graduate in Economics from the University of CapeTown, Hotmeyr was an executive member of the Wages Commission. Hissixyear ban expires on 27 November 1981.Mr. Hotmeyr's address is:William Andrew Hotmeyr,20 Cook Street,Observatory,Transvaal.

- 41 -HORN. Patricia,She was an Education Officer with the Institute for Industrial Education, a serviceorganization for black trade unionists engaged in literary projects for blackworkers. Her five year ban expires on 18 November 1981.

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Miss Horn's address is:Patricia Horn,325 Musgrave Road,Berea,Durban, Natal.JAKAWULA, Hubert, TukuA member of the ANC, he was sentenced in May 1965 to 14 years in prison. Itwas alleged that he had undergone military training outside South Africa. On hisrelease from prison, he was served with a banning order which was due to expireon 30 April 1978.Mr. Jakawula's address is:Hubert Tuku Jakawula,Tuku,Peddie, Natal.JUNTA, HolidayHe was served with a banning order in July 1976, immediately afterbeingreleased from prison after serving a long sentence. His ban would expire on 30June 1978.

- 42 -KHOAPA, BennieHe is the Director of 'Black Community Programme'and Editor of 'Black Review 1972' Khoapa is under a five year banning orderwhich would expire on 31 August 1978.Mr. Khoapa's address is:Bennie Khoapa,F713,P. 0. Ntkzweni,Umlazi,Durban, Natal 4001.KHUBHEKA. SibongileBorn in 1954, he is the Secretary of the South African Students Organizationoffice in Durban. He was detained for four months in 1976 and bannedon hisrelease. His current order began on 5 May 1977.KUBEKA, Siphov,AndriesKubeka was born in 1953. He was the Secretary of theMetal and Allied Workers Union in Johannesburg and a member of the IndustrialAid Society, which provided educational and legal facilities to workers. In March1976 he was involved in a confrontation between workers and policeatHeinemann's Electric Factory. He was prosecuted for incitement to riot and fined.He was then banned for five years untill November 1981.KOBO, Willem, MweliKobo was sentenced to nine years in jail in 1964 forAfrican National Congress activities. This was reduced to six yearson appeal.Upon his release he was banned. The current order expires on 30 November,1978.

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Mr. Kobo's address is:Willem Mveli Kobo,1904,Dimbaza Township,Zwelitsha.

LANGA, BenjaminHe was acting General Secretary of SASO. His five year ban whichwould end on30 September 1978 prohibits him from attending gatherings only.Mr. Langa's address is:Benjamin Langa,G 1229, Kwa-Mashu,Durban.LEWIS, Jack PhilipA student at Rhodes University, Lewis was detained in October 1976.He gaveevidence at the trial of Sydney Zotwan Lother in Grahamstown in November1976 and was served with a five year banning order after the trial. His ban expiresin November 1981.Mr. Lewis' address is:Jack Philip Lewis,Allendale,Grahamstown,Cape Town.MAJEkU, PumzileBorn in 1951. He was in 197h the Regional Secretary ofSASO in Natal and local Chairman of the SASO branch at Fort Hare University in1972-1973. Majeke was detained in 1974 for five months, before being releasedwithout charge. His banning order expires on 31 October 1978. He isrestricted toa small village.Mr. MaJeke's address is:Pumzile Majeke,P.O. Box 33,Qumbu,Transkei,Cape Province 5180.TIAKHALIMA, Matthews, MfenguMakhalima was sentenced to two years in jail in 1963with six others for leaving the country without travel documents and with theintention of undergoing military training. New legislation was enactedchangingtheir sentence to 20 years. On appeal, this was reduced to 12 years.He wasbanned on his release in 1977. His ban expires on 31 April 1982.Mr. Makhalima's address is:- 43 -

