U Thant a< report on p r * A<3Rivonia SAPA-REUTER f H E chairman of the United Nations bpecial Com­ mittee on Apartheid interrupted a meeting of he committee yesterday to declare that the world >ody could not ignore the challenge of South Africa’ s esumption of the Rivonia sabotage trial. He asked he Secretary-General, U Thant, to report urgently

Mr Telli, of Guinea said the1'*11 tlle m a,tC r- moral authority of the TTniterii ! Powers. * , t .. ou3“ °ns had been called into i The South African vlew that^he Question by South Africa’s decision matter was sub judice was unten 5 go ahead witnwith tnethe tristrial. ahle ” T ) , . ^ ______. . a u ie . f.he J P * General Assembly on Octo- ‘•We have learnt to respect the I « n J r ’ .by a vote of W6 to one, legal acumen of South Afr , f,or the abandonment of lawyers and Jadw , whatever^else inline i and the release of all we do not respect them for. ne cal prisoners unconditionally. said. . ..I •eta™ ~iall° asked that the Sec- “ Mv delegation, therefore, is to view With serious ireennGeneral u Thant, report ■esoimy 0n the effect of the )V as Previously requested yti ltle Assembly. ments are put forward. haM ? clear to the whole world nent South African Govern- m unf135 chosen again to cast ence e^ulvocal and brazen chal- ‘ " » i heiC*iitS demanding the release of tr a d e d ^ lsoI ' e ls in the trial ‘Challenge ’ onsulatoUtS1A? the s °uth African An o™ m New York yesterday. lnmmittoanSer °f the American hatThn ? °n Africa estimated m Rivonia hr turn 'k People took part in Hr °:t?our demonstration, hr j ‘ aiti tbat about a third of ne demonstrators were Negroes. trial ‘ey included Africans from a i .niber of missions to the United NEW YORK, Wednesday.—Mr. Nations. Diallo% Telli, Guinean chairman of the U.N. special committee on j Unemotional i apartheid, said yesterday the, „the Trusteeship Committee I moral authority of the U.N. had j been called into question by j ,? rday Japan sounded a note South Africa’s decision to go to thUt'on on members’ approach ’ ahead with the trial of 11 men . Mr® # °ath West Africa issue. j charged with sabotage. j deWnt^ 0*1 Chiba’ the Japanese seek n r ’ tbe com m ittee to The General Assembly on Octo­ ber 11, by a vote of 106 to one, soR e t t 1 meaSUres t0 try t0 j called on the South African dangerous situation^ W&S a m 'y authorities to abandon the trial and to release all political swept "awT./6^ must avoid being; prisoners unconditionally. They should by their emotions.! which mSL1? avoid any action Mr. Diallo interrupted yester- dav's meeting of the special com­ S;0n o f the WoPrrid3UcdlCuert.the deCi‘ ! mittee to ask that the Secretary- | General report urgently on the advocaUng01SePcurHv c'St ° f nations ; effect of the resolution as pre­ °n political klnerf . S°uncil action viously requested by the Assembly, i °f South WestP CtS Question i After reading a Press report on Mr. e . p 1 I the resumption of the trial Mr^ Ceylon d eW atf,°0aiarasw-amy, the Diallo recalled that the South T?e 11 was8 inn told the commit- African Cabinet had met after the ? nlted N?tion^ ?°rtUne Ior the adoption of the Assembly s resolu- A frica’s m andate ° reVOke South lion and had rejected its appeal tory while fhr 1 dver the terri- as an unwarranted interferwice in Was consideringmif rnational court South Africa's internal affau.. -It is clear to the whole world that the South A fricanders But Frustrated ment has chosen again to cast an unequivocal and brazen duUwwe ^ & e^ablfshed^ 10113 Presence to the U.N.,” Mr. Diallo declared. General mainc reason why the —SapaReuter. ______frustrated Assembly had been iits resolut nnitS attempts t0 have Respected « ™ p!®mented and co-operation S~Unh Africa was the i given to h ani? enc°uragem ent 10 her by certain great Command, also referred to In the indictment as the National Libera­ tion Movement and its national Defence objections executive committee, and Umkonto vVe Sizwe (Spear of the Nation). STftK lof/ijf&H J # During Dr. Lowen’s argument Kantor — himself a lawyer — fre­ quently nodded his head and upheld by judge smiled as a telling point was made. Dr. Lowen said indictments were framed not for counsel or attor- rJpilE INDICTMENT in ihe Ki\onia sabotage trial has j neys but for the accused, who been quashed. The Judge-President, Mr. Justice must know the case he had to meet. de Vi et. made this order in the Pretoria Supreme Court “Kantor, who is an attorney, does at 3.30 p.m. today. not know the Suppression of Com­ munism Act. This means that the State will have to "He had no legal library at his disposal while he was a 90-day redraft the indictment, present it to the detainee. As an awaiting-trial accused, give them sufficient time to study prisoner he has no legal library. “To tell him, in reply to a ques­ the charges and to request further particulars tion, that the count is to be read and give them time to study those further in conjunction with Section 12 does not inform him what cgse particulars. he has to meet. "Kantor’s sister loved Wolpe. The case, therefore, cannot almost certainly be I Wolpe was a Communist. Wolpe heard this vear J-l for the acts while he was in jail, neara tills yeat. j. j plan a murder with someone, 1 could not make a living at the bar, so Kantor good-heartedly took Mr. Justice d e Vet, after then get arrested and mv trienc then carries out the murder, ant I him in. I)r. y utar had ended his argu­ — *. —... “Is Kantor his own police dog ment on the defence applica­ not responsible too? Dr. Yutar I to run around his offices to see tion to quash said it was most asked. | who visits Wolpe? Dr. Yutar said he would produce “But even if Mandela visits improper. when accu sed evidence of donations from 25c Wolpe on purely legal business, people ask for particulars to to R240,000 from African states. does that make Kantor a Com­ say to them that this was a He would, with the permission munist?” asked Dr. Lowen. At the end of his argument Dr. I matter they knew all about. of the court, produce a document in Mandela’s handwriting about Lowen apologized to the court for his visits to African states. j being "too emotional” at certain ! " presupposes thev are ; S stages during his address. i g u d t y .” The judge: Documents you allege to be in the handwriting of After him Mr. A. Fischer, Q.C., I am satistied the information the accused. who represents all the other ac- anriV asked f°r ■should be given Dr. Yutar: Documents that will cused except Hepple, resumed his lndlctment cannot stand be proved to be in the hand­ argument for quashing o f the ,,tbe absence of that information. writing of the accused. I charges against them. r II, is ndt the function of the 1 The judge: No. Documents you Reading from a judgment by I ff urJ; to draw an indictment for allege, at this stage, to be in the Mr. Justice Greenberg, using the i the State. handwriting of the accused. words of the judge, he said: “ I i The judge said it was possible,: | suggest there is very little lard in „ ,hc application for quashing was Summary the haunch of venison of this in­ acceded to, the ridiculous posi- dictment.” Mr. Fischer said that the acts of : defennW0Uid be reached Of the i Dr. Yutar: I feel the force ol adinn having to ask for an ■ sabotage set out in the indictment your lordship's suggestion. Am 1 inav have been committed by some n e «T T ent after each State wit- , required to summarize all or sonif organization and not the accused. 1 thnr » gIven evidence to study that evidence. of the documents and summarize Unless the State says who carried the evidence I shall lead? out these acts, how is the defence brenari accused should be able to The judge: The authorities saj to meet the charges? ibegfns ■ trial before the trial you should give very full par­ ticulars. You have not done so. 1 “ Either the State knows who VO days Dr. Yutar: Then I am prepared committed the lets or it does not to go back and make a summary know. If it doesn’t know, then it of the documents and the evi­ doesn’t know that the acts were d is ch n ,i^ aCcused ~ Hepple was dence. I am prepared to submit committed by any of the accused," reven T Uer toda-v “ to an order to deliver further j Mr. Fischer said. status th°, ,the 90'day detainee particulars. When Hhe"V lost earlier this month The judge: I don't think 1 or LINK NECESSARY indictment. W6re SerVed with thp the defence will be satisfied with He could not see how, if the that. accused were members of a banned Drffnn6ad °.f being awaiting-trial organization, this could lead to w«h access to legal re The Judge: How long will it take you to draft those particulars? — them committing various acts, such bf l i ? they wlQ now again I want to be as accurate as pos­ as putting lighted matches in a I sfdeM h°m COntact " 1tb ‘ be ou " letter box. Some link must be !J t e untj ' the State has re sible. If the Court will grant me a postponement for a fortnight I furnished by the State. thefnewt^ne«ndlCtment and served e new ones upon them. will do the best I can. Mr. Fischer spoke of the "con­ flict" in the State’s replies to the After the judge had said the Hot Parallel session was a busy one, Dr. Yutar ; defence request for further parti- said he would summarize the j culars. Kantor had been given State’s case — “ present it to them fuller answers in some cases than ties thl'defence’ h2^ the authorl- on a plate ” — within a week. j the other accused. their application *Jad relied on in He then handed to the judge “ I crave of your lordship not dictment to 9uash the in- another set of heads of argument. to quash the indictment but to ] which he said would show that order me to furnish these details.” Paralleitr^ ° ” *rial was not a fair the indictment was "fatally State relied on 's n S 91 case the Tire judge said it was probable defective.” and hundreds of A ° ? Q. doctlments that the trial would not be re­ He could not understand why . In this case1 ,fpeeches. sumed until next year. The vaca­ documents __ a jbcre "’ill be 250 the State had included acts of tion was not far off. sabotage which had occurred be­ Dr y evidphca ” ° spceches - Dr. Yutar said he wanted to fore the period covered by the in­ avoid that if possible. dictment. ?i'gumentathatefies«ed to the defence Dr. P. Yutar, Deputy Attorney-General, !° ° k Place vhil? £ * £ sabotage The judge said it seemed a with him Mr. J. J. M. Naude. Senior Public delay was unavoidable because the Prosecutor of Pretoria, and Mi. T. B. , Evidence w n ^ &ndela w as in Vorstet, of the office ot the Senior Public deIa was overseas l 60 tnat Man' accused would have to have time Prosecutor. Johannestnrz. appeared for the H<“ came back BnrtPnor to July x- to study the summarized evidence. State ments showing t d P^Pated docu- Mr. A. Fischer. Q.C., with him Mr. G. At the start of the day’s proceed­ Bi/os and Mr. A. Chaskeison (instructed to be waged 8 W the batUe was ings, Dr. G. Lowen < for Kantor) by Mr. Joel Joffe) appeared for Mandela, said he took exception to the in­ Sisulu. Goldberg, Mbeki. Kathrada Bern­ stein Mahlaba, Matsoaledi and Mlangeni. arrested! Now' be was dictment because it failed to tell Dr. G. Lowen. Q.C.. with him Mr H responsible tor what* ^ v’as not a reasonable man the case he had Schwarz and Mr. D. Kuny (instructed by to meet. Mr Jack Cooper) of Benjamin Joseph, i | afterwards. wnat took Place ; Cooper and Partners) appeared for Kantor j The accused are: Nelson Man­ and James Kantor and Partners. Hepple 1 of 'E m h e( Sr inJ aU a nutnber • dela, Walter Sisulu, Dennis Gold­ *vas not represented. | o th e ^ s it^ rm N°kWe- am°ng ‘ berg, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Moha- med Kathrada, Lionel Bernstein, Plan of jail Raymond Mahlaba (the alleged National High Command), James Kantor. Elias Matsoaledi, Andrew so i l f 1L ,aS drawn of the jail , Mlangeni and Bob Alexander 6 would be an attempt ' Hepple. tor him to escape. With them are two organizations, Hoy’ my learned friends rgue that he was not responsible the firm of James kantor and Partners, and the National High RIV ONI A TRIAL CHARGES 3 5 QLASHEJ iiPuminwMi*" ' « CO0J t'ulice outnumbered White spectators

