Madala Jim MAGUDULELA (41) accused under the Terrorism Act was on 20 November convicted in Kempton Park Circuit Court and sentenced to five years' imprisonment.
He was alleged to have taken to Swaziland in November 1976 several youths who joined the ANC and received military training in Africa and the USSR before returning to South Africa. A witness told the court that the group had been arrested in March 1978 in Warmbaths. The judge admitted a statement by Magudulela which the accused claimed he had signed after being tortured with electric shocks. He was arrested in 1 February 1979 and first appeared in court on 24 August.
