W E S T E R N C A P E N E W S :

Z W EL E TH E MB A UNDER S I E G E :

Following a 100% stayaway on June 16th the Worcester township, where no houses or roads have been built since 1955, is reported to be under siege. Apart from details of searchlights, a 7 pm. to 7 am. curfew, a rent and consumer boycott, other inform­ation regarding security force conduct cannot be reported on. An estimated 3% of the adult population of Zwelethemba was detained during the last emergency.

STATE "COVER UP" CASE F L O P S :

Thirteen people charged with Public Violence after the "Trojan Horse" incident were acquitted before their legal representatives had to lead evidence after the magistrate ruled that the state case had not produced enough evidence to warrant the continuance of the trial. Mr. P. Gamble who represented two of the accused had argued that there was "a pathetic void in the State's evidence" and the only reason for the trial was because "of a red faced attempt by the police to cover up the horrific attempt."

According to one of the attorneys, families of those killed or injured may press charges of murder or attempted murder against the police.

LEGAL ACTION OVER KTC TO CONTINUE:

Lawyers representing members of KTC who earlier this year had their homes destroyed by witdoeke and other forces have said that Friday's refusal by the SAP, SADF and vigilante leaders to oppose the confirmation of the temporary interdict granted on May 26 will not be taken sitting down. During Friday's proceedings the Judge's attention was drawn to the fact that the respondents had broken the temporary order and were therefore in contempt of court. If the Attorney General does not institute contempt proceedings then these can be initiated independently. In addition there are strong indications that residents would institute claims for financial loss suffered.

REV. VISAGE R E S T R I C T E D :

Rev. Abe Visage, organiser of the Midlands council of Church's was released after56 days in detention. He was however prohibited from leaving Middelburg, taking .part in MCC and UDF activities, attending certain meetings or working on any publi­cation.

STAYAWAY OVER D E T E N T I O N :

A one-day stayaway called by WECSO on Wednesday in solidarity with detainees was reported to have caused absenteeism of more than 75% in many schools on the Cape Flats.

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BUREAU TELLS MAN HE'S D E A D :

Godfrey Moloi, 52, watched the Bureau for Information reporting his death on TV news. He then phoned the Bureau who comfirmed to him that he had been necklaced by a group of about 300 youths. He then attended a night vigil being held to mourn his death; the vigil was immediately transformed into an all night party. Soweto police were however able to assure Mr. Moloi that he was indeed not dead and that the Bureau had mixed up their info. Mr. Moloi's non-death is believed to have deprived him of the opportunity of becoming part of the silent majority who support the government's reform programme.

c o u r t c a s e b a n n e d :

On Tuesday the Bar Council of SA reacted to the "banning" of a murder case against four SADF soldiers who were accused of murdering a civilian in Owambo in November last year. The "SWA cabinet" issued a certificate under the Defence Act which empowers the President to halt proceedings against SADF members who acted "in good faith" while combatting "terrorism". According to the Council the banning of court proceedings gave rise to "speculation and resentment". Last year a trial in Mariental, Namibia, was stopped on the same grounds.

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ANALYSIS OF POLITICALLY RELATED OFFENCES

SENTENCING TRENDS:

i) Common Law Offences; (Public Violence & Arson)

a) 5 years 1

b) 9 months - 2 years 5

c) Fines of R100 2

d) Lashes: 4 - 7 cuts 8

e) Unknown: 1

ii) Internal Security Act: (Distributing pamphlets, Illegal Gathering, Possession of Banned Literature, Furthering the aims of a banned organisation, Terrorism.)

a) 2 years - 6 years 4

b) Fines of R30 - R100 2

c) Lashes 1

iii) Unknown:

a) Fines 2

b) Lashes 3

c) Unknown 3

COURT FINDINGS BY AGE CATEGORY:

AGE GUILTY NOT GUILTY CHARGES WITHDRAWN TOTAL

18 years and under:

*19 - 25 years old:

Over 25 years old:

Unknown:

COMMENT:

These statistics relate to complet office since September 1985.As was pointed out last week, only 13,4% of these persons were convicted. Of the balance, 18% were acquitted and 82% had their charges withdrawn. Of the 91 cases where the ages of'those charged was known to us, almost 70% (63) of the persons charged were juveniles, (i.e. under 18) These statistics indicate that a large number of juveniles are being arrested, charged and held for varying periods of imprisonment in circumstances where in 83,9% of all cases it subsequently transpired that insufficient evidence wxisted to secure a conviction. The courts are therefore being used to attain objectives that in the majority of cases bear little relation to

the conviction of alleged perpetrators of "crimes”. The Emergency however prevents us from stating what we see as the real reasons for the above-mentioned trends.

11 15 37 63

4 1 17 22

1 - 5 6

16 22 . 109 14732 38 168 238

cases of 258 persons who were assisted by our

W E S T E R N C A P E N E W S

POLLSMOOR DETAINEES TEARGASSED:

In papers filed before the Supreme Court, Legal Resources*Centre interpreter Ms Kholeka Mooi/ 26, described how 28 women in her cell were teargassed in their communal cell when they demanded to see the Security police to furnish reasons for their detention. Ms Mooi was released the day before an application for her release was to be brought. Prison authorities described the incident as a "mild precautionary measure" which was “of trivial importance" but was necessary to prevent a situation from developing "which could have had a serious effect on prison disciplinr".