PRETORIA1 » DREPORTER rp n P T F R In addition to the large num­ Secretary-General of the banned POLICE and Pressmen to- African National Congress,; -*• gether must have out­ ber of newsmen reporting the case, the S.A.B.C. installed a entered the dock in drab prison numbered the White spectators uniform, they were greeted with I at the trial of 11 men and two microphone in the court room and made a recording of the cries of “Amandhla Ngawethu j organisations on charges of con­ (strength is ours) and raised proceedings. travening the Suppression of clenched fists from the non- Communism Act and the General It is understood that this is the first time in the history of W hites. Law Amendment Act, which This happened every time they opened in the Pretoria Supreme the S.A.B.C. that this has been done and that excerpts of the entered or left the dock until Court yesterday. recordings will be broadcast. Major Fred van Niekerk told the By 8.30 a.m., one-and-a-hall non-Whites that if there was any Attractive Mrs. Barbara Kan- hours before the trial was due 10 more shouting the court would be tor, wife of James Kantor, who start, a sizeable crowd of Afri­ cleared. cans had formed on the pave­ Is charged in his capacity as a Sitting next to each other, ment of Church Square, facing partner in the firm of James Mandela and Sisulu, the first the main entrance to the Palace Kantor and Partners and also looking somewhat drawn and; of Justice. Newspaper reporters, in his personal capacity, was photographers and policemen among the first of the relatives the other minus his now famous beard, engaged in sporadic con­ thronged the steps leading into of the accused to arrive. versation throughout the pro­ the building. Also present were Mrs. Lionel Photographers were kept bu^y Bernstein and her daughter, and ceedings. taking photographs of senior Mr. Hepple, father of Bob In contrast, bearded James police officers seeking to prevent Hepple. Kantor, wearing a gold bracelet on his right wrist, slumped in the formation of groups of Afri­ Mr. J. Mendelson, a British his chair displaying little or no cans on the steps of the build­ Labour M.P., attended the pro­ interest, and Hepple so divorced ing, and were also presented with ceedings during the morning, as himself in attitude from his co­ the spectacle of a Saracen did members of the Dutch Em­ that he would have been vehicle brought to a halt by bassy staff, and Mr. H. Rein, the accused the traffic directly in front o. Attorney-General, who occupied taken for a bored spectator if the building. a seat in the otherwise empty he had not been in the dock. Policemen were on duty jury box. A steady drizzle had dispersed throughout the building and An African woman in a mix­ most of the Africans gathered on sought identification of all who Church Square before the pro­ ture of Western and tribal dress entered the corridors leading to ceedings ended, but this did not and an African wearing what the side entrances of the court appeared to be medicine man prevent those remaining from in which the trial is being held. regalia made an appearance at breaking into song and shouting The massive steel grille doors the entrance to the building, but slogans when those who had been at the back of the Palace of did not come in. Indian women able to obtain a seat in court Justice were closed and guarded in colourful national dress mixed emerged from the court buildings. with leaders of the Johannes­ In spite of the rain, a row of byinPOthemconurt Itself, where a policemen was still patrolling in burg Indian community. special dock had been installed When Nelson Mandela and front of the pavement on which to hold the 11 accused both Walter Sisulu, who both at one the Africans stood- huddled under White and non-White galleries time occupied the position of coats, umbrellas and newspapers. were filled to overflowing. ^ ^ -"V >r>TJT! 1421 ■ n „■ >. ,,,, .,. ___-— ii-wTin freed Rivonia

