The press release says the number of people restricted under banning orders in South Africa is reported to have fallen from 55 to 11 as a result of new measures taken by the authorities; with one exception, all banning orders currently in force to restrict people in South Africa were withdrawn prematurely on July 1, 1983, one year to the day after the introduction of the Internal Security Act of 1982; this act amended and replaced earlier security legislation providing for the imposition of banning orders. The press release discusses Dr. Beyers Naude, the Minister of Law and Order, Maxwell Madlingozi, Dumile Makanda, the Motor Assemblers' and Component Worker's Union of South Africa (MACWUSA),...
The press release says the number of people restricted under banning orders in South Africa is reported to have fallen from 55 to 11 as a result of new measures taken by the authorities; with one exception, all banning orders currently in force to restrict people in South Africa were withdrawn prematurely on July 1, 1983, one year to the day after the introduction of the Internal Security Act of 1982; this act amended and replaced earlier security legislation providing for the imposition of banning orders. The press release discusses Dr. Beyers Naude, the Minister of Law and Order, Maxwell Madlingozi, Dumile Makanda, the Motor Assemblers' and Component Worker's Union of South Africa (MACWUSA), black journalists, detention without trial, Mathatha Tsedu, Albertina Sisulu, Walter Sisulu, the African National Congress (ANC), Zwelakhe Sisulu, Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, Peter Jones, Steve Biko, and black consciousness.