- 44 -Matthews Mfengu Makhalima,

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Ely, ictoria East,Cape Town.MALGAS, ErnestMalgas was sentenced to two years in jail in 1963 with six others for leavingthecountry without travel documents, with the intention of undergoing militarytraining. New legislation was enacted changing their sentence to 20 years. Onappeal this was reduced to 12 years. He was banned on his release in 1977. Hisban expires on 31 April 1982.Mr. Malgas' address is:Ernest MalgasEl Block 45New BrightonPort Elizabeth.Cape Town.MANDELA, WinnieShe is doubtlessly the best known of those banned in South Africa.WinnieMandela is the wife of Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congressnow serving life imprisonment on Robben Island. Mrs. Mandela is asocial workerby profession and was first detained in 1958,while pregnant, for participating in ademonstration against passes for African women. First banned in1963,she hasbeen jailed several times, most recently for five months in 1976. She is nowrestricted to a small town where she lives with her younger daughter of two underthe constant harassment of the Security Police. The current orderexpires on 31December 1981.Mrs. Mandela's address is:Mrs. Winnie Mandela,802 Brandfort Location,P. 0. Brandfort 9400,Orange Free State.MATTERA, Donald FranciscoA reporter on the Johannesburg Star and public relations officer for the ColouredLabour Party, Mattera was also an organizer of black journalists and a well-known poet. In October 1973 he was charged with obstructing the police. He hadtaken the names of some children arrested for"pass law", offenses. Thoughacquitted, he was banned for five years through 31 October 1978.Mr. Mattera's address is:Donald Francisco Mattera,2068 Letankas St., Western Township,Johannesburg, Transvaal.

- 45 -MAYESKISO, MaxwellMayeskiso was sentenced to two years in jail in 1963 with six others for leavingthe country without travel documents, with the intention of-oundergoing militarytraining. New legislation was enacted changing their sentence to 20 years. On

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appeal this was reduced to 12 years. He was banned on his release in 1977. Hisban expires on 31 April 1982.Mr. Mayeskiso's address is:Maxwell Mayeskiso,Dwasha, Middledrift,Cape Town.MBEO, Menziwe, AprilBorn in 1946, Mbeo was expelled from Fort Hare University in 1973. He becameAdministrator of the Black Allied Workers Union in Durban and was detained forfive months in 1974-1975. His three-year ban expires on 31 October 1978.Mr. Mbeo's address is:Menziwe April Mbeo,D1212, Umlazi,Natal.MEER, Dr. FatimaA distinguished sociologist, Dr. Meer was awarded aresearch fellowship at the London School of Economics and was also invited totour the United Kingdom lecturing,but she was refused a passport. Dr. Meer wasbanned in the 1950s and was accused in the Treason Trial of 1956-1961 of whichshe was acquitted. Later she was elected President of the Black Women'sFederation. She was banned in 1976 for five years but was allowedto continuelecturing at Natal University. Dr. Meer was also detained under the InternalSecurity Act for four months in 1976. Her current ban expires on 22 July 1981.Her son,Rashid, was banned but is now in exile. He was born in 1958.Dr. Meer's address is:Dr. Fatima Meer,148 Burnwood Road,Sydenham, Durban,Natal 4091.

MFETHI, Pendile - 46A former trade unionist and Secretary of the Industrial Aid Society,Mfethi was banned in May 1977 for five years immediately after beingreleasedfrom 368 days in detention without charge. He is restrictedto a two-room house where he lives with his wife Ncedi and another family. Hisdaughters, Charlotte and Nomsa, aged 17 and 19, disappeared atthetime of his arrest and are presently detained. He is now reported to have beendeported to a bantustan.As reported, "Former trade unionist Mr. Pendile Mfethi may be the first person tohave been deported to an independent homeland because of objections by theGovernment to his political activities." 1/ Acceptance to this move had beenobtained from t he Transkei Government.Mr. Mfethi, who lived in Germiston, was released last year after368 days in detention under the Terrorism Act, then banned for five years andthen deported to Transkei a week before the news report.Mr. Mfethi, a trade unionist, seems to have been sent to first

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Transkei exile.Mr. Mfethi's address was:Pendile Mfethi,7049 Motloung Section,Katlehong,Germiston, Transvaal.MEHATSHAWA. Manaliso PatrickHe is a Catholic priest born in 1940 and was held in detentionfrom August to December 1976. The length of his current ban is not known.Father Mkhatshawa's address is:Mangaliso Patrick Mkhatshawa,Khanya House,Visagie Street,Pretoria, Transvaal.MOKODITOA Madibeng, ChrisAn articled clerk, Mokoditoa was studying to become anattorney and was Secretary of the University Christian Movementwhen he was banned in 1973 for five years until 31 July 1978. At theexpirationof his banning order, it was renewed until 30 September 1983.In 1975 he was sentenced to a year's imprisonment, suspendeduntil after his ban ends, for failing to properly report to the police under hisbanning order. He was also detained for more than four months in 1976.Mr. MokoditOa's address is:Madibeng Chris Mokoditoa,3011 B Mapetla,Soweto, Johannesburg,Transvaal 2001.l_/ The Star, Weekly, 5 August 1978.

