A number of young people are or have recently been held in detention in John Vorster Square Johannesburg. Those reported include Lawrence Bongani NKOSI, a 22-year old student detained on 17 July, Zakaria MAANO and brothers Lawrence and Sydney MUFAMADI, arrested on 20 August on suspicion of possessing banned literature and released four days later.
Six persons from one family were detained in Soweto at 2 a.m. on 21 August. They were named as Jabu DIKGALE, Joshua DIKGALE, Margaret DIKGALE, Jeanette MAKHOA, Isaac MAKHOA and Lucy MAKHOA
