Since January the banning orders on seven people have expired, four of whom have gone into exile.
- The five-year banning orders on two ANC members, Kisten MOONSAMY and Govind samy MUNSAMY (also known as George NAICKER), expired in February (CH 26.3. 83; FOCUS 15 p.5).
- The five-year ban on Ntsizi Elijah MOREMI, a former community worker with the banned Christian Institute, also expired in February (FOCUS 16 p.14):
- The ban on Clive NETTLETON, which specifically prevented him from continuing in employment with the South African Council for Higher Education (SACHED), expired in Feburary after five years (FOCUS 17 p. 7).
- The banning orders on three former members of the Soweto Teachers' Action Committee (STAC) have expired: they are Ramodiege Lucas NGAKANE, banned in May 1978; Michael Matthew JORDAAN, also a former member of the Black People's Convention who was banned in May 1978; and Curtis NKONDO, first president of the Azanian People's Organisation, who was banned for three years in May 1980 (FOCUS 15 p.6, 17 p.7; S 25.5.83).
Munsamy, Moremi, Nettleton and Ngakane now live in exile.
