Chief Jeremiah Moshesh, former Transkei Cabinet Minister detained on 31 August appeared in Mount Frere Magistrates Court on 19 September charged under the Transkei Public Security Act with subverting or interfering with the authority of the state. The maximum sentence is three years.
Chief Moshesh was remanded to 22 November on R500 bail. On that date the trial was set for 22 January in Umtata Regional Court.
Chief Moshesh, hereditary leader to the Basotho, was a member of the Transkei 'government' from 1973 to 1978 and then joined the Transkei Progressive Party which later merged with the Democratic Party to form a broad opposition to Chief Matanzima.
