Markus KATEKA (40), a Namibian farmworker in the Grootfontein area sentenced to death in October 1980 under the Terrorism Act, has been granted leave to appeal against his sentence. However, the Chief Justice in Bloemfontein, in a decision announced at the beginning of March, has refused him leave to appeal against the verdict. Kateka was found guilty of assisting SWAPO guerillas to attack his employer's property.
Hendrik KARISEB, sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at the same trial, has been refused leave to appeal against both judgement and sentence.
