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… The Detention Weapon …

… weapons that the government used to quell resistance. As detention was a legal weapon that could see an individual, a group or even an … it became more commonly used. As a result deaths in detention particularly during interrogation became more … List of deaths in detention …

… that African trade unions would be used as political weapon to create chaos. He added that in his opinion “We [the … for reasons of public safety . It further provided for the detention without trial for any dissent. Commenced: 4 March … Law Amendment Act No 39 of 1961 Provided for twelve-day detention. Amended: the Arms and Ammunition Act 28 of 1937 …

… and political interests. Sabotage became an effective weapon of resistance against the apartheid government. … circumstances, with most deaths arguably occurring in detention. Due to the enforced Partial State of Emergency, …

… is arrested under security laws that provide for unlimited detention without trial. 31 July, Joe Gqabi , journalist and … Helen Suzman , calls for the whole structure of detention laws to be changed. 9 August, The PFP’s spokesman … that ‘he unconditionally rejected violence as a political weapon’. 10 February, Nelson Mandela turns down the release …

… 12 May, The General Law Amendment Act provides for detention of people for twelve days without bail, and trial … General Law Amendment Act No 39:Provides for twelve-day detention. Amended: the Arms and Ammunition Act 28 of 1937 … South Africa signs multilateral treaty banning nuclear weapon testing in the atmosphere. 28 November, South Africa …

… torture, the disappearance of activists, deaths in police detention, and murder. Necklacing refers to the practice of … unions joined the federations. A strike was a powerful weapon used by workers. In 1981, 342 strikes took place in …

… of Emergency has been declared) and confers wide powers of detention without trial, banning of persons, organizations, … arisen to invoke this Act. Formal repression of persons Detention without trial Detention for interrogation or 'preventive' purposes, without …

… that African trade unions would be used as political weapon to create chaos. He added that in his opinion ?We [the … for reasons of public safety . It further provided for the detention without trial for any dissent. Commenced: 4 March …

… MK structures in Mozambique provided military training in weapon usage and in guerrilla tactics to its recruits.   … movement, imprisoned objectors and conditions in detention barracks. However, with the ascendancy of the …

… MK structures in Mozambique provided military training in weapon usage and in guerrilla tactics to its recruits. The … movement, imprisoned objectors and conditions in detention barracks. However, with the ascendancy of the …

… of the situation in South Africa, the continued detention of Mac Maharaj and the arrest of leaders of COSATU. … inhumane treatment of its opponents in the organization’s detention camps in Angola, Tanzania and Uganda. 16 October , … CIA report was untrue and that "the test was of an Israeli weapon with South African specialist observers present". 26 …

… Dry White Season was published, it focused on the death in detention of a black activist, and caused great irritation to … life in Sophiatown, and its destruction, in Memory is the Weapon . 1988 Breyten Breytenbach's prison poetry was …

… gatherings, the restriction of persons to certain areas, detention of persons in custody and witnesses, large numbers … (SASO). Mr Steve Biko, became the 40th person to die in detention. Ten people died in detention that year. 19 October, Major black consciousness …

… 1980s – an Emergency was declared. This resulted in the detention of thousands of political activists within a short … 1960s, including the General Laws Amendment Act (90 day detention law) and later the Sabotage Act,  which was … until Steve Biko , who was a leading figure, died in detention and the state banned 18 BCM-aligned organisation in …

… Act reported abuse by police forces. Others died in detention. As law professor John Dugard wrote in 1978: … passing laws which set and increased the duration of legal detention without the possibility of bail or the necessity of … to the Criminal Procedure Act, this law allowed for 12 day detention without opportunity of bail or the right to habeas …

… of black organizations in the 1970s, and the deaths in detention of young black leaders. These included Mapetla … Nkomati Accord of 1984.  At that stage I was already in detention, and was shortly to be sentenced to a term in … to the armed struggle: The revival of song as a weapon in contemporary South Africa Abstract Struggle songs …

… Oost, began his duties mid-1916 after he was released from detention in The Fort for his stance against participation in … Verwoerd warned that they were using their businesses as a weapon against Afrikaner Nationalism, and urged his readers …

… to the town’s prison to release fellow comrades in detention. The other group marched to attack the police … Square was tortured for 16 days. As result he died in detention and the police put a statement claiming he had … in his pyjama.  Ngudle became the first person to die in detention under the 90 day detention law.   In 1961 another …

… during this period of time, many being tortured in detention and hundreds of people being killed either in detention, on the streets by police or through …

… of the party between March 1961 and April 1966. The detention and banning of leading LPSA members - despite its … the National Committee of Liberation (NCL).  During their detention, Monty Berman, a former member of the  South … an important role in the formation of the NCL.  While in detention, they debated the need for an umbrella organisation …

… federal structure, and on the description of the boycott weapon as a 'principle'; he was also critical of Tabata's … accept the policy on non-collaboration and the boycott weapon, it changed tack when viewing events internationally. … rounded up leading political figures and placed them in detention there was complete paralysis. One attempt at …

… easily accessible from both Mozambique and Swaziland.’ Weapon consignments destined for MK in Natal regularly passed … in Port Natal played a critical role in the abduction, detention and murder of political activists and MK operatives … Other suspected spies were taken to Quatro in Angola for detention and ‘rehabilitation’. Fortunately, none of the ANC …

… of the party between March 1961 and April 1966. The detention and banning of leading LPSA members – despite its … the National Committee of Liberation (NCL).  During their detention, Monty Berman, a former member of the  South … an important role in the formation of the NCL.  While in detention, they debated the need for an umbrella organisation …

… a capital offence and gave the Minister house arrest and detention without trial powers. Both Poqo and uMkhonto we …

… Both the PAC and ANC were severely crippled by the arrest, detention and imprisonment of their leaders and members. For … Amendment Act No 39 is passed. This Act provides for the detention of people for twelve days without bail. The Act … to the town’s prison to release fellow comrades in detention and the other to attack the police station. This …

… after an illegal march in protest against the continued detention of the twenty-two Africans held under the Terrorism … acquitted in February begins after they have been in detention for seventeen months. They are all acquitted and … police building in Johannesburg - the seventeenth death in detention under security laws. Following calls from the …

… other more severe forms of repression, such as indefinite detention, torture and political assassination - were weapons …

… orders are placed on all three on their release from detention on 27 February 1980. 1980 12 January, A British … at a demonstration in central Johannesburg against the detention of a fellow clergyman who had supported the schools … is arrested under security laws that provide for unlimited detention without trial. The campaign against dissident South …

… other more severe forms of repression, such as indefinite detention, torture and political assassination - were weapons …