Sadeque Variava, the Johannesburg teacher first detained in January and charged under the Terrorism Act apparently in connection with plays staged by the Peoples Experimental Theatre was remanded on R5,000 bail to appear at Pretoria Supreme Court on 10 December.
On 24 November Mrs Nomsisi Khuzwayo, administrative assistant with the Black Peoples Convention (BPC) and mother of a two-month-old child, was arrested in Durban and brought to Pretoria where she was charged under the Terrorism Act on 25 November. Granted R2,000 bail on condition she stayed in Rustenburg, Khuzwayo was remanded to appear with Variava on 10 December.
Together they appeared in Pretoria Supreme Court, charged on two counts under the Terrorism Act. The case was adjourned until 1 March.
On 10 November seven people appeared in Johannesburg magistrates court on a charge under the Terrorism Act, said to relate to an offence committed on 19 August. Remanded in custody three times (on 10 and 24 November and 8 December) the accused are due to appear again on 26 January. They are: Joseph Maleballe MOLOKENG, of Johannesburg, president of the National Youth Organisation (NAYO), arrested 25.7.75; Kgotoduwa Andrew MOLOTSANA, of Johannesburg, teacher, NAYO member, arrested 30.7.75; Bheki Winston LANGA (23) of Durban, NAYO executive member, arrested 10.9.75; Miss Phumza DYANTYI, a nurse of Kuruman, arrested 20.8.75; Amos MASONDO, of Johannesburg, clerk with the Chamber of Mines, arrested 16.9.75; Patrick MAISELA, hospital technician of Johannesburg, arrested on or around 9 October 1975; Benjamin MSENYANA, a clerk.
On 20 November several young Coloured men from Johannesburg who had been detained since February appeared in Johannesburg Magistrates Court on charges under the Terrorism Act. Remanded on bail of R500 each, they re-appeared on 4 December. They were Weizman Hamilton (20), Chris Weimers (22), Johnny Ramrock (24) and Trevor Bloem. They were among a group of people reportedly detained in connexion with AFRO, a group formed to oppose separate Coloured institutions such as the Coloured Representative Council.
Early in December, five young whites, all former students associated with NUSAS (the National Union of South African Students), were arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act, apparently in connection with offences said to have been committed in 1973 and 1974. The five were: Glen Moss (23) SRC president 1973/4 at Witwatersrand University, now living in Johannesburg; Charles Nupen (25) of Durban, president of NUSAS in 1973-4; Edward C Webster (33) sociology lecturer at Natal University and former member of NUSAS national executive in 1965; Cedric de Beer (23) NUSAS seminar officer and former media officer, arrested in the Eastern Cape; Karel S Tip (30) immediate past president of NUSAS, arrested in Cape Town. Taken to Johannesburg, the five appear in court on 5 December when they were granted bail of R2,000 (Moss and De Beer) or R1,000 (Nupen, Tip, Webster). The case was adjourned until 2 February.
