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Zwelakhe Sisulu is arrested

Zwelakhe Sisulu is arrested

Zwelakhe Sisulu

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22 Aug 2019
Zwelakhe Sisulu is arrested

Zwelakhe Sisulu

Zwelakhe Sisulu is arrested Zwelakhe Sisulu, President of the Black Media Workers Association of South Africa (MWASA), and youngest son of Albertina and Walter Sisulu, was arrested in terms of Section 9 (1) and Section 10 (1) a of the Internal Security Act. This Act provided for unlimited detention without trial. He remained in jail for 251 days. Source:  Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Zwelakhe Sisulu is arrested. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012457

South African History Online (2011) 'Zwelakhe Sisulu is arrested', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012457 (Accessed: 27 August 2026).

South African History Online, Zwelakhe Sisulu is arrested [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012457, (accessed 27 August 2026).

"Zwelakhe Sisulu is arrested." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012457. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Zwelakhe Sisulu is arrested." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012457.

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