charges know. 11 it doesn't know, then it doesn’t know that the acts were j committed by any of the accused," T^HE STATE HAS WITHDRAWN ALL CHARruc; Mr. Fischer said. 1 Bob Alexander Hepple, Dr. Percy YutarD?! “f LINK NECESSARY ney General of the Transvaal and prosecutor’in the I He could not see how, If the |rla jo u n c e d at 12.30 today. Dr. Yutar said Hepf l e will accused were members of a banned he called as a State witness. , pP,e Wl11 I organization, this could lead to | them committing various acts, such The first round of tire trial - Partner™ a°nd ^h^Nafion^1' High as putting lighted matches in a argument by counsel on applies- Command, also referredTo in he letter box. Some link must be tions to quash the indictment — indictment as the National T ih e r / furnished by the State. continued before the trial proper] Non Movement and its naiional Mr. Fischer spoke of the “con­ starts before the Judge-President, executive committee, and Umkonto flict” in the State’s replies to the Supreme Co V * W et ™ W e SiZWe (Spear of’ the NaUonT° defence request for further parti­ culars. Kantor had been given It is expected argument by LISTENED QUIETLY defence counsel and reply by the , . fuller answers in some cases than State's legal representative will i j the capacity audience the other accused. continue for the rest of today,, l:? ned q“!etl-v to legal argument He then handed to the judge and that judgment on the applies ,?at m.ust ,have been inaudible to another set of heads of argument, tion will not be given before ™ajorlty,and difficult to follow which he said would show that tomorrow. | lor those who could hear. the indictment was “fatally If the application succeeds and Dr- G- Lowen, Q.c., who is defective.” the indictment is quashed, the I appearing for Kantor, said he took He could not understand why present trial will stop at that e.x^e!°,ll°n t0 the indictment because the State had included acts of P°tnt. ! it failed to tell a reasonable man sabotage which had occured be­ Such an outcome would make : tile case he had to meet fore the period covered by the in­ little difference to the status of ! . Since the accused were presumed dictment. Dr. P. Yutar. Deputy Attornev-General. the accused, however. They would I innocent until convicted it ™ with him Mr. J. J. M. Naude. Senior Public probably be converted from await-', - t ___ - nvictedJ was Prosecutor of Pretoria, and Mr. T. B. Vorster, of the office of the Senior Public ing tiial prisoners to 90-day de- contemptuous of the State to reply Prosecutor. Johannesburg, appeared for the tamees — thus reversing the pro- to a request for further particu- State. Mr. A. Fischer. Q.C., with him Mr. G. cess earlier this month when, as lars that “ this was particularly Bizos and Mr. A. Ch as kelson (instructed ia®tamees, they were served with within the knowledge of the by Mr. Joel Joffc) appeared for Mandela. yhe mdictment—-----C4i Li and automatically upaij ] accused.” Sisulu, Goldberg. M-bcki. Kathrada. Bern­ stein. Mahlaba. Matsoaledi and Miangeni. became awaiting-trial prisoners. During Dr. Lowen’s argument Dr. G. lowen. O.C., with him Mr H Schwarz and Mr. D. Kuny (instructed by Kantor — himself a lawyer — fre­ Mr. Jack Cooper) of Benjamin Joseph. JUDGE FIRST quently nodded his head and Cooper and Partners) appeared for Kantor An smiled as a telling point was made. ind James Kantor and Partners. Hepple i unusual aspect of today's was not represented. *■ | Proceedings is that the judge, con­ Dr. Lowen said indictments were (Proceeding) trary to normal practice, entered I framed not for counsel or attor­ the court before the accused were neys but for the accused, who | 1 brought from the cells below. j must know the ease he had to ; This is presumably to obviate meet. , a recurrence of the shouting of NO LIB R A R Y slogans by a section of the “Kantor, who is an attorney, does ^Hepple to (audience when the accused filed not know the Suppression of Com- j munism Act. As the court Is in session as “He had no legal library at his j soon as the judge enters, unto- disposal while, he was a 90-day | ward behaviour would be a con- give State I tempt of court and could be sum- j m arily dealt with. detainee. ' As an awaiting trial prisoner he has no legal library. I Another unusual event was that “To tell him, in reply to a ques­ i Hepple, instead of going down tion, that the count is to be read evidence I the steps to the cells with his in conjunction with Section 12 fellow prisoners at the tea interval, does not inform him what case 4 leXander Hepple. one ot was led by two Security Branch he has to meet. 1j. *!lvonia sabotage trialists. I Policemen through counsels’ door “Kantor’s sister loved Wolpe. was discharged today. Dr. Perov < °ffice' anRivonia trial in the Pretoria Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. Harry Schwarz accused the Deputy - Attorney - General, Dr. P. Yutar, of McCarthyism and of trying to smear delayed Kantor. He said he found it difficult to reply to Dr. Y utar in a restrained fashion. Pretoria Reporter Dr. Yutar had opposed the; JAMES KANTOR, the 36-year- application. old Johannesburg attorney, mean to Communists," said Dr. who is one of the 11 Rivonia sabot­ Mr. Schwarz accused Dr Yutar Yutar, “is not what they mean to age trial accused, yesterday re­ of trying to smear Kantor with other people,” newed his application for bail with the label of Communism when in Evidence would be led that in a claim that the allegation against fact he was no Communist. the purchase of Lily Leaf, the him that he had recruited sabot­ Rivonia house which was arranged eurs for training outside South Kantor, said Mr. Schwarz, had through the firm of James Kan­ Africa had been dropped. given every possible earnest of tor and Partners, Ezra, named as Kantor originally applied un­ good faith, even to the point of the buyer, had merely lent his successfully for bail on the first offering to be interrogated under name to the purchase of the pro­ lay of the trial, on October 10. the influence of a truth drug. perty which he knew was to be Sis application yesterday was If released on bail, which ad­ used as the headquarters of the Drought before the Judge Presi- mittedly would have to be a sub­ African National Congress and lent, Mr. Justice De Wet, and Mr. stantial amount, he was prepared the Communist Party in South ustice Theron. The hearing was Africa. to report to the police as often postponed to today. as deemed necessary and would live with his wife and mother in TWO ESCAPES DROPPED Norwood, Johannesburg. Furthermore, it would be shown In his fresh petition, Kantor that. . Kantor------was not mas .u innocent iiiu ceiiij aid that the allegations against RED PROMISES Ki 1 if f®cape °f Harold Wolpe, i iim were that he practised with Dr. Yutar said there had been) ms brother-in-law, and Arthur: larold Wolpe—the political refu- other instances of accused who Goidreich, as he would have the; ;ee flow in England—and that had made sworn statements that court believe. : noney in his trust funds they had no intention of leaving Mr. Justice De Wet, the Judge- lad ^een pa'd ouf *or a certain the country, but had done so when! President, said he would give his 5uTrP°se- , „ bail was granted. decision at the end of a bail appli- was also alleged that he had cation made on behalf of Lionel 'ecruited People for training “What such solemn statements! j BernsteinBernstein, nrnhowiv probablytoday ! saboteursiflboteurs outside thpthe enuntrv country—but— j:his allegation was untrue and he nad learnt that it had been dropped. 1EMPTATI0NT0 FLEE As far as the trust money alle­ gation was concerned, he said that [if any money was paid out for | illegal purposes, this was done | without his knowledge. He was 1 not in touch with. any illegal fN o bail for organisations In or outside South j Africa, and had always showed his good faith by answering all ques­ * f> tions put to him by the police. DETERMINED f t ivon ia m en He had even offered to undergo truth drug tests to show his cre­ dibility, he said. T H£ J ] D(;l':' f RESll,i''V 1,’ M* ' Justicv * efTtvI priuLbai! Kantor also denied that he had tor James Kantor and Lionel Bernstefii two of dm men anything to do with Wolpe’s appearing in .lie Rivonia sabotage trial, in the j ’retoria escape and said he was determined Supreme Court today The judge said he thought the temp- to stand trial to vindicate himself and ^-establish his good name. he tiL ** rU"'" *“W <* « " « ■' (He ct.tainly had no intentions of fleeing he country if he obtained He accepted the submissions i m™t. “Sed lor suspicious pay- hail. made by the State that there was I a move afoot to help the men The judge continued: " On those escape. It would not be in the 1 .S’> and on others to be pre- interests of public safety to grant' se? ted’ ,the court will be asked tc them bail. ' lnler that he was not innocent Mr. Justice de Wet said that m ; and lpust have known what was other cases several accused iiad ! g01ng on in llis office, been granted bail and in their I “ He has also denied his guilt applications they said they would ‘ But I am satisfied that if Kantoi stand trial, but they fled the 15 released on bail, tile temptatioi country. to avail himself of the facilities une ot the accused in the t0 escape will be far too great BW eT'baU86! ^ 31^ SiSUlu) was: The Deput-V Attorney-Generai ? w ,n ! m , another case and! Dr. Yutar, said the important was arrested engl’0Urhd Until he lactor was lhe strength of the charpes” 1 d the Present case. “ Never have I been pre- ® ' sented with a more powerful case COMM I 'm s t than I have against each and r\ i .. * " every one of the accused.” lie said srim 3 partJCUjarl.v with Bern- T h e affidavit by M ajor F. van Judge said lie was a : Niekerk was not . so tar-fetched listed Communist and has asso-jas the defence would make out ciated with Communists. Goldreich and Wo'pe had Kantor s case is different. His escaped from Marshall Square biothei-in-law is Wolpe, who is ; This could not have been done concerned1 m activities against the > without outside assistance. State. Kantor says he knew “ In the plight in which the nothing about Wolpe's activities. accused find themselves, there is But he knew that wolpe was j no limit to their ingenuity, and a listed Communist and asked that of the organizations behind him not to indulge in any political them, here and abroad.” Dr Yutar activity. The evidence of the said. State will be that many listed Communists visited Kantor's offices and that his trust account NO TRIAL BY PRESS, COURT IS

