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alleged onnnl assaults and ther- Is no doubt he
had « ecMzophrenlc-llke illness with auditory
heilucinations mhen admitted to hospital*. Or
Huafcleson Hid In his report that Keye had told Ma
h* aaa essmultmd during hit tmo months of
lnterregetion, to try and make hie talk about a
certain meeting ha had attended* Keye also told
tha doctor that ha had been hit alth flats and kicked
on tha haad durlnQ Interrogation. The f^xt thing ha
raaaabarvd aaa being sent to Komanl Hospital in •
CeJainatoan ahara ha aas kept for tao months. Ha
said that after being baatan his nose aas sore end
he could not aaa out of his left eye.
-Tha trial reopened on 15 -arch »lth ttr Jurgens
contesting the allegatlona of esaault and asking
several emmndment* to the indictment, tith er Keys
hart in court, the defence coaplalnad that another
of tha accused, ar Uayeklso, had been taken froa
prison to give a henderltlng aaaple elthout his
leeyers being consulted. Jurgens conceded that the
police had ande *en error of Judgement' but said they
had not tried to force evidence out of ar aavaklso.
In the state** evidence a South African security
policeman* aerrent Officer ED Flsdon delated he end
his colleagues had dug up banned literature - one
leaflet eea ellegedly entitled 'Mandela says
unite* - In the beck gardens of teo houses in
ebentaane.
The proaecutlon called a lecturer In political
science et nand Afrlkaana University, ID da Vrles,
te > Br v * * hlatory of revcplutloaery groups In
South Africa'. De Vrles said that tha east
Important movements sere trie ANC, SACP, SACTU
era) MC. Hs pointed out that the JVC ees opposed
to 'homelands' and did not recognise Clakel's
Indaaartdanoe. Oe Vrles also clelmmd that the
conetltutlon of the South African Allied workers'
Uhlon (*$MW> correspondejf, «Hh eaall ajteeptlons,
to that of SACTU.
The trial continues.
Robert Martin Adam (26) end Jinnd la mthmmbu (23).
Charge: The eccueed era alleged to heve conspired
elth trie African National Congress to obtain
information regarding the transmission system and
other aspects of tha SABC TV toear in Brixton.
During July iMit it eea alleged thet they visited
the toear and obtained information about it,
including the taking of photographs.
Adam is alleged to heve dreen up e report
for tret ANC entitled 'Report on the reconnaissance
of the SABC-TV system in Auckland Park 1 , mhieh eas
placed In a dead letter box together elth certeln
photographs. These eere collected by en A*C courier.
The accused are also Jointly charged elth
attempting to recruit a person for the ANC, end
poaeeaslon of ANC literature.
Adam has admitted in court that he If an
ANC member, end that he prepared the report on
ttwj SABC toeer for the ANC. Homever, ha claims
that the intention aas not to sabotage the toear,
but to rlamaga machinery and the building next to the
toeer. eHhmmuu hme admitted taking photographa
of trie Brixton toear, but clalmm that these eere
done for the purposes of writing an article for
e magazine on ehlch he Is eaployed.
Irthembu has contested the admissibility of
a statement he made after his arrest, claiming
that it ehouid not be accepted as evidence against
hie by the court.
The triel continues In the Johannesburg
Supreme Court before the Judge President of the
Province, Judge Boshoff •
INTERNAL gCUMTY ACT TRIALS
Elaine dohaeaatf (20), Leslie Lax (23), kUchael
O'Oonoven (21), Benjamin Greyllng (20).
Charge: The accused aere charged eith distributing
and producing posters ehlch cslebreted the 60th
anniversary of the founding of the South Afridhn
Communist Party (SACP).
The stete celled fiend Afrikaans University lecturer
ID de Vrles to give expert evidence on
'revolutionary tactics*. Ha clalaad that a
poster sheen to hie last year carried the eords
'eorkers unite' ehlch he said eas extracted from
Hsrx*s Communist manifesto. The poster, he said,
could be seen ae a eey of publicising an unlaeful
organisation.
