Six SWAPO officials were reported to have been released from prison in Gobabis on 4 February, after serving four months of their six month sentences. They were among 12 SWAPO members tried in the Gobabis magistrate's court in October 1981 on charges of trying to leave Namibia illegally. Jason ANGULA, SWAPO Secretary for Labour, and Nikolaas EKELA, Chairman of SWAPO's Elders Council, were among those released. The names of the others were not published.
Issue 40 · article
Namibia: Releases
Report on the release of SWAPO officials.