any trial by the newspapers,” Mr. G. A. Coetzee, Q.C., told Mr. Juistice Steyn at the Rand Supreme Court yesterday when he asked for a fortnight’s postpone­ ment in the matter in which Mr. Govan Mbeki, an African journal­ ist, sought a contempt order against Mr. A. M. van Schoor, editor of the "Vaderland.” The publishers of the “Vader­ land,” Afrikaanse Pers Publikasie (Eiendoms) Beperk, were also cited as respondents. Mr. Mbeki is one of the people who were arrested on July 11 in Rivonia. He claimed that the reports in the “Vaderland” and in the Press generally had prejudiced him greatly. POSTPONED He not only asked for an order declaring that the two respon­ dents be committed for contempt, but that the court impose on them "such punishment as it may deem fit.” The matter was postponed sine die. The respondents must file their replying affidavits on or before November 5. Mr. Coetzee told the court that “it is important for all newspapers and for the public of South Africa generally to have the right to • comment on what citizens do ( before they are arrested on any criminal allegations.” Mr. Mbeki’s petition said that he and a number of other people had been charged with a number of offences, including sabotage. It was alleged that he and others had conspired with the African National Congress to plan “a violent revolution on a military basis,” and furthered Communism, in concert with the A.N.C. PREJUDICE Mr. Mbeki submitted that the comments attributed to Lieute­ nant-Colonel Van den Bergh, of the Security Branch, were calcu­ lated to prejudice him and the other accused, and that the com­ ments in question had appeared in articles in the “Vaderland” on July 12 and 15. ; “I submit that the reports im­ plied that all the arrested persons were guilty of subversive activi­ ties; that the police and the Min­ ister of Justice had evidence of this fact and that the place where they were arrested constituted the headquarters of an underground m ovem ent. “The publication of such reports is calculated to influence, and prevent witnesses from coming forward to give evidence for the defence,” stated the petition. M*"- G. A. Coetzee, Q .C ., with Mr. A. P. Krujter instructed by A. Mostert and o u?5r' appeared for the respondents; Mr. S- KentridRe (instructed by Mr. Joel G. Joffe) for the petitioner. NO POLIC. -TJ _ _ SUNDAY 1E X P R E S S , Nov. S, 1963 13 PROTECTION FOR FREED : ADVISED. $ BOB HcPPLE ^ Pretoria Reporter o b HEPPLE, a Johan­ DON’T TA B nesburg advocate who, until yesterday was one of the accused in the Rivonia trial when it was announced that he would be called as 1 State witness, said last TO P night that he had not asked SUNDAY EXPRESS REPORTER for police protection, “ nor do I intend to do so.” DOB HEPPLE, the 28-year-old Johannesburg He said he had not received any U advocate who was released at the Rivonia threats since his release. sabotage trial in the Pretoria Supreme Court on The 28-year-old advocate jj Wednesday after allegations against him had cuddled his 11-month-old son as i oe talked about his release and 1 been withdrawn by the State, has decided not to he four months he has spent in grant any further interviews to the Press. prison. “My son has changed a lot since j He, his wife, Shirley, and my arrest —. he has forgotten me. their two-year-old daughter 1 suppose he wonders who I am.” have left their home in Victory Mrs. Shirley Hepple said: “I was Park and are staying with so surprised when they announced friends outside Johannesburg. in court that Bob was being re­ leased. I didn’t think It would be Mr. Hepple’s father, Mr. Alec so soon. At first I couldn’t be­ Hepple, former Labour Party lieve my ears. I rushed out of the M.P., said yesterday: “When my spectators’ gallery and a detective son was released on Wednesday, brought Bob to me.” ne arrived home to find news­ papermen waiting for him. LOST 10 LB. { “He was still rather confused and gave them an interview Tall, bespectacled Mr. Hepple, : (telling them about his experi­ 7 ho lost 10 lb. in jail, said that f ences while under arrest). he had known for some time | tnat he was to be released, “but j “But since then he has taken _",.came as a surprise when I was f advice from the Bar Council. The Pleased today/’ Council advised him to make no He said he did not know whether further statements to the Press, ne other accused were aware that as anything he said could pos­ B O B HEPPLE . . . not re­ e was to be released. sibly prejudice the future trial." proached or threatened since Mr. Hepple added that his son it w as announced he was to Hepple—t°P University of had not been reproached or be a State witness. iQ^Wltwatersrand law student of said that he and the other threatened by any person since '**<1 had stayed in the same it was announced that he was to _ J after they had been charged be a State witness. the allegations against them. ana had become awaiting trial The ten men were Immediately prisoners. 10 rearrested rearrested on a charge of sabo­ The only changes were that tage. They appeared before a we were allowed literature — as * The announcement that the Pretoria magistrate and were re­ detainees we were only allowed > State was withdrawing the alle­ manded for summary trial by the tne Bible—and were able to speak > gations against Mr. Bob Hepple, Supreme Court on November 11. to one another during exercise i and that he was to appear as a Periods.” State witness later, was made in court by the Deputy Attorney- t a k e n t o f o r t General, Dr. P. Yutar. tn said that he had been moved The Judge President, Mr. Justice De Wet, quashed the w p b v 6 ,Fort in Johannesburg a indictment against the other stalf p beIore the trial, which ra ° n Tuesday, and was only ten accused on the ground that the State had not provided Drisr,5 back to Pretoria Central Du?. °n the day of the trial. them with sufficient details of yesta,.rfi8 the tea adjournment to see^rf’ ^ r' HePPle was taken to ‘bp P f’ Yutar and told he was “It v, leased- Mrs u cas been a terrible strain,” Is now 6 sald- “But the worst though won t be easy for the next few months.” NON-STOP and Mrs. Heppl. S S S fca“ «d at the hous * -« -

when Vi heaid of his son’; hen he visited friends or aCav® no Plahs for a sain m y work’” Mr, da7„, ^t the moment I ed to think clearly.” J AILED re»'e Court today that he had no know- ■was sufficient at this stage. ledge ol an alleged plot to get him out o f the country. Inspects cells Mte state b a f l i d a M t alleging the plot, presented today the Deputy Attorney-General. Dr. Percy Yutar, was Kantor's second affidavit denies that he had any conversation with ; by Johannes Arnoldus Greeff. the constable who was Greeff. jailed lor helping Goldreich and Wolpe to escape. Because of the structure of the cell£, he says, it was physically j The affidavit dealt with a conversation impossible that such a conversa- 1 Greeff said he had w ith Kantor in Marshall tion could have taken place, and Square. he asks the court, however incon­ venient, to inspect the cells and satisfy itself on the point. nnJ l r'l UU,Kr i'ltr'Hl;,Ce;J the,P M allegation yesterday after- noon w liile Kantor s bad application was being argued. Kantor says that on August 25 he was under 90-day detention, so He told tile court that he His first, in reply to Dr. Yutar’s that it was impossible that he was had been given a secret docu statement yesterday, denied he had in his office on that day. incut by the police which, he | ever heard of an escape plot. “ I deny I ever spoke to Greeff. said. showed that Kanlnr l» ‘X.°“Kantor 'AJr ',ala said ne he was was "astounded” “astounded I point out that I was kept , i dt Njm"r to hear yesterday that there were isolated in solitary confinement would be rescued from jail or plans, if they exist at all to help k lii i* i f , w 1 . (' .1 I hirv-i __ 4r Interrupting his reading of Kan- spirited out of the eountr\. ! him escape. tor’s affidavit at that point, Dr. Lowen said Greeff’s statement was inherently improbable. he was in sympathy with (Cantor's’ ' first time i ' h?n t,„. , — appheatien but he now: whatsoever of any such plan a n 'd He .was at that stage facing trial strenuously opposedthat it. J ctxiu on serious charges, for which he a t inxa u !that ^4. • ,lf , such yicuiplan uues does exist I am was later sentenced to six years’ At 10.40 he came into the court certainly not included therein nor imprisonment, and it would be im­ copies of the affidavit j would, ~ I under al,.vany circumstances 1 to defence counsel. possible for Kantor, held in jail, wlt'h jta? ytillng whatsoever to do j to have made an offer to Greeff “ Are you ready? he asked them. with any hope of its being accepted or fulfilled. There was a chorus of protest. You have just handed this to Responsibilities us." Not Communist The atlidavit continued that 3ht I gave you the contents Kantor has no intention of estreat­ Dr. Lowen said the State had i oetorir said Dr. Yutar. “ Oh well ing his bail and not standing trial not indicated at all where this in- i tell me v, h e*.y ou are ready.” Kantor added that he will submit formation (that Kantor would : I to the most stringent bail condi­ escape) had come from. "It may I tions and will not evade liis re­ Lie nittl have cbme from an anonymous i sponsibilities to his wife and telephone call,” he added. Counsel and instructing widowed mother. at- The judge asked Dr. Lowen if [ torneys„ went .... downstairs______to the ! n>-When v . the court started at noon Kantor would not be tempted to cells, where Kantor started die- nne u'ea! l out Lwo affidavits, escape if he was given bail. tating his second affidavit of the keric. “ Kantor is not a Communist. | and the other by Johannes Arnoldus He is an anti-Communist. He does 1 Oreeif. not belong to any of the organiza­ | Major van Niekerk's affidavit tions that the other accused are j said he had learnt from a reliable alleged to belong to,” Dr. Lowen j source that Kantor and any others replied. I released on bail would flee to i Lobatsi. At the conclusion of Dr. Lowen's argument the judge said he would If they did not get bail an not give judgment until after , attempt would be made to free: Bernstein’s bail application, which I them from jail by November 9. j he understood will be made to- j Greefl’s affidavit was made vester- morrow. ! day in the Pretoria Jail. Dr. Yutar said before reading After the judge had adjourned the case there was a heated ex­ .! It that it would show that Kantor i said that G reeff had been pro- change between Dr. Yutar and Mr Kuny. ; j mised R4000, and would be paid _ i this money. Mr. Kuny had asked Dr. Yutar j Greeff's affidavit ■ was to the to go with him to the judge. | effect that after his arrest on Heated words were exchanged. August 25 he was held in the vwthDr. him I>. Mr. Yutar, j. j. Deputy M. Naude. Attorney-General senior pub! , Marshall Square cells. lie prosecutor oi Pretoria, and Mr T n He and Kantor could not talk \ orster, ot the office of the Senior Public to each other, but once he walked Prosecutor. Johannesburg, appeared for the ♦ Turn to Page 3. Volumn I. Dr. G. Lowen, O-C., with him .Mr 1.1 Schwarz and Mr. D. Kuny (instructed by I CooperM . A and Coopcr parmers) of app-.-ared Benjamin for Joseph Kantor and Partners _ , or 1 m m * ..w;rj:v?___

