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Fane Qeorge dibhole, Jebolard Vilfrad fctocofao, and
Till Alocla Khenwane,
Chorgo: The eccuaed feca teo counts under the
Terrorise Act, and accaaad nuaber 1 (Slthole)
faces a furthar t5 counts under tha Internal
Security Act, reletlng to the breaking of hla
bannlnQ order.
Tha etate allege* that tha accused Foraed an
organisation knoan aa tha African Youth Congress
(AVC)f alth tha intention of furthering the elm
of the banned African National Congress. They are
alleged to have Incited others to leave tha country
for allltary training, and assisting thea to Leave
via the organisation of transport.
The accused are also charged alth obtaining
inforaatlon regarding security arrsnguaonts at the
Caltav Oil Terminal In Durban, and to hava obtained .
explosives.
The accused, aho first appeared in court In
Durban on 5 January, 198?, eere rnaanded In custody
until February 23. than tha trial began In the Durban
Regional Court, bhey ell pleaded not guilty to all
charges.
Bheflfca Hgobese told tha court of a aaating of
tha AYC ahich elected ax Hobben Island prisoner
Phillip Vatheas as president. At this aaating,
bathees said he aould arita to Oliver Taabo asking
for financial assistance, Mthanyane said that a reply
swld indicate that *ea aould be having recognition
froa tha ANC and aould knoa that the AYC is one
alth the «cv Tha aaating, according to tha
eltneaa, also decided to sand eaaaagei to Mandela
and Glsulu on Bobber. Inland via a lawyer aho aould
be visiting the*.
The state than applied for tha cross exaalnatlon
of Mgobeae to be held In c as ere, as he had received
threatening telephone calls earning hie not to
continue testifying In tha trial. This application
aas turned dosn by the presiding aaglstrate, aho
ruled that tha eltneaa aas already exposed, and
closing the court at this stage aould do nothing to
protect hla.
After tha aaglstrate had heard tha evidence
of e psychiatrist, ttheijans aas ordered to be placed
under observation at tha aaritrburg Prlaon Hoapltal.
Or E veljee eaa called by the defence to give
evidence on Hthenjane'a eental state, eftar
Itthanjana claiaad that he eaa having difficulty
following the court procaadlnga.
Or Valjoe told the court that Khenjane had
soaa disorder in his thinking process. He shoeed
signs of depression end eaa experiencir^i
hallucinations. ha see elao suffering froa loss of
eelght and had lost his appetite.
Prior to his appearance In court as Bn accused,
tfthanjene had bean detained e nuaber of tiaes by
security police. Since 1976, he has spent eany
lengthy periods in detention. In addition, he served
en 18 Booth Jell sentence for refusing to testify
against co-SSRC a asp or, Paul Langs, in a Terrorise
Act trial.
The hearing ees adjourned until parch 1967,
Khoteo Sydney Saethlolo (25) and aery baa » he the
Loete (23).
Chaxoje: The state alleged that Saethlolo, a forear
prenldant of the noe-benned SERC, helped fora tha
South African Youth Revolutionary Council ( SAYRCO)
ehlle in exile. ha eaa chalnaan of the Nlgerlanbased
Council, a allltary group foread by otudants
aho left the country eftar the 1776 riots, and eho
did not Join either the ANC or PAC.
According to tha charge sheet, SAYRCO elea to
incite blacks to over-throe the governeent by
violence, and in achieving this, to recruit people
for allltary training. Tha state also alleges that
SAYfCO ease contact eith certain organisations elthln
South Africa in an attaapt to furtttmr its also.
Aaong the acts detailed in count 1, it eaa
alleged that tha accused conspired alth other aaabers
of SAYfCO to ettaapt to destroy laa and order
In South Africa through violence. It eaa also claiaad
that GAYfCO paaphleta aara distributed at a aaating In
Soaato on 16 June, 19B1; that during June 19B1, one
of tha accused brought teo people froa Boteeana into
contact with Thabo Noabenl, national organiser of
AZAPO; that Saethlolo Joined AZAMYU and introduced
the national chelraen mvS president of the organlsstlon
to people in Soaato; that Loete arranged a aaating
beteaen various AZAPQ and AZAffYU aaapera, and BAfflCO;
that aha airshed a aaating beteaen Saethlolo end
Thaal atonal, naaa editor of tha Soaetan naaeoapar;
that aha arranged accoaaodation for eeabers of
SAYfCO eho entered South Africa; and that she had
requested three people to apply for passports, ehlch
she took and kapt for use by aoafjari of SAYfCO.