- 47 -MOTIME. Radichabe KennethRecently banned until 31 May 1983.MPULWANA, Malusi, MthanjiswaHe was an Assistant Field Worker in the Eastern Capeof the Black People's Convention. He was detained for more than fourmonths in1976 and again in March 1977. He is married to Thoko MbanJwa. His five-yearban expires on 31 October 1978.Mr. Mpulwana's address is:Malusi Mthanjiswa Mpulwana,C/O 15 Leopold Street,Kingwilliamstown, Ciskei,Cape Province 5600.MBANJWA, ThokoBorn in 1954, Thoko Mbanjwa, Editor of Black Review and Black Viewpoint,was detained from August to December 1976 and banned upon her release. She isthe wife of Malusi Mpulwana.

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Her address is the same as above.

- 48 -MTHETWA, AlpheusGeneral Secretary of the Metal and Allied Workers' Union in Johannesburg andbased in Natal since 1974, he was banned for five years.Mr. Mthetwa's address is:Alpheus Mthetwa,891 St. Wendolinessending Mission,Pinetown, Natal.MTINTSHO, Ethel ThenjiweA Reporter on the Daily Dispatch she was detained for nearly five months in 1976and banned on her release. Miss Mtintsho stated that she was brutally assaulted byCaptain R. Hausen while in detention, kicked, beaten and nearly suffocated by awet towel held over her face. Her ban ends on 31 December 1981.Miss Mtintsho's address is:Ethel Thenjiwe Mtintsho,739 Leightonville,KingWilliamstown,Cape Town.MUELASE, Vusumuzi, VitusMuelase was detained for more than four months in 1976and then banned for five years until 31 January 1982. His banningorder includeshouse arrest from dusk to dawn and during weekends.Mr. Muelase's address is:Vusumuzi Vitus MuelaseD 554, Umlazi,Natal.MVOVO, Mxolisi Lawrence,Vice President of the BPC and a senior employee of theBlack Community Programme, Mvovo was arrested on 13 August 1976 anddetained for 126 days with Dr. Manphela Ramphele. He may only receive closerelatives as guests. His five year ban ends on 31 March 1982.Mr. Mvovo's address is:Mxolisi Lawrence Mvovo,Dimbaza,Zwelitsha.

- 49 -MXENGE, Mlungiso GriffithsAn attorney on the staff of Chanderden Sewpersadh, alsobanned, Mxenge acted as a lawyer to Mrs. Ndulu whose husband died indetention on 20 March 1976. The next day Mxenge was detained and held for 106days without charge. He also acted as lawyer for Mrs. Mohapi whose husbanddied in detention. His five-year ban would expire on 30 September 1978.Mr. Mxenge's address is:

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Mlungiso Griffiths Mxenge,V 190,Umlazi,Natal.NAIDOO, GonaseelanHe is under a current banning order from 31 October 1973 to 31 October 1978.Naidoo is restricted to Durban.Mr. Naidoo's address is:Gonaseelan Naidoo, 86 Foxglove Place,Springfield, Durban,Natal 4091.NANABHAI, ShirishSentenced in 1963 to 10 years imprisonment for sabotage, Nanabhai was bannedand placed under partial house arrest upon his release. His ban would expire on 31May 1978.Mr. Nanabhai's address is:Shirish Nanabhai,59 Crown Road,Fordsburg, Johannesburg,Transvaal.NATHANIEL, Emanuel GottliebVice President of SWAPO, he was the first Namibian to be served with abanningorder in 1972. It was renewed in 1977. He is restricted to the KuisebmondTownship, Walvis Bay.Mr. Nathaniel's address is:Emanuel Gottlieb Nathaniel,125 12th Avenue,Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay,South West Africa.NCHABELENG, Petrus Mama GasiRecently banned up to 31 May 1983.