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By DICK RICHARDS PLOT to remove James Kantor, one of Lol>™ . RCCUued T fhe Rivonia M il, to b a t ^ Br .hUana,and> if he were Slanted cui a; d ,f ,he were not, to take him from custody and out of the country before November 9 was alleged by Dr. P. Yutar,

tnfuroria C Supreme PU*y A t^ Court rney yesterday.Ceneral’ in the Pre- It was one of a series of dramatic incidents which included the quashing of the indictment against 10 of the accused their !immediate rearrest and the earlier withdrawal of charges against Bob Alex­ ander Hepple who was to have become a btate witness.

T r i g l date —I Hon for K a n e s' rek \ on bail ^ ° PP,,'Ca- St* L J U l f ? " ^ 5 ’ „Lowen referred to a - ^ Kantor Z V n Dr-T ,Utar'a hand as “that Broke down OOU1H P? erul the trUth 0f Which «>uld not be vouched for, Dr When Mr. Justice De Wet mad J dtaf. aaid *t was a highly con-F ™ protests fidential and secret document—“a t the order quashing the indictmen ana announced the court woul< communication to the police here I I N a p 'lef aPPearance in the from the police somewhere else ” u adjourn for 10 minutes before con sidering the bail applications foi Court this°*n Magistrate’s Mr. Justice De Wet ordered that t Kantor and Bernstein, there wen Rivonia Sahoforn°0n the 10 the information from the police I Were r e m a n S 86 trialists no demonstrations. ! . mandeci to November d® Parlded ln today by way of affi­ Bernstein’s brief spell of free­ 12 davit but said he would not allow dom was too much for his daugh- cross-examination of the deponent ter. ! a few mf™ tranCe lasted onlv as requested by Dr. Lowen etiterld ^ h eUtsenSla,7 hrie 10 133ed As wa,s hu'stled downstairs to , Mr: A Fischer, Q.c., then said the cells with the other accused ! tile ceils below ti dock froni he wished to hand in a fresh affi- stood in t w f ° r o w f TCLUrt and ®bf b™ke down and wept. She was not represented. lej " ere tion hv STUppoi;t of a bail applica guided to her mother by Mrs. Bar |,°n by ,Llone Bernstein. The bara Kantor, who embraced am Judge ruled that this, too, would comforted her. ! Public prosm /tofaind p sen,or be heard today. said he wanted m 2 Pretor'a. But the drama was not over. Dr Journed to November i l f ' Yutar asked Mr. Justice De Wet tc Rearresf-ed have the men brought back ink CourtarJ' tnal »*> the Supreme the dock and remanded He The freedom of the 10 Rivonia ‘ heSdiri dnney the JudSe"President p -AMarm«m®8istrate- Mr D. accused after the indictment had he did not consider it would be mand the m ? 3130111 to ' re- squashed was shortlived C0!?Petent for him to do so. pushed fi-r,men' Janies Kantor When Dennis Goldberg sought the back of the Dr' Lowen renewed his to leave the dock and refused to application for bail for Kantor, something f lle cou!d sa.v go down the steps to the cells he ne questioned Mr. Justice was seized by a detective-sergeant h competence to hear rn had6 noT^wif .,ep* advisers and hustled below, with the other Case would hp 1° d t!lat tt3e ! * f 10n in view of his lack c accused, to be rearrested. competence to remand the men. ti* November 3 m“ ded un‘ After Hepple had been dis­ The Judge declared himsel might not suit The date charged and left the dock, the Mr. Nauril U ,tbem- competent to do so. ocner accused exchanged brief Later, as spectators left the 12 was onlv a rfaid November smiles. Kantor s»iriPv°Vlsiona! date. court policemen, standing shoul- la tter prild r,B “ anted the As he walked away, Mrs. Bar­ der to shoulder, formed a rine Magistfat^tohnied in the bara Kantor, wife of James Kan- around the entrance to the build- morrow Court until to- tor, removed her shoes so that she ,and Prevented them from ouid stand on a rail behind the crossing to Church Square fate e[4lanTed°nti ra«els- 1° get a better ”iew of the well of the court. • SEE PAGE 2 !,or sumniap rrnl 1 men "oreme rm nt tr lr ri>e There was an exchange between 12. Coun on Novc-mbei Mr. Justice De Wet and Dr. Yutar They 4> in which the Judge-President re­ I n from the *en escorted minded him: “This is a court of below. Q0Ck to the cells Iaw. not a political meeting.” , , r* Yutar said he hoped the mfk? WaS implying he was making a political speech. [ THE RIVONIA TRIAL COLLAPi Attitude of the S t J JJOLDIING that the State, in effect, had conceded that it had not supplied ! the accused with sufficient to accused details of the allegations to provide the defence with sum­ maries of the documents and the against them, the Judge- evidence within one week from President, Mr. Justice De today.” Supporting his application that ^ et, quashed the indict- impr(the indictment as far as Kantor inent against the Rivonia 3! was concerned, be quashed. Dr. G. Lowen Q.C., said that the trialists in the Pretoria Deputy Attorney-General had Supreme Court yesterday. 9 shrouded the State case In so PRETORIA F much mystery that it was im­ He described answers given possible for Kantor to prepare by the State to the defence Raymond Mahlaba, James Kan- a defence. as most improper. tor, Elias Matsoaledi and Andrew "I am no Communist. I have no Mlangeni. politics,” said Dr. Lowen. “I only When the hearing was re­ Mr. Justice De Wet said the know that Kantor is not a Com­ sumed, one of the 11 prisoners, basis of the charges against the munist. Bob Alexander Hepple was re accused was that they had con­ leased. The Deputy-Attorney- spired with others to a course Impartial General, Dr. P. Yutar, said he of conduct in which the acts was withdrawing the charges detailed in the indictment were “I do not mind whom I defend, against Hepple who would be com m itted. whether he is a Com m unist, a called later as a State witness. The State, in effect had, con­ National Socialist, a Liberal, a When the indictment was ceded it had not supplied them Progressive, or a member of the quashed, Dr. Yutar asked that with sufficient details of the United Party — and neither does the men be rearrested and allegations concerning them. It. the law. remanded. This the Judge-Presi- had been decided in other cases “Indictments are framed for dent refused to do, saying that that in a charge involving con- the accused, even if they are as far as he was concerned the spiracy the accused were entitled illiterate, and not for counsel. To case was at an end. It would not to know details of the association tell Kantor that he is charged oe competent for him to remand under the Suppression of Com them. Assumption munism Act is meaningless. When fhe defence had asked “The answers given by the Detained the State for details of the Dr. State to a request for further yutar tnfen said the association which formed the particulars are contemptuous of conspiracy it had been given that ’General had directed the defence.” the reply: “This is a matter sahoti?.? ™en be charged with Mr. A. Fischer, Q.C. applying peculiarly within your know­ In accord ,They were bein® held to the court to quash the indict­ E pfn^^?Pe wltb the directive. ledge.” ment on behalf of the first seven The' judge said he had Manrioj tbe cuuricourt were Nelson me juage “““ accused, said that if the State G n lX r Walter Sisulu, Dennis never heard of such a reply being was not able to furnish the n-..vYrg' °°van Mbeki Ahmed given <*>ven in a criminal case. h-athdrada. Lionel The accused were innocent necessary particulars of the al­ Bernstein, legations with all its resources, until proved guilty and it was it was unlikely that the defence most improper of the State to could do so. give the defence, in reply to questions which he was satisfied Waste of time were genuine, answers which Running like a thread through showed that the accused were all the State’s pronouncements assumed to be guilty. was the attitude: "They are It was for the State to draw guilty and to attempt a defence up a competent indictment and ,1s a waste of time.” to supply the defence with the He added: "This indictment is necessary particulars required by an effort by the State to cast the defence. the net so wide that it hopes Wrong way that no one will escape.” Replying, Dr. Yutar said the The judge said he was satisfied applications were not genuine that the indictment could not but were designed to harass and stand as it was. embarrass the State and ascer­ It was possible that the dis­ tain the strength of its case. abilities suffered by the defence As a token of his good faith he could be cured by granting them was prepared to hand in his a postponement at the end of opening address of 17 pages the evidence of each witness, or which gave the case against each after each fresh document was accused in detail. handed in. But this was not the way to handle a trial of this Irregular nature. A postponement would not Refusing this offer, Mr. Justice suffice as it could give rise to De Wet said: “I am not prepared further applications for quash­ to entertain an application of this ing, as had happened at the nature, an ex parte statement of Treason Trial. a fact. This is an irregular way of conducting a case. “Whether the defence genuinely Earlier Dr. Yutar had appealed wants the facts It has asked for to the Judge not to quash the indictment. is irrelevant. It is entitled to ask for them .” Dr. Yutar said he and the Dr. Yutar said: “We are deal­ police were prepared to work ing with bad organisations — even at night to furnish the the African National Congress defence within a week with a and the Communist Party. They summary of all documents and have never invited a representa­ of the verbal evidence which tive of the State to their delibera­ would be given by all State wit­ tions, They do not keep minutes nesses. and records Undertaking An objection to this by both defence counsel was upheld by Dr. Yutar said: “ I beg of Your the judge, who said: “This is not Lordship not to quash the indict­ a political meeting. This is a ment in the understanding that court of law and I know nothing the Crown does what it has of the conduct of these organi­ undertaken to do, and that it is sations.” ______Sjtflie. In Impassioned Plea \y Is Rebuked By Judge From Our Own Correspondent PRETORIA, Wednesday. SPECTATORS in the Pretoria Supreme Court were treated to an exchange today between the Judge-President of the Transvaal, Mr. Justice de Wet, and the Deputy Attorney- General, Dr. P. Yutar, when Dr. Yutar made an impassioned plea to the Judge not to quash the indictment in the “ Rivonia” trial. Refusing this offer, the Judge The Judge reminded Dr. law and not a political meeting.” said: “I am not prepared to Yutar that "this is a court of Dr. Yutar said that he and entertain, in an application of the police were prepared to this nature, an ex parte state­ LAUCH-A-DAY work even at night to furnish ment of a fact. This is an the defence within one week with irregular way of conducting a a summary of all documents and case. of the verbal evidence which “Whether the defence would be given by all State genuinely wants the facts it has w itnesses. asked for is irrelevant. It is “I beg of your Lordship not entitled to ask for them.” to quash the indictment,” he Dr. Yutar then,said: "We are said. "I earnestly beg, may I dealing with bad organisations, crave of your Lordship not to the African National Congress quash the indictment, on the and the Communist Party. They understanding that the State have never invited a representa­ does what it has undertaken to do and that is to provide the tive of the State to their defence with summaries of the deliberations. They do not keep documents and the evidence m inutes and record s . . .” within one week from today." An objection to this by both As a token of his good faith "Other men fix TV antennas he was prepared to hand in his defence counsel was upheld by without all this fuss!" opening address of 17 pages. the Judge.

