On 2 November three SA policemen were convicted of the manslaughter of Paulo's Cane, from the Hlulwane district of Natal, who had been arrested with another man on a theft charge. Constables D.H. Godwin (20) D.C. Atherstone (20) and M.C. Mthethwa (36) assaulted the two men by suspending them from a garage roof in handcuffs and beating them with whips and a stick, and caused multiple injuries to Cane by suspending him from a tree by his neck, repeatedly jerking him off his feet and trampling on him when he was on the ground. He died of renal failure. The three policemen were each sentenced to 12 years imprisonment plus cuts for the two younger ones.
In the Orange Free State six policemen and two civilians were accused of murdering and assaulting J.M. Matobako, who was arrested with five others on a farm. The prisoners were suspended naked by their wrists and hit with whips, and were also given electric shocks. Matobako died in hospital of renal failure.
