## MZILIKAZI KHUMALO Mzilikazi Khumalo (24) of Durban was convicted under the Terrorism Act in Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court on 1 March and sentenced to an effective term of 16 years' imprisonment.
He was convicted on three Terrorism Act charges, of undergoing military training in Zambia and Mozambique in 1977 and 1978, of inciting another person to do so and of having explosives, arms and ammunition in his possession near Piet Retief on 26 February 1978. Under the Riotous Assemblies Act he was also convicted of conspiracy to murder and to destroy public property. The total sentence was 20 years', some to run concurrently. He denied all charges.
The case arose after the discovery of a cache of grenades, detonators and explosives hidden close to the Swaziland border and the chance arrest of another man in Khumalo's car at a road block in the vicinity. It was alleged that Khumalo had crossed the border to obtain the weapons and then concealed them.
Evidence was given by Samuel Makhanya, an alleged accomplice, by Francis Lucky Msomi, who said Khumalo had attempted to recruit him for military training, and by Sgt. L. Engelbrecht, who said he believed Khumalo was likely to be later charged for the murder of Sgt. Leonard Nkosi. The judge dismissed Khumalo's allegation that police had extracted a false confession from him shortly after his arrest in March 1978.
## NORMAN NGWENYA Norman Velapi NGWENYA (21) a factory worker of Wattville, Benoni, was on 22 March convicted on five Terrorism Act charges in Benoni Circuit Court and sentenced to a total of 40 years' imprisonment. Parts of the sentence are to run concurrently, making an effective term of 12 years.
Ngwenya was sentenced to ten years' for involvement in each of the following acts: the Benoni station car park explosion in December 1977; the wounding of a railway policeman who disturbed Ngwenya and accomplices while planting a bomb at Dunswart station; and an explosion on a railway line near Benoni in November 1977. He was sentenced to five years' each for possessing arms and ammunition and receiving training.
He first appeared before a Benoni magistrate on 14 February and pleaded guilty. Pro deo counsel was appointed but when he re-appeared on 12 and 13 March he was represented by lawyers instructed by Mr. Shun Chetty. Evidence was given by an alleged accomplice who was not named.
Passing sentence, the judge said Ngwenya and others had formed a cell to promote 'urban terrorism' but that Ngwenya had not intended to injure people and had acted 'under compulsion by a member of the ANC'. He ruled that the court record be sent to the prison authorities to be considered should there be the possibility of parole for good conduct while in jail.
## MOKGOSI AND OTHERS Four Kagiso youths were convicted of sabotage in Johannesburg Regional Court in January on the basis of confessions made following assaults by security police in Krugersdorp.
David MOKGOSI (20) Stanley MOLUST (18) and Hendrick MOLEFE (19) were sentenced to nine years' imprisonment each, and an unnamed youth (15) to five years'. They were charged with setting fire to the homes of Kagiso UBC members in February 1978. They stated that after being arrested near Mafeking they were threatened and assaulted; Molefe told the court that a plainclothes policeman "pressed a pistol against my neck, saying I must tell the truth. He then took another pistol and inserted the barrel into my anus". Another said he had been held out of a fourth floor window by the police.
## PORT ELIZABETH SIX Four of the six people from Port Elizabeth and elsewhere who were on trial in Humansdorp Regional Court were on 5 April convicted under security legislation. Two were acquitted.
Those convicted under the Terrorism Act of recruiting for military training are Mziwamadoda KALAKO (22) sentenced to nine years' imprisonment; Eric Bangani NGELEZA, of Johannesburg, sentenced to ten years'; and Josephine Feziwe BOOKHOLOANE, aged 26, to eight years. Mrs. Koleka FOLEY (26) was sentenced to three years (two suspended) for furthering the aims of the banned ANC. She is on bail pending appeal.
The two accused who were acquitted were Greeves TINI (22) and Weaver MAGCAI (38) of Soweto.
