BANNED MEN KEPT FROM FUNERAL Dr. BEYERS NAUDE and Cedric MAYSON, both banned and both former members of the banned Christian Institute, were refused permission to attend the funeral of their close associate, the Rev. Mashwabada MAYATHULA who was buried in Soweto. Dr. Naude was on the programme as a speaker at the funeral service. He had worked closely with Rev. Mayathula in establishing the African Independent Churches of which Rev. Mayathula was leader. Rev. Mayathula was detained in 1977 during the clampdown on black organisations.
The funeral was attended by about 2,000 mourners and addressed by speakers from various black organisations, including the Writers Association of South Africa (WASA), the Soweto Committee of Ten and the South African Black Social Workers Association. Martha Mahlangu, mother of Solomon Mahlangu, also spoke. Pamphlets of the banned African National Congress were distributed during the funeral.
WINNIE MANDELA Security Police gave Helen Suzman, the Progressive Federal Party MP, five minutes to leave the home of Winnie MANDELA when she visited her. This was despite the fact that she obtained permission. The police told her that the Administration Board had no right to give permission, and that Winnie Mandela did not have permission under her banning order to receive Helen Suzman as a visitor.
CHRIS MOKODITOA A two year banning order on Chris MONKODITOA expired in August. When he was banned, he was attending the National Council Meeting of the BPC of which he was vice-president. He had been Secretary-General of the University Christian Movement (UCM) which gave birth to the South African Students Organisations (SASO).
PETER JONES Peter JONES, a former Black People's Convention leader and friend of Steve Biko, was detained on 8 July under the General Law Amendment Act and released after eight days. He was banned in February 1979 on his release from 18 months detention, and restricted to the Somerset West district.
DRAKE TSHENKENG Father Drake TSHENKENG fled South Africa at the end of August. He was banned in 1978, about a year after the banning of the black organisations on 19 October, 1977. He was a vice-president of the Black People's Convention (BPC).
CONTRAVENTIONS Lawrence NTLOKOA (22) was found guilty on 10 July of breaking his banning order under the Internal Security Act. He had gone to the cinema without permission.
Judy FAVISH (29) a former trade unionist and literacy worker at the University of Cape Town, appeared in the Retreat Magistrate's Court of 19 August on a charge of having broken her banning order. She was not asked to plead and she was warned to appear again on 9 September. She was banned in 1976 and is restricted to the magisterial district of Cape Town.