The second count alleged that Baathlolo and
Loate had incited 5 persona froa Soaato to undergo
allltary training outside South Africa. They both
pleaded not guilty to ell the charges agalnat thee.
At tha start of the trial, in tha Vender*!jlperfc
Regional Court, on February 8, tha court heard
security police eltnessea describe the arrest of
tha teo accused. Captain EG Clapton described a raid
on a houaa in Orlando aaat shore SAYRCO docuaants aara
sailed. Alao found in this house ass a forged
Botseana passport and talagraas to Botsaana.
A young girl aho aay not be neasd and for ahoa
the aaglstrate cleared tha court, rafused to ||ive
evidence. She said aha aould rather go to Jell
then taatlfy against her colleagues.
Another eltneaa, aho aay also" not be naaed,
told tha court of a trip to Gaborone eada by
hieeelf and a group of church eeabers. Ha said he
ees introduced by the previous eltne&a to three
youthe, teo of ahoa he reaeabere as 'Teboho* and
*Paul*. Teboho had told hla that SAYRCO aould
liberate blacks through violence and that 6TJ0 -
1 000 aaaaara had coaaltted thaasalvaa to the
organ 1 set ion -
The altnasa said that the folloalng day he had
eat Seethlolo, eho told hla that tha organisation
considered ltaalf to be a third force and did not
align ltaalf alth either tha AfC or PAC.
Saethlolo elao aefced hla if ha could get eapa
of Soap to. SAYRCO aaabera hod offered tha aitnaaa
and his colleagues booklets about tret organisation
and about tha Uvea at oVejhneu and aao for
dlatrlbutlon in Soaato. They adapted tha
booklets, but carried out none of tha Instruction
7 eltraaaaa refused to give evidence for tha
state: they aara
Fraedoa Mazlbuko (20),
Theal batesl (38),
Carter Seleke (24),
Thabo Mdabenl (25),
Alex Selent (27),
Sloho Soaacale (281. and
Elsie aathlbedl (??).
They aara all sentenced to teree of laprlsonaant
ranging froa 9-16 aontha.
Verdict: Both eccuaed guilty on both counts.
Sentence: Saethlolo - 10 years on count 1, 5 yeare on
count 2t to run concurrently, ia 10 yaara iaprlsonaent.
Loate - 5 yaara on each count, to run concurrently,
le S yaara iaprlsonaent,
(vanderbljlperk Regional Court, 11.03.6?).
Shortly after sentence, Saethlolo aas ra-oatalned
under aactlon 6 of the Tarrorlaa Act by aecurlty
police,
tllliaa eabone Ouaa (31), Oualsena Blrette aanln>ai
(31), Bayi Keye (S), and Luyanda aayeklso (»).
Charge: In thie, tha first Clsfcei Tarrorlaa Act
trial alnca the territory attained -lndapandenca*
last Opceaber, tha eccuaed era alleged to hava bean
•aefauiu of tha banned African National Congraaa.
During June 1900 to Auguet 19B1 they era alleged to
have been actively angagad in tha oparetlonal
activities of tha ANC, thus identifying theaaalvas
alth its revolutionary alaa.
They ere elso ellagad to have recruited people
to undergo allltary training, and to have po«aaaad
banned- literature. Tha trial opened in the £eellteha
Cipraei Court on 22 February ehen tha 4 accuaed
appeared briefly before tha Clakel Cnlef Justice,
Judge de Sat end teo assessors, aovocataa B Pohl and
F Hal .
The case aas adjournal for 4 daye to alloe the
oldeat accused, ar Keye, to be eaaalned by a doctor
"to Inquire Into hie aental and physical condition',
ar Keye claiaad ha had been assaulted in detention.
•hen tha trial laopened on 26 February, Clakel*a
attorney general aT Jurgana announcad that Kmym had
been sent to Cape Toan'e Groote Schuur hoapltal for
tests, and aald that Keye had e previous history of
achirophranlc paychotlc reaction.
According to a partite! report froa Groote
Schuur * aubaitted ehen Keye reappeared on « aaroh -
no evidence of current paychoals aaa found.
Hcaever, a hospital payohologlst said that Keye
appeared aoderataly depressed end analoue* Tha
Groote Schuur report eald Keye had denied any
serious accidents or head Injuries, but ahan anked
ehether ha hod been hit or kicked on tha head ehile
in detention he replied: *Yee, they did everything to
me' (js, hulls net ellea gaooan by ay). Tha
psychologist's laport laqnoatert that Keye should
not be kept in solitary canf lnaasnt.
In another aatflcal report, subaitted inaapandently
by a Or ID huaklaaonf it aas stated 'This patient