Judgement has been reserved by the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein in the case of the appeal by Sheila Weinberg, a banned person, against her conviction for having a (pre-arranged) lunch with one other person in February 1977, as this was found to be a contravention of the restriction prohibiting banned persons from attending social gatherings. (see FOCUS 10 p.10; 17 p.7) It should be noted that Ms. Weinberg was acquitted of communicating with another banned person, Jeanette Curtis who lived in the house she went to visit. She was convicted of having (an arranged) lunch with Ian Robertson at the house.
Counsel for Ms. Weinberg stated in his argument that what was at issue in the case was whether people who had been subjected to bannings would in future be able to consort with others. (RDM 23.2.79)
