CI and SACC offices are raided
On 27 November 1976 the offices of the Christian Institute (CI) and the South African Council of Churches (SACC), two religious formations considered to have links with the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) were raided by security police. This was part of a campaign following the outbreak of the Soweto Revolt on 16 June 1976. Dr. Beyers Naude, founder and Chief Director of CI, was arrested a month earlier on 28 October 1976. Dr.