All the 14 SWAPO members and officials detained under the emergency proclamation AG 26 were reported to have been released by the end of October. A group of nine officials, including two people who had been held under the Terrorism Act, were released on 21 August. A further four - Jason Angula, Secretary for Labour; Emmanuel Mustara, responsible for security; Markus Ausiku, Windhoek branch member; M. Kazikua, Luderitz branch member - were released in the second week of October. The Administrative Secretary, Axel Johannes; the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Pastor Festus Nahoło; and the Secretary for Transport, Frans Kambangula, were released over the following fortnight.
It is not known how many other people remain in detention under many legislation such as the Terrorism Act. A teacher from the Martin Luther High School, Mr. H. Beukes, for example, was reported in October to be entering his third month in solitary confinement at Gobabis prison, where other SWAPO members have been held.
Many others captured during SADF raids into Angola in May may still be in custody. Three Ovambos wounded during the attacks, including a former school teacher and alleged SWAPO guerilla Jason Nangombe, were reported to have been discharged from the Oshakati State Hospital in September. It was not clear, however, whether they were released or remained in the hands of the police. A seven year old boy, Arohendo, allegedly brought back from the "Vietnam" base, was also discharged.
CHIEF KAPUUO A judicial inquiry into the assassination of Chief Clemens Kapuuo on 27 March 1978 found that the Turnhalle leader had been murdered by "persons unknown". Allegations that SWAPO was responsible for the Chief's death were used by the South African authorities to justify the mass arrests and detentions of SWAPO members and officials that took place shortly after the Chief's death.