- 50 -NDLOVU, MfundiseAn organizer in Pietermaritzburg of the Metal and AlliedWorkers Union,he was banned for five years up to 18 November 1981.Mr. Ndlovu's address is:Mfundise Ndlovu,Inadi,Pietermeritzburg,Natal.NGOYI, LilianBefore she was first banned in 1961 she was President ofthe African National Congress Womans League and the South African WomensFederation. Ngoyi was accused in the Treason Trial of 1956-1961and acquitted.A garment worker by trade and a widow with two children, she was detained

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during the 1960 State of Emergency. She was banned in 1962 and again inNovember 1965 until November 1972. For three years she was not served withanother order, then in July 1975 ,she was banned untill 31 May 1980. Some havesuggested that the latest ban was a result of her having paid tributetoSouth African Communist leader Brain Fischer at his funeral.Mrs. Ngeyi's address is:Lilian Ngoyi,98706 Orlando West II,Johannesburg,Transvaal.NGUBENI, MichaelA primary school teacher from Pineville, Johannesburg,Ngubeni was charged with collaborating to blow up the Hospital Hill policestation (wireless post and radio tower) on 20 July 1964. He was sentenced inSeptember 1964 to 12 years in prison. A supporter of the ANC,he was served witha five-year banning order on his release. In May 1977, he appeared in court witheleven others, charged under the Terrorism Act with ANC activities. His banexpires in September 1981.Mr. Ngubeni's address is:Michael Ngubeni,771 Marudi Street,Thlabane,Rustenburg,Transvaal.

- 51 -NHLAPO, Frank, F.He is under a five year banning order which would expire on 30 September 1978.Mr. Nhlapo's address is:Frank F. Nhlapo,2 Leypelle Street, Kwa Tema, Springs,Transvaal 1560.NTIBIXELWA, HetenseA former prisoner on Robben Island, Ntibixelwa, a memberof the ANC,was banned upon his release from prison. His ban would expire on 30June 1978.Mr. Ntibixelwa's address is:Hetense Ntibixelwa,C/o 4O Cambridge Street,East London,Cape Province 5201.PHANTS, Tembani, ShadrackA former student, he was detained in October 1975 and held for 513 daysinsolitary confinement. Phants was banned on his release in June 1977.Mr. Phants' address is:Tembani Shadrack Phants,

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28 Boog Street,Santaville,Graaf-Reinet,Cape Town.PITYANA, Beauty, NosidimaMrs. Pityana was a youth organizer for the Institute of Race Relationsin PortElizabeth. Detained twice in 1976 under the Terrorism Act and the InternalSecurity Act,she was served with a five-year banning order including house arrestin April 1977. She is the wife of Barney Pityana. They have a six year old child.Her banning order expires 31 March 1982.Mrs. Pityana's address is:Beauty Nosidima Pityana,44 Shadla Street,New Brighton,Port Elizabeth,Cape Town.

- 52 -RAMGOLIN. Mrs. EllaThe grand-daughter of Mahatma Ghandi and the wife of Mawalal Ramgolin, shewas under a banning order that expired on 31 July 1978 and renewed until 30September 1983.Mrs. Ramgolin's address is:Mrs. Ella Ramgolin, Pheonix Settlement, Inanda, Natal 4310.RAMOKGOASE, Oupa, SamuelA former executive member of the Sharpeville Youth Club, he was born in 1952.He fled to Lesotho in 1974 during the repression of the Black ConsciousnessMovement. He was turned over to the South African authorities who imprisonedhim. Upon his release in August 1975 he was banned for five years until 30 June1980.Mr. Ramokgoase's address is:Oupa Samuel Ramokgoase,2288 Sharpeville,Vereenigning, Transvaal 1933.RAMPHELE, Dr. Aletta, MamphelaDr. Ramphele graduated from medical school in 1972.She opened a clinic in 1975 which served a community of some 10,000,mostlywomen, children and older people, with only one other doctor, five nurses andtwo midwives.In 1976 she was detained for five months and in April1977 she was banned for five years and transported to a remote village in theNorthern Transvaal. She was also a trustee of the Zimle Trust, set up tohelpreleased political prisoners. Her current ban ends on 21 April 1982.Dr. Ramphele's address is:Dr. Aletta Mamphela Ramphele,Zanempilo Community Health Clinic,

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Kingwilliamstown,Cape Town.

- 53 -REDDY, GovindsamyA research officer and youth programe organizer of theNatal region for the Institute of Race Relations, Reddy was detained for fourmonths in 1976 and banned on his release. He was required to give up hisemployment. His current order ends on 31 December 1982.Mr. Reddy's address is:Govindsamy Reddy,Flat I, 292 West Street,Overport, Durban,Natal.REDDI, Soma, LynetteAppointed to the Secretariat of SASO in 1973, Reddi was banned for five yearsuntill 30 September 1978.Mo. Reddi's address is:Soma Lynette Reddi,24 Arnott Street,Resevoir Hills,Durban, Natal.SCHERMBRACKER, LeslieShe was detained in 1965 and sentenced the next year to300 days imprisonment for refusing to give evidence in the trial of Brain Fischer,who was the leader of the South African Communist Party. She was alsosentenced in 1966 to two years for helping Fischer when he was in hiding.The mother of two children and the wife of Ivan Schermbrucker, also banned, sheis now serving her second five year ban, due to expire on 30 November 1978.Mrs. Schermbrucker's address is:Leslie Schermbrucker, 16 Saunders Mansions,66 Saunders Street,Yeoville, Johannesburg,Transvaal.