STUDENTS FASTING FOR UCT DETAINEES:

Hie UCT SRC announced that student leaders have been taking turns in fasting for two days each, in solidarity with UCT detainees. The fast will continue until all the UCT detainees are released.

Fridays's release of UCT SRC member Kim van Deventer after 7 weeks in detention, leaves 4 UCT students still in detention. It also means that the "white women's section" of Pollsmoor is no longer occupied by any detainees. Wits' SRC President Claire Wright and former SRC President Grant Rex, were als6 released this week.

ZWELETHEMBA SHOPS CLOSED;Township shops inside Zwelethemba, outside Worcester, have been unable to conduct business for reasons which can't be reported. All white supermarkets bar one, are being boycotted. The Town Council had halted all refuse removals and attempts by street committees to clean the streets were prevented for reasons which can't be reported. Certain persons also forced school pupils to scrub pro-UDF slogans off school walls. Pupils returned from this exercise with eyes streaming and various injuries, for reasons which can't be reported on.

WESTERFORD SCHOOLBOY CHARGED:

A 17 year old schoolboy, Nicholas Wittwell, was released last week after 59 days in detention. He appeared in court on Wednesday, was charged under the Arms and Ammunitions Act and released on R100 bail. He will appear again on the 18 September.

N A T I O N A L N E W SSOWETAN CONFISCATED:

All unsold copies of the Sowetan were confiscated last Friday after being declared "undesirable" by the SAP. No reasons have been given as to why the publication was regarded as "subversive".

MUTILATED EX-COSAS MEMBERS CHARGED:

Seven ex-Cosas appeared on Monday in the Pretoria Supreme Court on charges of "terrorism". Five of the accused had amputated hands or fingers. Their injuries are alleged to have resulted from handling booby trapped hand grenades "designed" to explode immediately upon release of their safety levers. It is alleged that the accused attepmted to kill certain ex-community councillors and certain SAP members.

QUOTABLE:

SATV newscast are "less dramatic, less entertaining, but more informative" than newscasts in other countries where more than one TV service broadcasts news.Louis Nel ***Beggars may not beg in any public place "or endevour by the exposure of wounds, sores, injuries or deformities or the production of begging letters to obtain alms".Gansbaai Town Council's Ban on "unseemly behaviour" published in the Provincial Gaz.

***

"Some may argue that they will just walk back again (from Crawford) .Well, for those who can, the long walk will do them no harm and will keep them occupied instead of begging about all day. And the weaker ones will most certainly be unable to attempt it". Rondebosch Ratepayers' committee member arguing that a night shelter for vagrants should not be constructed in Rondebosch but in Crawford.____________________

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ANALYSIS OF THOSE RELEASED FROM DETENTION IN THE WESTERN CAPE

Released with 48 hours: 9 (2,9%)

Released within 14 days: 154 (50,49%)

Released after 14 days but less than 1 month: 60 (19,67%)

Released between 1 - 2 months: 58 (19%)

Unknown: 24 (7,8%)

TOTAL NUMBER of detainees known

PERSONS CHARGED UNDER THE

to be released:

EM ER GE NC Y REGULATIONS!

305

Arona Dison

John Zaccharias

Nicholas Witwell

Dr. Richard Stevens (St. Nicholas Church Service)

Rev Austin Jackson (St. Nicholas Church Service)

Nico Kleynhans (St. Nicholas Church Service)

57 School pupils (Charges withdrawn)

Anwar Albertus (Charges withdrawn)

Trevor de Bruyn (Charges withdrawn)

TOTAL NUMBER of persons charged: 65

V OL U NT AR Y D EPOR TA TI ONS" AFTER RELEASE FROM DETENTION

Rev. Brian Birchfield (American)

Scott Dougherty (American)

Rod Williams (American)

TOTAL NUMBER of persons involved: 3

PERSONS RESTR ICTED AFTER RELEASE

Rae Lazarus

Elizabeth Erasmus

Llwellyn Mac Master

TOTAL NUMBER of persons with restrictions 3

LE GRANGE'S LIST OF DE TAINEES

According to our records 253 names of people who have been released do not appear on the list. An additional 26 people are still in detention whose names do not appear.

W E S T E R N C A P/E N E W S

PRESS CURB INVALID

On Wednesday the Minister of Police accepted the argument of 4 newspaper groups who are challenging the emergency regulations that the curb on news reports on the conduct of the police was invalidv In the light of this we will be publishing information on incidents that have occured over the last two months.

CHURCH SERVICE RAIDED

Following the raids on church services in Elsies River (St. Nicholas) and in Graaf Reinet at which 189 and 268 persons respectively were detained, a third raid took place on Sunday 20 July at an interdenominational church service at the Holy Trinity church in Elsies River. It was alleged that police surrounded the church and then entered the service at about 15h45. Some women with small children were allowed to leave; the congregation was then informed that they were to be detained pending the arrival of police vans. A police video crew took videos of all the persons attending the service. Three persons were detained, one allegedly for throwing a doughnut at a policeman who entered the room where tea and cake was to be served after the service. At about 17h40 the police decided to let the congregants depart. As people departed teargas was fired, including a cannister into the car of the Rev. Alan Boesak who had officiated at the service.

