Three men from Soweto are to appear in a Supreme Court hearing on charges under the Terrorism Act. They are Mpho Mashinini, a brother of the self-exiled student leader Tsietsi Mashinini, Garnet Themba Mlangeni and Paul Mpiphene Fakude.
They are alleged to have been responsible for a number of people attempting to leave the country illegally to undergo military training and fight a guerilla war against South Africa. Mashinini is also alleged to have attempted to leave the country illegally for Tanzania where he was to receive military training. It was also reported that another man from Orlando East, Soweto, has been charged with encouraging or enticing three people to undergo military training outside South Africa. He is Mbube Mndinzi.
