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Issue 25 · article

Mathabane and Mathibe

Report on the trial of Babsey Mathabane and Catherine Mathibe.

pp. 12

Babsey MATHABANE (32) and Catherine MATHIBE (29) appeared in the Johannesburg Regional Court on 8 October, charged under the Internal Security Act, with possessing banned literature in Soweto during August 1979. (WIP Nov 1979)

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Page 12

p. 12

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  • Babsey Mathabane as Babsey MATHABANE
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