Esther MALEKA and David Pule THATHE both of Soweto were each jailed for five years on conviction of recruiting others to join the ANC liberation army.
The recruiting was said to have taken place in March 1976; two young men, Matthews Maleka and Frans Sello were intercepted at the Botswana border trying to cross without passports, and it was they whom the accused were said to have recruited. The judge imposed the minimum sentence under the Terrorism Act, and granted leave to appeal