DETENTIONS DURING CERES BLACKOUT

Between 21h00 and 21h30 on the 23rd July the black township outside Ceres experienced a blackout during which a number of school pupils were detained. Fourteen pupils from the Fred-Gaum High School were detained on the 23rd; our sources were however uncertain as to how many of the detentions occured during the ' actual blackout. Sources also reported that a particular policeman allegedly told one of the pupils parents that as far as he was concerned their child would not be fed or given water in detention, but that he was to be transferred to Worcester where the police would decide whether to feed him or not.

ZWELETHEMBA STILL UNDER SIEGE

Sources who visited Zwelethemba recently revealed that the township has been sealed off since June 12th by a SADF camp pitched on its outskirts. Searchlights circle the township at night. It was alleged that on June 16 houses were raided and people who had not gone to work in the 100% stayaway were subjected to various forms of physical harrasment. The local High School had teargas fired into it and pupils coming out were sjambokked and forced to clear political graffiti off the school wall. Residents claim that 154 persons were detained on June 16. On June 14 police swooped on most major supermarkets, a number of bars and the off-course tote. A large number of black shoppers were reported to have been randomly detained.

N A T I O N A L N E W S

12 YEAR OLD GIVEN ELECTRIC SHOCKS;

"Gilly" Nathela, 12, says that he received electric shock torture on his hand, foot and genitals, while a sack was placed over his head. Nathela who was held in the Heilbron police cells for 34 days says he was detained four times this year.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH RESTORED

Deputy Minister on Information, Mr. Louis Nel reiterated this Governments commitment to freedom of speech when he said in Parliament that it was OK to regard him as being part of a "white majority regime". Although Mr. Dave Steward of the Bureau had previously pointed out that this government was neither white nor a regime ("we are a government and we expect to be called a government") Mr. Nel clarified matters when he asserted that use of the terms was not an offence.

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THE WEEK THAT WAS....R.M.G.RELIEF OFFICE - WEEKLY FACT SHEET, 25-31 AUG. '86

N A T I O N A L N F w_g “ — ---------

FR. MKH ATSHWA TELLS OF T O R T U R E :

detained§at t h e ^ e r ^ u l e ^ p ^ Bishops’ Conference, who is being

* ,He was blindfolded and handcuffed and taken from t h ^ H ^ ^ i that1 on Au§ust 20 & 21: unsown site where 5 men i n t e r r o g a t e d ^ t r ^ L ^

was fed into^y ̂ backside. ̂ From^here^it^ould" ^ "a Creature or instrumentinvariably ended up biting my genftal “P ^ doWn my legS’ thi§hs and

Twice during the interrogation %■ ,c^in8ed Wlth Pam they would laugh"back of my head " lnterro8ation shots were fired from behind and just above the

di s « mfo«! substance “as s"M r e d his legs and thighs which caused him great

* ^ ‘S L f t S n ^ S Jfhis'ceU " I ““ "k "°r C° 80 the * “ «■ “ sblindf01d- F o r 9 0 "inutes

taking that no p o l i ^ ^ s M S l t r w o u i r b e ^ a r r i e d 810^ ^ M?d °rder' 8BVe U"der~ has been ordered to file an answering , °" Mkhatshwa- The Minister

that he and doctors be allowed to ™ f i f £ S a J s h w a " ' ' 1' ^ bV M k h a t s W s

S.PARG AND MARA IS CHARGFD

Marion Sparg, 29, after more than two monthq nf w oQ ^Johannesburg Court on Friday and was chareed wu h ? detention, appeared in theNo bail was granted and the case Dostnnnpd *- n ^eason» attempted arson and arson.

charged with terrorism, alternativel^with ANr k k St6phen Marais’ 29> »a* possession of banned literature h p £ membership, alternatively with

Both acussed appeared in leg-irons and^hains h ^ h ^ HiS 0356 remanded to Oct.29. their lawyers. 8 S 3nd chains “ whlch *ere removed at the request of

DETENTION HEALS RIFTS - C O O P E R ,

AZAPO President, Saths Cooper, told Weekly . ractivists from different persuasions into a^los^H p ^ ergency detentions, by forcing period, had provided an opportunity for activists^environment over a prolonged a perverse sense the Emergency has been a tlw }, discuss these differences. In

ground between different factions Thev have had t-’ It: haS forced commonsomething in common and that the luxurl ofatJjrl,- ackn°wled8e that they’ve got cannot continue". attacking each other - even verbally -

NO PEACE FOR CR OSSROADS REFUGFFS

L ™ “r F ^ m 1 „ OUphm i ^ d r°theSirresha8cer Hh°fhad ^ “ reb“ild their h° "- “camp was surrounded at about 4 am shacks destroyed by DIVCO and SAP officials. The

Khayelitsha. Twentv-nine rlfuoZl . refu8eesjloaded onto trucks and moved to

Lauren Platsky of SPP -described the forrpd1"63 C[]ar8ed for iHegal squatting.the people out from wherever they are and force^h °f 3 master Plan to flush

---------- --------------- _ cney are and force them to move to Khayelitsha".

S T A T E O F E M E R G E N C Y D E T E N T I O N S

ANALYSIS OF THOSE STILL HELD IN DETENTION IN THE WESTERN CAPE

DAYS h e l d : FEMALE MALE TOTAL

1 - 1 4 days 1 1 2

15 days - 1 month 1 1 2

1 - 2 months 2 24 26

2 - 3 months 25 199 224

Unknown _4 24 28

33 249 282

COMMENT:

According to the records of the Western Cape Detainees, 282 are still in detention.

a) 79,4% of the people currently held have been in detention for more than 2

months.

b) 52% of the detainees have been held for more than 1 month; 58 detainees have

been released and 250 are currently been held.

c) Within the first 2 weeks of the declaration of the State of Emergency, the

majority of the detentions took place, since then detentions have been

sporadic.

d) Only 2,6% of the people released have been charged and 2 persons have already

had their charges withdrawn.