# CONTINUING TRIALS ## MOTHOPENG AND 17 OTHERS The defence case in the marathon trial of Zephania MOTHOPENG and 17 other PAC supporters, known as the Bethal 18 closed on 11 April and the case was postponed to 21 May.
All 18 had pleas of not guilty entered for them on Terrorism Act charges after they refused to plead. Their names are Zephania MOTHOPENG (65) Bennie NTOLEE (38) Michael KHALA (24) Alfred NTSHALI-NTSHALI (47) Julius Daniel LANDINGWE (30) Zolile NDINDWE (26) Moffat ZUNGU (28) Johnson NYATHI (22) Jerome KODISANG (26) Themba HLATSHWAYO (21) Mothlageji THLALE (22) Rodney TSOLETSANE (20) Daniel MATSOBANE (31) Goodwill MONI (24) John GANYA (48) Mark SHINNERS (37) Hamilton KEKE (42) and Michael MATSOBANE (36). Fourteen of them are suing the Minister of Police.
The first accused, Zeph Mothopeng, veteran PAC leader, told the court that while on Robben Island for the second time (1964-7) he had been in a cell next to Nelson Mandela and they talked about 'the future course of our country and Africa'. Mothopeng was cross-examined about the funding of the Urban Resources Centre, of which he was director, and its connection with the Wilgespruit Fellowship Centre.
On 6 April, the 18 accused entered court singing a song about Solomon Mahlangu executed in Pretoria that morning. Questioned about this, Mothopeng told the court that the execution was a 'tragic incident in the history of our country'.
## CHURCHILL LUVUNO Churchill LUVUNO, witness in the PAC trial and now on trial himself was reported to have been on a hunger strike in Bethal prison in March before being transferred to hospital in Pretoria.
Luvuno faces a perjury charge and two Terrorism Act charges alleging that he received military training and established a PAC cell known as 'Triangle Battlefield Organisations'.
## WAUCHOPE and MLAUZI Mrs. Ethel Mnoanyile WAUCHOPE (52) and Washington Chiliza MLAUZI (36) facing Terrorism Act charges in Johannesburg Regional Court are accused of inciting or assisting a number of named persons to undergo military training outside South Africa. Evidence was given in camera by an unnamed woman from the Eastern Cape currently serving a five-year sentence for political activities in terms of the Terrorism Act, and by Ms. Kukhayi Diadla, aged 18, who said she and other students had travelled to Botswana where they decided to join the ANC.
## ECTOR NCOKAZI The trial of Hector NCOKAZI, indicted on two counts under the Transkei Public Security Act resumed in Umtata Supreme Court in February when the defence claimed that the policeman who gave evidence against Ncokazi had not attended the Democratic Party congress, and that Ncokazi had not read from a prepared speech. The case was postponed to 11 May.
## THUSI and OTHERS Three young men, alleged members of PAC, appeared in Johannesburg Regional Court on 16 and 30 March under the Terrorism Act. The trial was adjourned to Krugersdorp Circuit Court on 21 May.
Norman Vusi THUSI (20) of Soweto, Prince DUBE (20) of Tembisa and Mthunzi Colombus MAZIBUKO (25) of Soweto are alleged to have joined the PAC in Swaziland and travelled to China for military training during 1977. They are also alleged to have had arms and explosives in the Johannesburg area from October to December 1978, and to be members of the PAC, intending violently to undermine law and order in the Republic.
## VUMA MAKEKE A 22-year-old man from Port Elizabeth, Vuma Dennis MAKEKE, appeared in the Port Elizabeth Regional Court in February charged under the Terrorism Act. The hearing was in camera and no further press reports have been received. A woman said to be currently serving a sentence told the court she and Makeke had made arrangements to help three people leave the country.
## MATIWANA and OTHERS Four young men appeared in Port Elizabeth Magistrates Court in February charged under the Terrorism Act with conspiracy to undergo military training. They were Nkosana MATIWANA (19) Vuyiso GAMA (18) Monde MTHANGA (20) and an unnamed youth (16). No evidence was led and no further reports have been received.
