Leave to appeal against conviction by Douglas DALISILE and Keith Hlubi BITYANA was refused in November. Mr Justice D.J.H. le Roux who dismissed the application in Kempton Park Circuit Court was also the judge who convicted the two men in October.
Further appeals against conviction and sentence by the 16 PAC members imprisoned in June were turned down by the Appeal Court in December. All of them are now serving their sentences on Robben Island.
In February two men imprisoned under the Terrorism Act in 1978 applied to the Appellate Division for leave to appeal against conviction. Both Mountain QUMBELA and Matthews HUNA were sentenced to 10 years but in December Qumbela's sentence was reduced to six years.
The appeal against conviction by Harry GWALA, Anton XABA, John NENE, Truman MAGUBANE, Matthews MEYIWA, Azaria NDEBELE, Zakhele NDLALOSE, Joseph NDULI and Cleophas MDHLOVU is continuing in the Appeal Court Bloemfontein.
In 1979 a total of 12 passports were withdrawn and 79 applications refused. Among the people affected were: Sipho SEPAMLA, Soweto poet invited to USA; four applications refused. Muthasammy PACKERY, passport withdrawn when he moved into a white area contrary to the Group Areas Act. Hassan HOWA, SA Council of Sport (SACOS) chairman; five applications refused. Ms. Mankeklolo MAHLANGU, secretary with Soweto Action Committee due to take scholarship in USA. Dr. Nthato MOTLANA, Soweto Action Cttee chairman. Fanyana MAZIBUKO, Teachers Action Cttee secretary invited to USA. Eric NKONO, of Transvaal African Teachers Assocn., invited to Mauritius; passport eventually issued too late. Priscilla JANA, banned lawyer; passport seized. Ms. Euginia BAYI, teacher with KwaZulu choir. Rev. Gabriel STILOANE, theologian formerly with Botswana Univ; passport withdrawn before trip to Europe. Ilona KLEINSCHMIDT passport withdrawn. T.W. KAMBULE, educationist offered post in Britain. Phil MTIMKULU, journalist on Voice; refused passport renewal to cover ICFTU conference. S.T.W. HAYES, churchman in Zululand; passport renewal refused for church conference in Swaziland. Rev. P.N. PHASWANA, Venda churchman due to take scholarship in Canada.
