Two SWAPO supporters, Simon STEFANUS and Uly BABE, were reported to have been detained by police in Windhoek and Vaalgras outside Keetmanshoop in mid-December 1981. Police confirmed that Uly Babe was being held under Proclamation AG9.
Three men accused of 'terroristic activities' in the Tsumeb and Ondangua areas were due to appear in court on 23 February - they are Josef SAGARIAS, Theofilus JASON and Lucias Nangala MALAMBO.
Political prisoners held on Robben Island may be moved to Walvis Bay, according to the President of SWAPO, Sam Nujoma. A new prison containing 231 units is being built in Walvis Bay.
According to the annual report for 1980 of the Department of Justice, there was no noteworthy overcrowding of the prisons in Namibia, with the exception of Windhoek and Grootfontein. The report states that delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited all sentenced security prisoners as well as detainees held under Proclamation AG26.
ICRC delegates also visited 85 Angolan prisoners in Namibia, ten of whom were reported wounded. According to the ICRC Bulletin, six new prisoners were registered during the round of visits which begun on 4 November 1981.