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TWO R I V O N I A HOUSES POLICE DRIVE l/> 3 SUNDAY TIMES CHIEF REPORTER OIVONIA, the fashionable rural Johannesburg suburb, has twice figured prominently in the police drive I against alleged subversion sand, and resealed with solder. | X can now disclose that apart The theory is that the cylinders from the swoop on the Goldreich were used for some experiment in house which led to the detention the manufacture of explosives. of 17 people, a chance discovery Their contents were subjected to in another Rivonia house in April. 1962, put the police on the track laboratory analysis of some people who have since been questioned, detained, sub­ jected to house arrest and banned The house had previously been occupied by a family who have left South Africa As another tenant was moving in, the owners asked a firm of builders to carry out certain re­ novations. A set ol flies was found in a cupboard, and later many documents were discovered in'an attic The contents of the files were turned over to the Special Branch. The police then searched the property carefully. In an outhouse they found a quantity of cylinders in which fruit juice is normally packed. The cylinders had been emptied, filled with varying quantities of RIVONIA RAID SEQUEL

Following upon the sensational raid on a house in Rivonia, outside Johannesburg on the afternoon of July II, eleven men were charged in the Supreme Court, Pretoria on Wednesday, October 9 and remanded to October 29 for summary trial on allegations 01 sabotage and offences under the Suppression of Communism Act and the Criminal Law Amendment Act. The charpp sheet savs the eleven men committed 222 acts of sabotage in preparation for Z . h e Z Z d t v L i o n of Sooth Africa. The 222 act, of sabotage arc lotted and said to have been committed between December 15, 1961 and August 5, 196a. Seventeen persons were arrested at Rivonia - ten Africans, six Whites and one Indian - but only seven are among the accused. Those charged are: Ahmed Kathrada, former Sec­ retary-General of the Trans­ Nelson Mandela, former leader vaal Indian Congress; of the banned African Nat­ Lionel Bernstein, a Johannes­ ional Congress, now serving burg architect, banned un­ a five-year prison sentence der the Suppression of Com­ for his part in the anti- munism Act; Republic strike of 1961; Raymond Mahlaba, former chairman of the Port Eliza­ Walter Sisulu, former Secre­ beth branch of the banned tary-General of the banned African National Congress; African National Congress, James Kantor, a Johannesburg who estreated his bail of R6.000 on March 8; attorney; Elias Motsoaledi; Denis Goldberg, a former Andrew Mlangeni; member of the banned Con­ Bob Alexander Hepple, a gress of Democrats; Johannesburg advocate and Govan Mbeki, a former mem­ former lecturer in law at the ber of the old Transkeian University of the Witwaters- General Council, and B.A.; rand and son of former La­ B.Econ. of Fort Hare Uni­ bour M.P. Alex Hepple. versity College and former teacher and journalist; (Continued on page 6) RIVONIA TRIAL

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The Charges their conspiracy and which repeal or modification of such were calculated to further the laws or variation or limitation charge sheet alleges achievement of one or more of the application or adminis­ a the acts of sabotage were or all of the objects of Com­ tration of such laws. ? far?v°ry to’ and in order munism. The four accused who were n w ate’ guerilla warfare not arrested in the Rivonia an Africa coupled with The third count under the raid are Mandela, Kantor, Criminal Law Amendment Act Matsoaledi and Mlangeni. Of alleges that the accused soli­ the seventeen arrested at Ri­ £ &cited, accepted and received vonia, the fate of seven — all money from various persons Africans — is unknown. Ar­ or bodies of persons, both thur Goldreich escaped from within and outside the Repu­ custody and fled the country. blic of South Africa, and gave His wife, Hazel, has been re­ !SXj> £ £S 2 money to various persons or leased after being detained pose en akJn? cominon pur- bodies of persons for the pur­ under the 90-day law. Dr. Hil­ S d u r ? 8 wged- m a S°urse of pose of enabling or assisting liard Festenstein is being v/roncfnli dUn?g which they the commission of offences in charged separately in Johan­ fo r n 8 . u y and unlawfully per- support of a campaign against nesburg. n° ™ acts.^ ich were plan­ some of the laws of the Repu­ The trial is expected to last ned and envisaged in terms of blic of South Africa or for the about two months. I 0 .>rvc^cvrv\y A

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Jfe in Uar es a a u ia M " »■*»• leir escape from South Africa ■e Mr. Bob Hepple, Mr. brahim Desai and Mrs. epple. They and another lan who could not divulge iformation about himself for »or rpnrisals reached the Hepple (sou getuig -1'o^r J>iny Rivoniasaak) 1 o i is glo gedreig

