Hector Ncokazi, leader of the Transkei Democratic Party, was redetained on 13 August in Umtata. Ncokazi was originally detained in July 1976 and released in February. His detention followed a police raid and the arrest of nine others held from July 1976 to April 1977 and thought to be involved with the Pan-Africanist Congress. According to police Hector Ncokazi was held under the Transkei's new General Law Amendment Act, a sweeping security law.

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