SECTION 29 DETAINEES

DATE DETAINED NAME 0RG/ACTIVITY SECTION

86/04/20 MDLALANE Dududumi Unknown Sec.2986/04/23 NTSHAKA Monde Unknown Sec.2986/04/23 G0SANI Mkhuluwa Joseph WCHD Sec.2986/04/24 NCIVATA Zingisile W.C.C.A. Sec.2986/04/24 MAC0Z0MA Zweletu W.C.C.A. Sec.2986/04/24 ESAU Cecil CUPC Sec.2986/04/24 MICHAELS Quinton WECTU Sec.2986/04/29 FUNDAMELA Twelve Unknown Sec.2986/04/29 GHILA Hassan Pensioner Sec.2986/05/02 CASSIEM Achmat QUIBLA Sec.2986/05/02 VAN DER RHEEDE Neville WECTU Sec.2986/04/19 MAQATESHA Mayo Uhknown Sec.2986/05/13 PATEL Yusuf MYM Sec.2986/05/21 VELDSMAN Sazi P.O.Clerk Sec.2986/05/21 MYAMYA Douglas Social Worker Sec.2986/05/21 MG0MA Joseph Red Cross Worker Sec.2986/05/25 TSHIBIKA Temba Unknown Sec.2986/05/29 MZUKWA Theophilus Unknown Sec.2986/06/17 KADER Abdul Unknown Sec.29

DAYS HELD

133 130 130 129 129 129 129 124 124 121 121134 110

102 102

10298 94 75

COMMENT:

When will the fate of these detainees be known?

Q U O T E

"If we elect to leave (SA), it will be a business decision. What other kind of decision would it be? We are not in business to conduct moral activity, we are not in business to conduct socially responsible action. We are in business to conduct business" - (John F. Akers, chief exec, of IBM, NY Times, April 23, 1986.) •

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The appeal made on President PW Botha to exercise clemency and save Andrew

Zondo, Sipho Xulu and Clarence Payi from the gallows failed and these three

members of the African National Congress, Umkhonto we Sizwe were hanged

in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Although the executed trio described

themselves as soldiers, they were not accorded prisoner-of-war status as South

Africa refused to sign the 1977 Geneva Protocol which recognises captured

J^guerillas as prisoners-of-war. They therefore died the death of ordinary

murderers but while some feel that justice has been done, there are others who

believe that Zondo, Xulu and Payi are martyrs.

The appeal for clemency highlighted the fact that President Botha ordered the

South African-controlled interim administration in Namibia to withdraw charges

of murder against 4 South African soldiers who were charged in connection with

the death of Frans Upapota, a 48 year old black man and father of 5 children.SAVE THE S I X :

Mojalesa Reginald Seratsa, Malebo Mokoena, Oupa Moses Diniso, Theresa Ramoshamola,

• Mctseki Christian Mokubung and Motsiri Gideon Mokone received the death sentence

and Duma Joshua Khumalo, 6 years and Francis Deon Mokgesi, 8 years for the

murder of a councillor during the Vaal unrest two years ago. An appeal against

the sentence for all 8 will be heard on 12 October. .*^ FROM EMERGENCY TO SEC. 29: .

The Metal and Allied Worker's Union's general secretary, Moses Mayekiso was/initially held under emergency regulations but because the South African police

say "they have information that he has been involved in actions aimed at over­

throwing the state", he is presently being held under Section 29 of the Internal

Security Act.

Solomon Botha of Guguletu who was detained on 31 July 1986 is believed to have

been transferred to Sec. 29 after having been initially detained under the

emergency regulations.REHABILITATION C A M P S :

What relationship is there between the present revelation that there are rehabilitation camps for children and the comment made by Mr. Piet

Badenhorst that detention was a process of rehabilitation for "henchmen of radicals " and had been "grossly misused'1.

THREE MONTHS OF THE EMERGENCY

Number of persons detained

Number of persons released

Number still held

Number of unrest related deaths

i r e s t r i c t i o n s :

1985

5 196 (57,73)

3 987

1 209

322 (3,57)

1986

±14 000 (15,5)

±6 000

±8 000277 (3,07)

The following persons are known to have received restriction orders on release

from detention:

Dr. Wolfgang Kistner

Dr. Rashid Saloojee

Ms. Claire Wright

Mr. Sandile Nongxa

Mr. Dali Mpofu

Ms. Joyce Sedibe

Mr. Alex Mahlatjie

Mr. Joe Monchosi

Rev. Abe Visagie

Mr. Samuel Manene

Mr. Busisiwe Mabuza

Mr. Elijah Barayi

Mr. Jerry Thibedi

Mr. Rae Lazarus

Ms. Elizabeth Erasmus

Ms. Sandy Steward

Ms. Liz Abrahams

Mr. Llewellyn McMaster

Mr. Mike Loewe

Mr. Petros Thom

'COMMENT:

SACC

Tvl. UDF

Wits. SRC.

