and the apparent arrest of Mdluli's brother. A week later an African advocate instructed by Mr. Mxenge to handle the matter, Mr. T.L. Skweyiya, was ordered by the police to surrender his passport.
On 12 April Mr. J.T. Kruger, Minister of Justice & Police, denied that there had been a police cover-up over the case and promised a full public inquest as soon as possible. He claimed that "the results of certain medical reports from Pretoria" were still being awaited.
In the same interview Kruger confirmed and defended the detention of the Mdluli family's attorney Mr. Mxenge. He said: "I have no sympathy for Mr. Mxenge. When I unbanned him about a year ago and allowed him to practice as an attorney, I gave him a very specific warning." He compared the seriousness of the case with that of Raymond Suttner.
Mr. Mdluli's funeral was held on 3 April, attended by about 1,000 mourners. Speakers included Norman Middleton, of the Coloured Labour Party; Mrs. Fatima Meer, president of the Black Women's Federation; David Gaza, director of the Umlazi Residents Association; Barney Dladla, former Kwa Zulu councillor; and Mrs. Winnie Mandela. Messages of cholence were received from SASO, the BPC and the Archbishop of Durban, Denis Hurley, who the following day told a gathering of some 300 people in Durban Cathedral that black South Africans saw Mdluli as a martyr in the cause of liberation. The gathering called for a full judicial inquiry into the circumstances of Mr. Mdluli's death.
By 23 March Mrs. Suzman had tabled questions in parliament about the matter, but three weeks later they had not yet been answered. Mdluli's death is apparently the 23rd known death in detention since the introduction of detention without trial in 1962.
