Report urging people to write to Mr. P.C. Pelser, Minister of Justice and of Prisons calling for the release of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, President of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The report discusses the pass law campaign launched by the PAC in 1960; one tragic result was the shooting of 67 Africans at the police station in Sharpeville. The PAC and the African National Congress were banned. In May 1960, Sobukwe received a three-year prison sentence. Two days before his sentence expired, the South African Parliament passed the General Law Amendment Act which included the "Sobukwe Clause," allowing the Minister of Justice to prohibit the release of any prisoner. The report...
Report urging people to write to Mr. P.C. Pelser, Minister of Justice and of Prisons calling for the release of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, President of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The report discusses the pass law campaign launched by the PAC in 1960; one tragic result was the shooting of 67 Africans at the police station in Sharpeville. The PAC and the African National Congress were banned. In May 1960, Sobukwe received a three-year prison sentence. Two days before his sentence expired, the South African Parliament passed the General Law Amendment Act which included the "Sobukwe Clause," allowing the Minister of Justice to prohibit the release of any prisoner. The report reviews the Suppression of Communism Act (1950) and quotes Prime Minister Vorster. • Background • The 'Sobukwe Clause' • This side of eternity on Robben Island