Trade Unionist

Black Students Society

CUSA

Transport Allied Workers Union (TAWU)

Ikageng Civic Association

Midlands Council of Churches

SA Chemical Workers Union

Turfloop

COSATU

Metal and Allied Workers Union

General Workers Union

Clothing Workers Union

Black Sash

Food and Allifed Workers Union

University of Western Cape

End Conscription Campaign

Metal and Allied Workers Union

The state of emergency has entered its 4th month now with the most striking

trends being:

a) Compared with the first 3 months of the 1985 emergency, the number of

detentions has increased by 269% this year.

b) Detainees held for long periods are released after Supreme Court rulings

or pending an application for release, being heard in the Supreme Court.

c) The number of unrest-related deaths shows a slight decrease of 13,9%, we

should however bear in mind that these are official figures which do not

necessarily need to be the correct figure.

d) Restrictions have already been imposed on 20 persons. During the last

state of emergency 69 persons were restricted in this way.

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FAMILY VISITS WITH DETAINEES ARE T A P E D ;

The Weekly Mail reported that they had received a copy of a letter sent by an official in charge of white male detainees at Cape Town's Pollsmoor Prison to the commanding officer of the Cape Town Security Branch of the S.A. Police.The letter was written in Afrikaans on official notepaper and was signed by a W.O.Booysen. Dated July 27,1986, it referred to a meeting between an Emergency detainee and his mother on July 18. It read: "The visit was tape-recorded and (the cassette) is enclosed for your information. Please return the cassette to this office when you have finished with it."Asked to comment, a representative of the Prison Services said: "These visits are not privileged. Conversations are therefore recorded one way or the other." The Weekly Mail subsequently sent a telex to the prisons department'enquiring whether visits between detainees and doctors, psychiatrists, district surgeons, lawyers, priests and judges were also recorded.The Prisons Services replied that only attorney-client conversations are privileged and that they could only quarantee that this category of conversa­tions was definitely not taped.

KANGAROO COURT FLOGGINGS: 6 SENTENCED:

Six Nyanga residents were found guilty of assaults for having participated in a kangaroo court in which two sisters were "sentenced" to 60 lashes each. The ’case" arose out of unhappiness on the part of a Nyanga woman that one of the sisters ahd only been given a suspended sentence in the Magistrate Court after having stabbed her. Extra punishment was therefore implemented. Witnesses said that although the original sentence was only 15 lashes each the sentence was increased to 60 cuts for "contempt of court" as the sisters had sworn continuously.A witness told the court that a Major Burger of the Guguletu police station had consented to a request from him to form a vigilante group. Problems that the police and the vigilantes would not deal with were dealt with by the "courts".Twenty-six were acquitted. Three accused received effective sentences of imprisonment of 2,5 years; a fourth person was given 2 years and a fifth 1,5 years. The complainant" was fined R500 (or nine months). (Wynberg Reg. Court)

N A T I O N A L N E W S

TEN YEARS FOR T E R R O R I S M :tdmund Nkosi, 28, of Jabulani, Soweto, was on Monday sentenced to 10 years for terrorism. Nkosi, who had left the country in 1976, was found in possession of 10 handgrenades, and AK-47 and ammunition.

167 DETAINEES SENT TO RE-EDUCAT IO N C A M P S :The DPSC has pointed to the existence of six camps, one at Roodewaal in the OFS and five others near the following centres: Rustenberg (Tvl), Barkley West (Cape), Escourt (Natal), P.E. and Kimberley. The government has admitted to the existence of four of these camps and says that 167 detainees have been sent there on "their release".

DETENTIONS BY UNION! WE STE RN CAPE (Primary Source: L.M.G.)

AZACTU: 4

BAMCWU (Building & Allied) 3AAWU (General) 1

COSATU: 48CCAWUSA (Commercial.Catering & Allied) 2COSATU officials 2CTMWA (Municipal Workers) 4CWIU (Chemical) 1FAWU (Food and Allied) 19SAAWU (General) 16TGWU (General) 4

INDEPENDENT: 12CLOWU (Clothing) 7TWIU (Textile) 2WECTU (Teachers) 3

TOTAL 64

COMMENT:Out of a total of 479 individual union officials and members detained nationally, 64 (13,4%) are from the Western Cape. An estimated additional 2 200 workers were detained in mass arrests outside of the Western Cape. Of the 64 W.Cape detainees, 37 have been released. Of these 1 is restricted and 3 have been charged. Of the 329 unionists still in detention, 27 (8,2%) are from the Western Cape. D E T E N T I O N S ; (Reported to the office)

No. of persons believed to be detained in the Western Cape as from the the

4th September = 21

AREA ANALYSIS:

GUGULETU: 10

NEW CROSSROADS: 5

LANGA: 3

PAARL: 3

RELEASES: (Reported to the office as from 01.09.86)

N0UP00RT: 17

CAPE TOWN: 14

GEORGE: 1

BEAUFORT WEST: 1

UPINGT0N: 38

OUDTSHOORN: 13

PAARL: 25

TOTAL 109

CORRECTION: The daily average of persons detained in 1986 is 155 and not 15,5 as stated in No. 27

QUOTE: "A Vicious and orchestrated attack in the country's courts". - Le Grange commenting on the fact of 248 applications being lodged in the courts against the emergency regulations in the first 100 days of the emergency.

