The following new banning orders have been reported in the press:
- Matthews Mfengu MAKALIMA of Victoria East * Ernest MALGAS* of Port Elizabeth * Maxwell MAYEKISO of Dwashu, Middledrift * Jack Phambukile NDUZA of Mdantsane, East London All four were said to have been previously convicted; the first three are known to be former Robben Island prisoners.
- Vusumuzi Vitus MVELASE* previously held in preventive detention Aug-Dec 1976. * Mxolisi Lawrence MOVO, detained Aug-Dec 1976, restricted to Dimbaza. * Sibongile KUBHEKA (23), secretary at the SASO office in Durban, held in preventive detention Aug-Dec 1976. Restricted to home district of KwaMashu, Durban, as from 12 May. * Thoko MBANJWA, 23, editor of Black Review and Black Viewpoint, wife of Malusi Mpumlwana, Black Community Programmes worker banned in 1973 and recently re-detained under the Terrorism Act. Mrs Mpumlwana is restricted to Zwelitscha township and King Williamstown; she was previously held in preventive detention Aug-Dec 1976. * Phindile MFETHI, 36, former trade union organiser and secretary of the Industrial Aid Society, banned on release from a year's detention without trial. Mfethi was detained on 13 May 1976 and released on 13 May 1977. He is restricted to the Germiston area and with his wife was taken to a two-roomed house in Katlehong township already occupied by a family of three. Under the terms of his banning order Mr Mfethi may not communicate with anyone except his immediate family and his doctor. * Silomko SOKUPHA, permanent organiser with SASO in Durban, previously held in preventive detention Aug-Dec 1976. His ban restricts him to King Williamstown, whither he was removed by police, and forbids him to communicate with SASO, BPC, Black Community Programmes, the Zimele Trust Fund or the Zanempilo clinic. * Smangaliso MKHATSHWA, 36, Catholic priest, previously held in preventive detention Aug-Dec 1976. Now restricted to Mabopane East and Pretoria. * M.D. NAIDOO, advocate from Durban, former political prisoner on Robben Island, has had his banning order renewed. Mr Naidoo was sentenced to five years imprisonment in April 1967 for political offences and banned on his release from jail in 1972. * Mongezi STOFILE, president of SASO, banned on 13 June and restricted to KwaThema township, Springs. * Tembani PHANTSI, former school student held for 513 days in detention now restricted and removed to Graaf Reinet.
WINNIE MANDELA On 16 May the banning order restricting Mrs Winnie Mandela to the Orlando district of Soweto was altered to restrict her to Brandfort, a small town in the Orange Free State some five hours' drive from Johannesburg. The order was served during a dawn raid and Mrs Mandela and her daughter were immediately removed with their furniture by police to the African location at Brandfort, where they were allocated a three-room dwelling without electricity or sanitation. Brandfort was apparently chosen at random as Mrs Mandela has no connection with the place. She may not leave except to visit her husband on Robben Island and is subject to dusk-dawn and weekend house arrest. The removal means the loss of her job in Johannesburg and R350 p.m. salary, replaced by R100 p.m. allowance from the state. The Minister of Justice was reported as saying that she had to be removed from Soweto before the anniversary of the 16 June shootings; later he was quoted as saying that her banning order had not changed: "It is simply the venue that has changed. There is no difference between living in Brandfort and Soweto. None of the conditions has changed — and we are giving her R100 for nothing. What more does she want?"
A protest meeting was held in Durban by five organizations — the Natal Indian Congress, the Black Women's Federation, the Black Sash, the Progressive-Reform Party and Women for Peaceful Change. In Johannesburg five white students were arrested for distributing to black commuters a leaflet protesting at the banning. In Brandfort Mrs Mandela is kept under permanent observation by a Sgt. Prinsloo who watches all visitors. A relative was asked to leave, and after another incident Mrs Mandela was summoned to appear in court on 3 June for contravening her banning order by having more than one visitor. On 4 June she and her daughter paid their regular visit to Robben Island. According to Mr Vorster, Mrs Mandela is free to leave SA and live either in the Transkei or Swaziland. Mrs Mandela has declined the offer.
POLITICAL TRIAL BREYTENBACH Breyten BREYTENBACH, the Afrikaans poet serving nine years for offences under the Terrorism Act reappeared in court on 13 May charged under the Terrorism and Prison Acts. In the trial, which began in Pretoria Supreme Court on 20 June, Breytenbach was accused of attempting to escape from prison by recruiting a warder to join Okhela, a white organization aiming at the violent overthrow of the government.
DR RAMPHELE Dr Mamphela Ramphele, of the Zanempilo Health Clinic near King Williams-Town established by the BPC, who was served with a banning order in April and removed to the northern Transvaal returned to Zanempilo a few days later on the grounds that her name and identity number were incorrectly stated in her banning order. After about ten days, during which Dr Ramphele attended the clinic and arranged her affairs, an amended order was served and she was taken back to the Napuma region. Dr Ramphele, whose family originated from Pietersburg, was educated at the Universities of the North and Natal, where she qualified in medicine in 1972. After a year working in hospitals, she opened the Zanempilo clinic at the beginning of 1975 as part of the Black Community Programmes. It is situated at Zinyoka, about 9 km from King WilliamsTown and serves a population of around 10,000 — mainly women, children and the old. The men are mostly migrant workers. The clinic had (until Dr Ramphele was removed) two resident doctors, five nurses, two midwives, a community health worker and a social worker. It has extended its service by opening two 'out stations' at Tsholomnga and Tyhusa. At the clinic itself medical, paediatric and maternity services are provided; malnutrition and infant mortality have declined since it opened. To assist families locally, as part of the BCP aim of encouraging black self reliance, a Relief Aid Scheme has been introduced and a leather workshop for the employed started up. Since its inception Zanempilo has been refused co-operation by the Ciskei government with statutory responsibility for health services in the area; an official health centre was opened after Zanempilo but is not attended by the local community. In 1976 Dr Ramphele, two other doctors and the social worker, Ms Puma Sangotsha, were all detained. The banning of Dr Ramphele is thus the latest move in a series of actions taken against Zanempilo clinic and its ancillary activities.