DV. BOB ALEXANDER HEPPLE, wat Staatsgetuie A in die Rivoniasaak sou word en sou vertel wat by Rivonia plaasgevind het, is in die Republiek gedreig. Hy het saam met sy vrou na Dar-es-Salaam gevlug. Die Staat het ook bevestiging uit ander bronne gekry dat daar beplan word om die tien beskuldigdes gelyktydig te laat ontvlug. Die aankondiging is gister in In sy aankondiging oor adv. die Pretoriase Strafhof gedoen Hepple, het dr. Yutar verwys na deur adv. P. Yutar, Adjunk-prok.- sy vroeere mededeling aan die genl. van Transvaal, kort nadat hof dat hy vir die veiligheid van regter-president Q, de Wet ’n die staatsgetuies vrees. aansoek van die hand gewys het om die klagstaat teen die beskul­ GEWEIER digdes nietig te verklaar. Die Hepple sou kom getuig het dat saak gaan vandag voort. hy ’n Kommunis is en aan die hof vertel het wat by Rivonia aangegaan het, het hy gese. In die lig van die gebeure, durf hy nie die name van sy ander ge- L rP i 1 U l L I ' tuies vooraf bekend maak nie. Hulle is in gevaar. Hepple het aanvanklik saam met dia ander beskuldigdes ver­ skyn, maar op 30 Oktober het dr. Yutar die saak teen horn te- ruggetrek en gese dgt hy staats­ VERDWYN getuie sal word. Later het adv. Hepple geweier om onderhoude met die pers te voer. ------Dr. Yutar het gese die Staat het nou gegewens uit ander Saam met vrou bronne ook gekry dat daar be­ plan word om die beskuldigdes „saam” te laat ontsnap. Die ver- antwoordelikes maak ’n fout om daarmee voort te gaan. Die in Tanganjika owerheid is nie daarmee gediend nie, en het die nodige maatreels getref. WERKLIKE VERHOOR Deur ’n Verslaggewer Die werklike verhoor van die tien beskuldigdes, Nelson Man­ ADV. B. A. HEPPLE en sy vrou het die afge- dela, Walter Sisulu, Dennis lope naweek die grens tussen die Republiek Goldberg, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Mohammed Kathrada, Lionel en Betsjoeanaland oorgesteek. Maandag het Bernstein, Raymond Mahlaba, huDe op Lobatsi ’n vliegtuig gehaal wat hulle James Kantor, Elias Matsoaledi en Andrew Mlangeni, begin van­ na Dar-es-Salaam geneem het. dag. Nadat Hepple vrygelaat is om Staatsgetuie Hulle verskyn op twee aan- in die Rivoniasaak te word, was hy nie onder klagte van sabotasie en dat hulle die doelstellings van die Kom- polisiebewaking nie, is betroubaar vemeem. munisme bevorder en geld ont- Gisteraand het ’n mev. Goldsmith die telefoon by die vang en bestee het om sabotasie Hepples se huis by Dalebrook-singel 43, Victorypark, te pleeg. . Vervolg op bl. 10 Johannesburg, beantwoord. Sy het gese sy het na die aan- Kondiging in die Rivoniasaak die keer van die Hepples se ertrek verneem. Sy het geweier ®nige verdere vrae te beant- woord. het in Johannesburg die ^ Vokaat gepraktiseer en is, Voor ®u?. Van ranr. A lec Hepple, s i vtAksraadsiid van die ese S.A. Arbeidersparty. Soril^PP'i€ 18 °P 11 Julie saam met van die ander beskuldig- ten,„ dle saak by Rivonia in heg- keer ®eneetn- Daama het hy elke totdata^m met die “ der verskyn P r o P- Yutar- die Adjunk- op & ? eraal van Transvaal, ■*** •?“ iKommunis’ HepniPY^tf r, h®t toe gesfi dat Oi t ®^aa^s8etuie geword het. ■ o u S J "* * B®86 dat Hepple is en dat hy ’n KwnmUms h e t sou v iew er Hy heT » by Rlvonla geveur het. toerki^ln Qa Sy vari*e °P- „ hof dat die Staats- dat n t r S 8evaar verkeer en gese HEPPLES FLEE S.A. AFTER THREATS* STAFF REPORTER OB ALEXANDER HEPPLE, who was originally charged B with the 10 Rivonia accused and against whom charges were withdrawn by the State, is in Dar-es-Salaam with

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Goldsmith Said yesterday. "I ex­ pected my daughter and her hus­ band back in Johannesburg on M onday.” PHONED POLICE When the couple did not return, Mrs. Goldsmith became alarmed and telephoned police stations In the Rustenburg area to check whether they had been involved in an accident. ‘,My husband telephoned the hotel in Rustenburg late on Mon­ day and they told him that Bob and Shirley had never booked in SiM Bnii i 1 there,” she added. Mr. Hepple, a 28-year-old advo­ BOB HEPPLE cate, was released from jail on He was to have been called a October 30 after Dr. Yutar had the firs^ witness for the Stat< announced that he would give in its case. against the others evidence for the State. Dr. P. Yujar, prosecuting counsel With his wife he spent the said yesterday. Dr. Yutar said weekend in Rustenburg. he was to have told the court he was a member of the Communist; KISSED GOODBYE Party and that he had . been “Bob seemed much better after present at Rivonia. He was to being away,” Mrs. Goldsmith said. have disclosed what had occurred “I thought they had decided to there. have another weekend there to Dr. Yutar made the statement get away from it all and relax when objecting in the Pretoria together.” Supreme Court to an application Before they left they kissed by the defence for a postponement Brenda, aged two, and Paul, 11 of the trial. months goodbye. He told the Judge-President, “We have been living in a hotel Mr. Justice De Wet, that Hepple and still have our rooms booked had been threatened and was now there,” Mrs. Goldsmith said. “We in Dar-es-Salaam with his wife. did not expect to be looking after The State, he said, was no longer the children longer than a couple prepared to expose its witnesses of days.” x to threats of the kind or to rhn the risk of them being “spirited Yesterday morning, Mr. Alec away.” Hepple, a former Labour Party M.P., told the police his son was ESCAPE PLAN m issing. He had told the court previously, He refused to comment last Dr. Yutar went on, that there was night on his son’s disappearance. a plan afoot to effect the mass escape of all the prisoners. The State was now in possession of additional information from other sources confirming this. The plan still existed. The authorities had details of the projected mass escape. Dr. Yutar issued a word of warning to those involved that the authorities were in no mood to countenance anything of the kind. LEFT CHILDREN Hepple and his wife, Shirley, left their two small children be­ hind when they fled to Tangan­ yika. Last night the children asked in vain for their parents. Their grandparents tried to comfort them. The Hepples left their home in Victory Park, Johannesburg, on Saturday after telling their parents they planned to spend a ekend in Rustenburg. They said would be back on Monday. HT' shocked,” Mrs. Minnie *\ of ?£ ‘Rivonia % traitors’

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thM afeeetrial the presiding Judge ruled that the names of some witnesses be withheld ^ lication to protect them from pos­ sible intimidation or reprisals. Two of the men were known as j Mr. X and Mr. Y. Mr. Y si eyi 1 dence continued two days and was [considered an Important part of Een pamflet gekry ■ the E-fate's case. Serious view Police are taking a serious view of the matter. fe met name van One of the pamphlets was sent to the Johannesburg office of an overseas news agency. The source was not disclosed. ^geheime getuies 1 According to the pamphlet the men were office-bearers o f A.N.C. regional committees. Deur Ons Mlsdaadverslaggewer Bob Hepple, who was originally IE VEILIGHEIDSPOLISIE het van

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HEPPLE, the prosecution witness in the Pretoiia sabotage tiial B0Bwho fled from South Africa, said he had been “double crossed” by the South African police and had refused to allow himself to be used as a “political tool”. , • Mr Hepple arrived in Dar es Salaam by a last night from Mbeya. With him was his wife, Shirley, Mr. Ebrahim Desai, from Cape Town, and Mr. Michael Poole, who refused to give any information about himself. Mr. Hepple, a 29-year-old Johannesburg lawyer was arrestedrested wun with Arthur Goldreich —-- and a , number T , of others at the Rivonia suburb of Johannesburg!! on July 11, anU J r was detained under the 90-day detention law. S' On October 8 he was charged with Nehon ^ndela and others with ^^^^^Jf^v^^e^D eput^A ttorney were withdrawn on OctoberJU released General, Dr. Percy Yutar, andA Mr. promise Hepple was released. At an airport Press confer­ ence, Mr. Hepple said that alle­ gations by Dr. Yutar that he had He said the police had pro­ been threatened were "a com­ mised him that he wouid not be plete fabrication. I have receiv­ I called as a .State witness, that he ed no threats from any of the 1 would not be prosecuted, and accused or anyone connected that ho would be released from with them.” — 90-days detention. Mr. Hepple said he had never On the strength of those pro­ received a subpoena to attend mises he had made a statement -ourt as a prosecution witness to the police, “but this did not although the prosecution had carry the case against the accu­ said he would do so. “If I had sed any further ” gone into the witness box I 1 All these promises had been would have had to refuse to ans­ broken and in the new charges wer questions.” against the other accused he had He said the original charges been named as co-conspirator in > were only withdrawn on condi­ 199 cases of sabotage and as tion that he would testify for having plotted armed revolution the prosecution. “I gave an un­ would detain my wife.” dertaking to the Deputy Attor­ “It was clear to me that the ney-General that I would be State were trying to use me as available, but in view of a num­ a political tool .... Then they ber of broken promises by Dr. threatened' that if I did not Yutar and the police I decided make a statement I would be that I was no longer prepared to detained indefinitely and they give evidence. 1 decided that would detain my wife. rather than go to jail I would leave.” . Mr. Hepple arrived at Mbeya “V a chartered aircraft earlier this week. He left his two child­ ren, aged two-and-a-half and °ne. in South Africa with his parents. n d a r d No. 10,291

