The British High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland issues the Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation

Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland issued the Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation. The Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation made it an offence for persons to conspire against, incite, or instigate violence in South Africa or other neighbouring countries. The history of the British High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland and Governor-General of South Africa dates back to 1931 when the posts were created. They were responsible for the administration of the British Protectorates in southern Africa.  One of the victims of the Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation was a Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)member, Mfana Sekaya Gqobose. Gqobose was arrested in Basutoland (now known as Lesotho) in 1965, . He was sentenced to three years imprisonment under the Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation. Gqobose was released from prison in 1967.