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SECTION 29 DETAINEES: WESTERN CAPE

DATE DETAINED NAME 0RG/ACTIVITY SECTION DAYS HELD

23.04.86 NTSHAKA Monde CAYCO Sec.29 158

23.04.86 GOSANI Mkhuluwa Joseph W.C.H.D. Sec.29 158

24.04.86 NCIVATA Zingisile W.C.C.A. Sec.29 157

24.04.86 MACOZOMA Zweletu W.C.C.A. Sec.29 157

^ 24.04.86 ESAU Cecil CAYCO Sec.29 157

24.04.86 MICHAELS Quinton UDF Sec.29 157

29.04.86 FUNDAMELA Twelve W.C.C.A. Sec.29 152

29.04.86 GHILA Hassan Unknown Sec.29 152

19.04.86 MAQATESHA Mayo Unknown Sec.29 162

02.05.86 CASSIEM Achmat QUIBLA Sec.29 149

02.05.86 VAN DER RHEEDE Neville CAYCO Sec.29 149

13.05.86 PATEL Yusuf M.Y.M. Sec.29 134

21.05.86 VELDSMAN Sazi W.C.C.A. Sec.29 130

21.05.86 MYAMYA Douglas CAYCO Sec.29 130

21.05.86 MGOMA Joseph CUSA Sec.29 130

25.05.86 TSHIBIKA Temba Unknown Sec.29 126

29.05.86 MZUKWA Theophilus CAYCO Sec. 29 122

0 17.06.86 KADER Abdul QUIBLA Sec.29 103

29.08.86 TYAWANA Christopher Zwel./Youth Sec.29 30

11.09.86 MACANDA Norman Siseko Unknown Sec.29 17

12.09.86 BOTHA Solomon Unknown Sec.29 16

COMMENT:

18 of the 21 Section 29 detainees currently been held have been detained for more

than 100 days.

Strange circumstances surround the latest detentions:

a) Christopher Tyawana was detained at a building society after he had been kept

there until the detaining officers arrived. (See story in this issue)

b) Both Norman Macanda and Solomon Botha's families were made to understand that

they were being detained under the emergency regulations but found out later that

they were being held under Section 29.

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W E S T E R N C A P E N E W S

DEATH SENTENCES IN NECKLACE C A S E :

Three Outdtshoorn men, Patrick Manginda, 23, Desmond Majola, 27 and Dickson Madikane, 26 were sentenced to death on Tuesday for the necklace murder of an Oudtshoorn community councillor in November last year. In assessing whether there were mitigating circumstances the court held that because the accused had not testified, the court had been left in the dark to whether or not "these individuals were swept along by group psychosis".Andries Saptouw, 19 and Abraham Galant, 18, who robbed the councillor of his gun were sentenced to two years. A 16 year old who was also found guilty of murder had his sentence postponed to October 14 for a probation officer's report.(Cape Supreme Court)

a l l i e d 's a u t o t e l l e r d e t e n t i o n :

We reprint the following story from the Cape Times 26.09.86:

By CLARE HARPER

THE family of a Worcester man have claimed that a city building society kept him talking until police arrived to detain him.

According to the family. Mr Christopher Tyawana. 24. who was with a girlfriend, went to draw money from an Allied auto­matic teller machine in the city centre on August 24 but the card malfunctioned.

He was referred by the teller to the manager who “kept Christo­pher talking for some time".

His family said that while he was in the manager's office he was detained.

The manager of legal and sec­retarial services at Allied. Mr

Harold Donn, said he had no comment.

"We neither confirm nor deny the incident, it is our policy not to make any comment regarding any incident affecting our branches," he said.

Earlier Mr Donn said that he “personally had no knowledge of the incident", but would investi­gate.

The assistant manager of the building society in Worcester, Mr Victor Calitz, confirmed that Mr Tyawana had opened an account with the branch there.

‘‘I cannot comment on this mat­ter. It has been referred to the regional manager.”

The University of Cape Town

student magazine carried a re­port on Mr Tyawana’s detention on the front page of their Septem­ber 3 edition.

Police at the Public Relations Division in Pretoria confirmed the detention of Mr Zongezile Christopher Tyawana in terms of Section 29 of the Internal Secur­ity Act.

Mr Tyawana is a member of the Zweletemba Youth Organization.

However, a' spokesman said “we have no comment to make on the allegations . . . but wish to draw your attention to the provi­sions of section 29 (7) (b) of the Internal Security Act" which lim ­its the imparting of information relating to detainees

COMMENT:Although we were aware over a month ago of the manner in which this detention was effected we and the Cape Times held back its publication in order to give Allied the benefit of the doubt. For an Allied autoteller machine to "swallow" a card it has to be programmed by the Allied. Thereafter an Allied bank manager had to keep Tyawana talking while an Allied employee had to contact the detaining officials. Allied, notwithstanding the serious consequences of its actions, has persisted in not commenting on its alleged involvement in effecting detention without trial. We assume that all those opposed to detention without trial will express their opposition in the manner they see most appropriate.

N A T I O N A L N E W S

MU LTINAT IO N AL REFUSES PAY FOR D E T A I N E E ' S :

Roche Products, a multinational who manufactures pharmaceuticals, have refused to pay the wages of a recently released employee who was an emergency detainee on the basis of a 'no work, no pay' policy. CUSA has expressed its 'utter disgust' at their approach. The 'no work, no pay' approach has its origins in the corpo­rate approach to stayaways and strikes - situations in which workers have elected not to work. Detainees do not choose to be detained and the approach of companies like Roche amounts in effect to punishing the detainees' dependents for the period of their breadwinner's detention.