Ban Greyllng told the court of hie eel-treetieant
by police after his detention. Ha claimed thet after
three security police arrested hie, his hands mere
tied behind hie back, and he eas throttled,
* Throughout the day until midnight he eas bound fund
and foot end forced to stand for 14 hours of
questioning at John Vorater Souare. He ems forced
to remove all his clothes and a bunch of keys eas
pushed against his private parte.
ehen ha reported having been assaulted to a
doctor, the r*oort «*s referred beck to his
Interrogator*.
unexpectedly, in the middle of proceedings,
the eccused changed their plea to guilty. It appears
thet the presiding magistrate eas due to go on leave,
and thia eould have extended court proceedings for
some time, ehlle the accused remained In custody.
Couneel for the defence then aaked for eholly
suspended sentences to be imposed: the accused had
already been in Jail for some time, end ell eere
keen to resume their unlveraities studies if given
the opportunity.
Verdict: Guilty
Sentence: 360 days Imprisonment, of ehlch 3S0 days
mere conditionally suspended for 5 years.
(Johannesburg Regional Court, 10.03.62).
Of Interest eas the state's policy regarding
ball in this case, end the previous Official Secrets
Act triel ehlch Greyllng eas involved in. In the
first trial, tha stete opposed bell strongly, and
security police indicated that if ball eas granted.
Greyllng eould be radetalned. Ha eas subsequently
acquitted.
In tha aacond trial, the attorney general
prohibited bell by means of a onrtlflcate. The
accused mee thus held In prison aa eeeltl'ng triel
prisoners throughout the triel. They eere then
sentenced to only 10 days imprisonment.
peg*
tthmmmt **» Omar (25).
Charge: Photocopying end distributing en AJC pamphlet.
The accused claimed thet he had received the pamphlet
froa an unknown person, end read it. It contained e
message from Oliver Tambo on the 69th anniversary of
the ANC'a foundation. Ha gave tha pamphlet to a
friend, making her to make copies ss he intended
taking them to a political science class ehlch aaa
part of his journalise course.
Verdict; Guilty.
Sentence: 12 months imprisonment, suspended for
5 years*
(Durban Regional Court, 22.0t.83).
APPEAL PROCEEDINGS
Guy perger and Devendira Pllley.
The original charges against Berger end Pllley
related to the provision of information on trade
unions to SACTU, membership and furthering the aims
of the ANC, and the possession and distribution of
unlaeful literature.
Effective sentence in Berger's esse eas a years*
Pillay receiving 2 years.
They appealed against sentence, and mere
successful, in that Plllay*s sentence eas reduced to
one year* Berger's to teo.
(Grahaaatoen Supreme Court, eerch 1962).
Nclmbithl Johnson Lublsl (29), Petrua Vashego (20),
and hmphtali Uenane (24).
(For trial details, see VIP 14:39-4!; VIP 15:40-41;
MP 16:3-5).
The eppellents eere found guilty of high treason
in November I960, end sentenced to death. The major
act for ehlch they received the death aentence Involved
their participation in an AJC attack on the Soekmekaer
police station in January 1960.
On appeal. they argued that tha death sentence
•as Inappropriate beceuee they had deliberately
refrained froa killing those inside the police
stetlon et the time of the attack. Various other
factors such as their ages, the social disruption of
their lives et the tie* they Joined the AFC
(involving the June 1976 events end efter), and
the disparity beteeen their sentences and other
accused i eere put forward by the eppellents.
Judgement has bean reserved in this important
appeal.
Wilfred efereane (20).
mermane mas tried and convicted In BophutheTseana
in terns of South Africa's Terrorism Act, The
trial Judge, in summing up, said that ehlle the
Terrariee Act aaa passed in South Africa, it still
applied In BophuthaTemana after "independence*
because it had not been repealed, tsjraane eas
sentenced to 15 years imprisonment*
Tha appeal, heard In South Africa's Apellete
Division in Bloamfontein - ehlch has Juriadictlon
over the) 'lndapmnoent'bantustans - eas on tha grounds
that the Terroriem Act mee in conflict with the
conetltutlon of BophutheTseane. This constitution
has a bill of rights attached, ehlch couneel for tha