Although the restrictions imposed on 68 people under the emergency regulations were due to lapse when the State of Emergency was lifted, the Minister of Law and Order said that restrictions on some people might continue. Two further bans were imposed under the Internal Security Act.
Two community leaders in the Eastern Cape, Mkhuseli JACK (27), president of the Port Elizabeth Youth Congress and Henry FAZZIE (61), a former political prisoner and vice-president of the Eastern Cape branch of the UDF, were served five-year banning orders on 11 March. The orders confined them to the Port Elizabeth magisterial district and to their homes at night and during weekends.
However, the Federated Chamber of Industries and its regional chamber in the Eastern Cape made an urgent request to meet the Minister of Law and Order, fearing that the boycott of white businesses in Port Elizabeth might be renewed in protest at the bannings. Both Fazzie and Jack, who is president of the Port Elizabeth Consumer Boycott Committee, had been involved in negotiations with local white businessmen over the conditional suspension of the boycott. A week later the Minister announced that the restrictions would be reconsidered by a review committee if a written request were made.
By 25 March Supreme Court rulings had declared both bans invalid on the grounds that the Minister had failed to supply reasons for the orders. The rulings followed an Appellate Division judgement a week earlier that declared certain detention orders invalid on the same grounds.
Following the court rulings on Jack and Fazzie, the banning orders on Rowley ARENSTEIN, Johnny ISSEL and Trevor MANUEL were lifted in March after they announced their intention of challenging the validity of their orders.
It was widely expected that the banning order on Winnie MANDELA would also be lifted. Mandela was awaiting the outcome of an appeal against her revised order.
The orders on Maxwell MADLINGOZI, Dumile MAKANDA and Achmad CASSIEM expired on 31 March, leaving four people still banned under the Internal Security Act.