N60YI APPEARS ON MURDER C H A R G E :

Eastern Cape UDF president Edgar Ngoyi and eight others appeared in the P.E. Supreme Court a fortnight ago on murder charges. A few days before the commencement of the trial, Eastern Cape UDF vice-president, Henry Fazzie, 62, was subpoenaed as a state witness. Fazzie after consulting his lawyer, agreed to testify. Fazzie is the second UDF executive person to give (favourable) evidence as a state witness rather than go to prison. Rev. McCamel of the Tvl. executive appeared as a state witness earlier this year. The trial continues.

REPRESSION

MONITORING mGROUP

NO. 30

THE WEEK THAT WAS....R.M.G.RELIEF OFFICE - WEEKLY FACT SHEET. 29 Sep-5 Oct. 1986

THE TWILIGHT PEOPLE:

Ihe number of persons released from detention with strict restriction orders signed by the Minister of Law and Order, Mr. Louis le Grange, has increased to 25. The victims include lawyers, trade unionists, church leaders, student leaders, politicians, civic leaders and journalists who are known for their active opposition to apartheid. Detainees' Parent Support Committee (DPSC) chairman, Max Coleman, told City Press that the new restrictions were basically another form of banning which did not require to be gazetted by the Minister of Law and Order. "It is a severe form of banning in that the penalty is up to 10 years in prison or a fine of up to R20 000 - much worse than violatinq an ordinary banning order," he said.

Alie persons affected are:

SACC Justice and Reconciliation Department director - Dr. Wolfram Kistner

Trade Unionist - Sandile Nongwa

UDF's Transvaal Vice-President - Dr. Rashid Saloojee

Wits SRC President - Claire Wright

Wits Black Student's Society President - Dali Mpofu

Turfloop student leader - Busiswe Mabuza

Congress of S.A. Trade Unions President - Elijah Barayi

Council of Unions of SA regional co-ordinator - Joyce sedike

Metal and Allied Workers Union organiser - Jerry Thibedi

Transport and Allied Workers Union president - Alex Mahlatjie

Ikageng Civic Association leader - Joe Monchosi

General Workers Union official - Rae Lazarus

"Rlothing Workers Union official - Elizabeth Erasmus

Midlands Council of Churches chairman - Rev. Abe Visagie

SA Chemical Workers Union organiser - Samela Menene

P.E. journalist and ECC official - Mike Loewe

Pietersburg activist - Stanley Mathatha

King William's Town attorneys - John Smith

Metal and Allied workers Union organiser -Dudley van Heerden Tom Petros

Anglican Bishop Suffragan of Johannesburg West - Rev. MS Ndwandwe

Believers world Outreach church minister - Rev. LP Kolisang

Paris Evangelist Church of SA minister - Fr. SS Masopha

Catholic priest of Klerksdorp - Fr. G. van den Sompel

University of Western Cape student - Koinonia - Llwellyn McMaster i

PHONE IN ANY INFORMATION TO THE OFFICE: 243782.

RELIEF OFFICE. CHURCH HOUSE. QUEEN VICTOR IA ST. CAPE T O W N .

EMERGENCY LAWS: APPEAL COURT RULES IN STATE'S FAVOUR:

Ihe ruling of the Appellate Division on 30th September which effectively upheld the validity of the emergency regulations empowering security forces to arrest anyone deemed to be a threat to the maintenance of public order has been greeted with dismay. The Appeal Court upheld the appeal of the President and the Ministers of Law and Order and Justice against the decision on August 11 of the Durban Supreme Court which released the United Democratic Front's Natal public secretary, Mr Lechesa Tsenoli, who had been detained in terms of the Qnergency regulations.The Durban Supreme Court ruled that the President had acted beyond the powers conferred on him by the Public Safety Act by issuing regulations allowing detentions without warrant and arbitrary extension of imprisonment.The Appellate ruling effectively upheld clauses 3(1) and 3(3) of the Emergency regulations empowering the security forces to arrest and detain without charge. The Appellate ruling is binding an all the nation's courts.Disappointed lawyers acting for detainees said that they would now simply have to press ahead with applications for release either on grounds of insufficient evidence of an individual's threat to public order or of irregularities in extension of the detention period.The Detainee's Support Committee (DESCOM) said both the rights of political detainees and the rule of law in South Africa had suffered a severe set back."Not only does the ruling keep the original unduly harsh powers of regulations intact but it demonstrates that although in the short-term the courts may be able to act significantly, this has limited long-term effect.

"UNKNOWN" PEOPLE BURIED BY THE STATE:

Soweto Missing Persons Bureau president, Morris Ntano, told City Press that at least 200 "unknown" peple received a pauper's burial since the beginning of this year. Most of those buried were black South Africans. He said that an average of 25 people were buried in Soweto and Johannesburg in the first six months of the year - this number included people from the neighbouring "independent" states. He also called on black people from other townships in the country to assist the bureau and invited interested people to write to The Chairman, Soweto Missing Person's Bureau, P.O.Box 83, Dobsonville 1865.

RENT BOYCOTTS:

According to the latest Community Research Group's report, 54 townships in the Free State, Port Elizabeth and the Vaal area are involved in the township rent boycotts. The number of people not paying rents has increased to 650 000 households since the Vaal residents decided to stop paying rents in 1983. It is estimated that the tJoycott is costing the authorities Rl,3 million a day.

