The Transkei bantustan authorities extended the state of emergency in the bantustan for another year in June. Emergency regulations were introduced in 1977 and have been extended annually since then. They provide for the enforcement of curfews and curbing of movement of particular persons, prohibiting them from leaving their town without magisterial permission. A night curfew was imposed in the bantustan on 22 July and hundreds arrested. In the Ciskei, a night curfew was imposed in Zwelitsha the following week. (DD 19.6.85, 24.7.85; GN 29.7.85; FOCUS 53 p.2)
Issue 60 · article
Transkei and Ciskei
Report on the extension of emergency regulations in the Transkei and Ciskei bantustans.
