CIRCULAR 13

Contents: Note from the Co-group • AIUSA Prisoner Update • Southern Africa Network Underway • Program of Action for Banned People in South Africa • Sol Mkhize: Killed While Protesting Relocation of his Community to the "Homelands" • South Africa and the Press • More News About the Mariental Detentions in Namibia • Urgent Actions • Spotlight on Adoption Group Work: The Case of Thozamile Gqweta • Clippings • In South Africa, death sentences are often given, seldom protested • Banned South African Receives Bedspread From Capitol Hill • South African Methodist Flees Trial • 'Gandhi' Controversy • South African Judge Finds Police Coercion of Witness • U.S. Groups Attack Administration's Namibia Police • Namibia a Disaster Area • The mailing includes reprints of newspaper articles including: "In South Africa, death sentences are often given, seldom protested" by Antero Pietila, "Banned S. African Receives Bedspread From Capitol Hill" by Allister Sparks, "S. African Methodist Flees Trial" by Allister Sparks, "'GANDHI' CONTROVERSY," "South African Judge Funds Police Coercion of Witnesses" by Allister Sparks, "U.S. Groups Attack Administration's Namibia Policy" by Lexie Verdon, and "NAMIBIA: A disaster area." The mailing discusses Jean Prema, Athol Fugard, the Committee for a Free South Africa, the Film Forum, Nadine Gordimer, Mampe Ntshingwa, the Azanian National Youth Unity (AZANYU), Sipho Mtshingane, journalist Joe Thloloe, Sisa Njikelana, SAAWU (South African Allied Workers Union), the Ciskei, Engelhard Gariseb, Nobleman Mthokozisi Shez, the Security Police, the Internal Security Act, Thombenkasi Matutu, Michael Mnikina, Sisa Njikelana, a black township, Mdantsane, Abner Nambala, South African military forces, Kassinga, detention, custody, the Mariental District, human rights violations in Zimbabwe, the Matabeland area, Joshua Nkomo, the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), emergency powers inherited from the Ian Smith regime, Randy Tritell, Andrew Boraine, the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS), Azhar Cachalia, house arrest, Firoz Cachalia, the Black Students' Society at the University of Witwatersrand, Nelson Diale, a prison sentence, Baptiste Marie, Phindile Nfethi, Susan Sibongile Mthembu, South African Students' Movement (SASM), the Soweto Students' Representative Council (SSRC), civil unrest, Soweto, Immanuel Gottlieb Maxbuilili Nathaniel, the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Petrus Nchabeleng, Curtis Nkondo, the Soweto Teachers' Action Committee, the Azanian People's Organization (AZAPO), Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, Chanderden George Sewpersadh, the Natal Indian Congress (NIC), a boycott of schools, the General Law Amendment Act, Modderfontein Bee Prison, Reggie Vandeyar, Albertina Sisulu, the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League, Robben Island, Walter Sisulu, Pollsmoor Prison, Zwelakhe Sisulu, Rev. Mzwandile Ebenezer Maqina, Fanyana Mazibuko, the Black People's Convention (BPC), the Black Consciousness movement, the South African Council for Higher Education (SACHED), the National Education Union of South Africa, Dr. Fatima Meer, Jacqueline Arenstein, the Terrorism Act, the Treason Trial, Moses Bhengu, lawyer Priscilla Jana, Lawrence Ntlokoa, Young Christian Workers, so-called "Black spots," Abner Mkhize, the Native Land Act, the Commissioner for Black Affairs, Marthinas J. Prinsloo, Prime Minister Botha, forced removals, Allister Sparks, Winnie Mandela, the South African intelligence service, the Seychelles Islands, the Police Act, Harvey Tyson, Barbara Hogan, the Prisons Act, Joe Thloloe, detention without trial, the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the South African Defence Force (SADF), Oshakati, Ovamboland, the Catholic Church in Namibia, Father Heinz Hunke, the South African Administrator-General, torture, Justice Marthinus Steyn, Proclamation AG.9 of 1977, incommunicado detention, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Banjunzi Sisngo, Sidney Musamadi, Jeffrey Wabena, Humphrey Maxegwana, Cecilia Bottoman, Thembenkosi Matutu, Mlulami Xofa, Khululekile Jacobs, Mzwandile Msoki , P.W. Botha, Marais Viljoen, H.J. Coetsee, R.F. Botha, Helen Suzman, Nelson Mandela, the Reagan administration , Cedric Mason, Judge Pieter Van der Walt, C.F. Beyers Naude, the Christian Institute, white-minority rule, anti-apartheid activists, Sen. Paul Tsongas, David Soggot, John Dugard, Cuban troops stationed in Angola, the Contact Group, Randall Robinson, TransAfrica, Pik Botha, Rossing Uranium mine, Rio Tinto, and the Southern African Development Coordinating Council (SADCC). [Note: 1) The handwriting on this document is of Susanne Riveles who marked updates on the documents before they were copied for mailing. 2) The correct spelling of the name may be Emanuel Gottlieb Maxuilili Nathaniel.]