- 54 -S CHERMBRUCKER, IvanHe was sentenced to five years in prison under the Suppressionof Communism Act in 1964 and was banned on his release. The ban wasnenewedin 1970 and again in 1975. His current ban expires on 30 November 1978.Mr. Schermbrucker's address is the same as his wife's above.SEHUME, Theba VincentRecently banned until 31 May 1983.SEWPERSADH, ChanderdenAn attorney and president of the Natal Indian Congress, he

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was acquitted in June 1973 on a charge of promoting racial hostility at aSharpeville Anniversary Meeting. In December 1973 he was banned until 31October 1978.Mr. Sewpersadh's address is:Chanderden Sewpersadh, 199 Battersea Avenue,Resevoir Hills, Durban,Natal 4091.SISULU, AlbertinaA nurse and midwife and the wife of ANC leader Walter Sisulu, now serving lifeimprisonment on Robben Island, Mrs. Sisulu was active in the Women's league ofthe ANC and the South African Women's Federation. Detained in solitaryconfinement in 1963, she has been banned since 1964. Her current banning orderexpires on 31 July 1979.Mrs. Sisulu's address is:Albertina Sisulu, 7372 Orlando West,johannexburg,Transvaal 2001.SITHOLE, Fana,GeorgeSithole was on the editorial board of a Black Consciousnesspublication,"Challenge",and a member of the Umtazi Residents Association.Detained for four months in 1976, he was banned on his release until31December 1981. Reportedly, his banning order has recently oeen extended to 31May 1983.Mr. Sithole's address is:Fana George Sithole,C 700,Umtazi, Natal.

- 55 -SOCI, Hubert MbuyiseloA former prisoner on Robben Island and a member of theANC, Soci was banned on his release from prison, for two years, until 30 June1978.Mr. Soci's address is:Hubert Mbuyiselo Soci,Amatole Basin Township,Emkhuthukeni, Middledrift, Ciskei, Cape Province 5685.SOKUPHA, SilomkoAn organizer with SASO in Durban, Sokupha was detainedfor five months in 1976. He was banned on his release and forbidden tocommunicate with any member of SASO, BPC, Black Community Programmesor the Zimle Trust Fund of the Zanenpilo Clinic.Mr. Sokupha's address is:Silomko Sokupha,1732 Zone 7,Zwelitsha,

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Kingwilliamst own.SOLOMON, MarcusIn 1964 he was sentenced to ten years in prison alongwith Dr. Neville Alexander, for an offense under the Sabotage Act.he was bannedon his release until 30 April 1979.Mr. Solomon's address is:Marcus Solomon,16 Halath Walk,Hanover Park,Wynberg,Cape Town 7700.STOFILE, Kentridge MongeziPresident of SASO, he was banned in June 1977.Mr. Stofile's address is:Kentridge Mongezi Stofile,27 Pule Street,Kwa-ThemaSprings, Transvaal.

- 56 -VAN DER HEYDEN. ElizabethShe was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 1964 underthe Sabotage Act, along with Dr. Neville Alexander and others. Van der Heydenwas banned on her release until 30 April 1979.Miss Van der Heyden's address is:Elizabeth Van der Heyden,3 Bromley Street,Gleemor,Athlone, Cape 7700.WILCOX, Alfred, KennethDetained under the Terrorism Act in 1971,he was releasedwithout charge. He has been banned since July 1964. The currentorder expires on31 July 1979. His sister Gwendoline is also banned.Mr. Wilcox' address is:Alfred Kenneth Wilcox,68 Lower Kent Road,Wynberg,Cape Town.WILCOX, GwendolineShe was detained under the Terrorism Act in 1971 and released without charge.She has been banned since 1964. The current banning order expires on 30September 1979. Her brother Alfred is also banned.Miss Wilcox' address isWilcox, Northwestern University7 Alberta Street, LibraryDiep River,

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Cape Town 7800. 6 78Africana* * *