JOHANNESBURG DOCTOR CLAIMS DETAINEES WERE PHYSICALLY ABUSED:

a sai?Ple group Of released detainees showed medical evidence of "physical - , 'during examination last year, a Johannesburg doctor has revealed.Ihe doctor collated figures from the notes of six doctors who, as a service, voluntarily examine detainees after their release. '

S eseve^ers^ p ^ hat 6°% ^ COnsidered "severly injured", while 85% complained

MISUSE OF AUTOMATIC TELLER:

In a statement, the managing director of the Allied Building Society, Mr.Allan

S ? ^ Xt "re9rettfd the incident in which Mr. Christopher Tyawana wasdetained after an automatic teller machine swallowed his card". He said that disciplinary action had followed the misuse of its computer system.

QUOTES:

"Black and Coloured townships are often so decrepit that its no wonder they are throwing stones." - Minister of Law and Order, Mr. Louis le Grange.

South Africa's "over-tolerant" attitude towards political prisoners must change. "Our very self-respect demands a change." - Minister of Justice, Mr Kobie Coetsee

REPRESSION

MONITORING

GROUP wNo. 31

THE WEEK THAT WAS....R.M.G.RELIEF OFFICE - WEEKLY FACT SHEET. 6 - 12 OCT. '86

S T A T I S T I C S : (source: dpsc - Johannesburg)

Estimated number of persons detained under the Internal Security Act in 1986 = 2 402

Number of persons detained in January - March '86 (first Emergency) = 631

Estimated number of persons detained under the current Emergency Regulations =20 000

Estimated total number of detentions this year =23 033

Daily average of detentions in 1986 = 84,36 detentions per day.

ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL SEC URITY ACT D E T E N T I O N S :

Section 29 of the Internal Security Act = 299 (219 known)

Section 31 of the Internal Security Act = 71 (66 known)

Section 50 of the Internal Security Act = 1 800 (397 known)

Homeland legislation = 232

TOTAL 2 402

AREA ANALYSIS OF KNOWN INTERNAL SECURITY ACT DETENTIONS:

Transvaal = 253

Natal = 58

Eastern Cape = 256

Northern Cape = 6

Western Cape 65

Orange Free State = 11

Ciskei = 73

Transkei = 103

Bophuthatswana = 7

Venda = 21

ACTIVITY ANALYSIS OF KNOWN INTERNAL SECURITY ACT DETENTIONS;

Scholar, students and teachers = 158

Community and political workers = 238

Trade Unionists = 31

Clergy and church workers = 26

Journalists 3

Unspecified and unknown = 397

TOTAL 853

ANALYSIS OF THE FATE OF INTERNAL SECURITY ACT DETAINEES AS AT 30/10/86

Released without charge within 48 hours = 26 (4,45%)

Released without charge after longer period = 593 (69,51%)

Charged, awaiting trial = 46 (5,39%)

Charged and acquitted 7 (0,82%)

Charged and convicted 4 (0,46%)

Died in detention 2

Still in detention = 175 (20,51%)

TOTAL 853

COMMENT:

a) Over the last two years, detention has become the most used form of repression. Since 1984 (number of detentions = 1 149) to September 1986, the number of persons detained has increased by 2 004,6%. In 1984 the daily average of detentions was 3,14 and in 1986 it is already 84,36.

b) The Eastern Cape and the Transvaal show the highest number of Internal Security Act detentions.

c) Community workers and political workers have been the hardest hit by detention.d) Only 6,67% (57) persons detained in 1986 have been charged while only 0,46% (.4)

of detainees have been convicted. This displays indiscriminate use of the security legislation.

AWA ITIN6-TRIAL PRISONER DIES AFTER ASTHMA A T T A C K :

An awaiting-trial prisoner died this week after suffering an asthma attack in his cell in East London's Fort Glarmorgan prison. According to his lawyer,Mbuyiseli Songelwa, head of the Queenstown branch of the DPSC, suffered an asthma attack on Friday evening. The lawyer claimed that Songelwa's cell mates had made numerous attempts to alert prison authorities, but that he only received medical atention 24 hours after the attack. At that stage, he had been in a critical condition, the lawyer said.

DETENTION OF C H I L D R E N :

DPSC spokeswoman, Mrs. Audrey Coleman, said that the government has stepped up its detention of children in the past few weeks. The DPSC knew of the detention of 35 youths last weekend, most of them from the township of Kagiso, near Krugersdorp. (Cape Times, Saturday, October 11th)

t o r t u r e :

Between 1962 and 1983, a total of R5 503 762,00 was paid out by the government in 717 settlements for assault of detainees by the police. (Weekly Mail, Oct 9 - 1 6 '86)

PFP CONGRATULATES ITSELF:

In the October edition of the PFP's "Newsline" headlined "Keeping tabs on missing people", the party states that its Unrest Monitoring work and Missing Persons Bureau which are part of a national campaign code-named "Operation Outreach" has led to the PFP becoming "the prime source of credible 'unofficial' information on the effects of unrest and detentions." Operation Outreach it says has in addition "lead to an acceptance of the party as a mediator in disputes within the black community and between the community and the police". The requests to act as mediators having "come from both sides". To enhance the programme a further R300 000 has been made available.

ANOTHER RESTRICTION O R D E R :

Freelance journalist, Mike Loewe, who was recently released after his 83 days emergency detention, has been banned from disseminating news or contributing to publications in terms of a restriction order. He is contemplating legal action.

Collection Number: AG1977

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