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,Hce Pretoria, on the day when the Rivoma Part of the crowd outside the, Palace of ’ Tlce’ __ Turned nrmed uniormeduniformed anaand rial began. Strict security measures were -p • o , , court and vicinity, ain clothes police, s o m e carrying tear £ « ' wmh^jrowOea^------_ ------ESCAPEESIN THE DARK From SUNDAY NATION Reporter: DAR ES SALAAM, Saturday S HIRLEY HEPPLE, the woman who fled South Africa m iro & i t n m with her husband Bob Hepple, a prosecution witness in the South African sabotage trial, spoke here today of the —. t w o young children “They are really mis­ 1 - r-- they were forced to sing us. W e hope to have them with us as soon as ~| leave behind. possible,” she said in an referring to when the prosecutor, Mr. i interview Percy Yutar, told the court Brenda, 2J, and Paul, who hearing the case against the is one year old. rem aining 10 accused that Mr. Mr. Hepple, a Johannesburg Hepple would have been the lawyer, was arrested with a first witness to relate what number of others in the happened at the alleged Rivonia suburb of Johannes­ Johannesburg headquarters of burg on July 11 and detained the banned African National under the 90-day detention law. Congress. He was charged but later re­ Security police are worried leased to give evidence for the by the escape and the apparent State. ease with which they made Said Mrs. Hepple: “We are their way into the neighbour­ glad to be in Dar es Salaam, ing British protectorate of though we are missing home.” Bechuanaland en route to She added: “We were very Tanganyika. grieved to leave, but in such

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circumstances we had no option.” And Mr. Hepple added: “She had to come with me because there was a great danger of HEPPLE, the prosecu­ her being kept as a hostage.’ B 0Btion witness in the Pre­ Mrs. Hepple added: “I am very anxious to hear about my toria sabotage trail, and his children. Paul will be celebrat­ wife Shirley, hope to leave ing his birthday on December for Britain later this week. 11. I do not know how it will all be, but I hope to have him The couple, who escaped to with us for that occasion.” Tanganyika last week, have She said that since leaving immigration clearance and home a week ago they had not heard a single word about the their own passports. children. “We are trying hard Mr. Hepple said yesterday he to make contact with them,” did not know what they would she said, adding:- “They will do when they arrived in Bri­ join us as soon as our future tain, but one of the first things is settled.” would be to have their children. Mrs. Hepple said they could Brenda, two-and-a-half. and not bring the children with Paul, one, sent from South them as they did not know Africa to join them. Mr. Hepple said that the South African authorities had alleged that some of the 90-day deten­ tion prisoners were feiemng in­ sanity. He knew that this was not the case. Hit by warder He himself had seen a man named Mr. Z. Moutunheng taken into the jail yard. The man vva 5S*S« PAUL -5L«sa*8& i*ijrS; their destination. The Hepples Later Mr. arrived in Mbeya by chartered a straight-jacket. whimper aircraft earlier this week. The Hepples would not say anything about their future 1 whimpered he was st warder. . , .. t Mr- plans. “We would like to settle Mr. Hepple said that R_v0, here,” she said. Top-level investigations have James Kantor, one oi t e us been ordered in JOHANNES­ nia accused, had a 0n£eother BURG into the escape of the breakdown H k ure and Hepples. cases ot Mr. Hepple’s escape was dis­ shock treatment^ closed in Pretoria on Tuesday RIVONIA: MR. X REVEALS: A.N.C. ordered ‘stooges’ to be liquidated

From a Staff Reporter T H E AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had ordered that “stodges” (Govern­ ment spies, the “ spies of our enemies” ) were to he liquidated, said Mr. X, the mystery witness at the Rivonia sabotage trial in Pretoria today. Mr. X is an African, a self-con- _ ® Security Branch offices in Dur­ ; iessed saboteur and leader of a ,______r | ' l l L ban. attacked with a bomb; he Durban squad. This is the third | 1 I l J j did not know if the bomb went ! °f h's evidence about the inner • off. : workings of the National High PYLON ATTACKED i Command and the Durban Regional ACCUSED S Command. Mr. X then described the I His evidence this morning dealt rPHE 10 accused are: first dynamite attacks and how Il with 23 ha acts;is oi of sabotage --■ * in*- the - t Nelson Rolinhlala Mandela, three pylons were selected. I Durban area, committed in protest a Johannesburg attorney; He used Hodgson’s method in against Nelson Mandela’s convic­ Walter Max Elliot Sisulu, dealing with one pylon. After a tion and sentence in August. of Johannesburg: preliminary excursion they de­ Dennis Theodore Goldberg, cided how much dynamite to use. " OCR PROTEST ” a civil engineer of Claremont, He started fixing the charges at We wanted to show the gov- Cape Town; 7.30 p.m. and finished after 9 p.m. Govan Archibald Mbeki, a s er“ »ent our protest,” said Mr. X. “ We lit the fuses and left, burn­ : i-n, ? statement about people being Port Elizabeth journalist; killed came after the Judge-Presi- Ahmed Mohammed Kath- ing the rubber gloves we had worn. We went to a near-by bus ’ t ae wet, naa ques- rada, a Johannesburg Indian; him about the risk of people Lionel Gabriel Bernstein, a queue, saw a big flash and heard heing killed or injured during a Johannesburg architect; a large explosion.” said Mr. X. ; sabotage attempt. Raymond Mhlaba— The next day they saw big head­ x said they had been in- The State alleges these lines in the newspapers and learnt , strutted to be careful that people seven were members of the that, the three attacks had been i were not injured or killed “ but National High Command; successful. Retimes it was difficult to James Kantor, a Johannes­ Mr. X said that,he prepared burg attorney; the charges for two other pylon i „ Questioned further, he said that Elias Matroaledi and attacks but did not actually set stooges ’’-p e o p le who got in the Andrew Mlangeni. them himself. They were also ° £ the A.N.C.—“ if we feel ihmiM person should be killed, we ______successful. mand^” report to the high com- “Therefore,” said Mr. X. “the I HITTING AT NATS j ,?;e would await the reply 1 Regional Command decided I j ^h- x then told of other bomb i and act thereon.”thereon,” heho added. should make three pipe bombs to j stacks including one in the air The judge: What do you mean be placed in the houses of ad- maj| p0st box at the main Durban oy stooges?—a Government spy, visory board members, post office. “It worked,” he com­ a spy of our enemy. 1 mented. Then they blew up a _ -aln . , , , He did so, continued Mr. X. but Mr- X said that Curnick, who section of the railway line near was secretaryecretarv of +v.«the tlrnt. __

to d a y . . The four men in the roomi^ jf", I THE the door was opened, were Walter j Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed | Ratlirada and a fol^ th ,™,an’ ®d ACCUSED African, -heavily bearded and rpHE 10 accused are: strongly built. Nelson Holinhlala Mandela, This was on June 3 or 4 this a Johannesburg attorney; year, Mr. X told the Judge-Presi­ dent, Mr. Justice De Wet The Walter Max Ulliot Sisulu, witness, leader of a sabotage qj Johannesburg; squad in Durban, is giving his evi- Dennis Theodore Goldberg, dence in camera. This is his a civil engineer of Claremont, fourth day in the witness box. Cape Town; Govan Archibald Mbcki, a He said he felt the police net Port Elizabeth journalist; closing round him in April. H® Ahmed Mohammed Hath- had committed several acts of rada, a Johannesburg Indian; sabotage, and had gone into hid­ Lionel Bernstein, a Johan­ ing. Three times previously he nesburg architect. had come to Johanneseburg to Raymond Mhlaba— meet the National High Com­ The State alleges these mand with messages from tne seven were members of the Durban Regional Command. National High Command, James Kantor, a Johannes­ t r a v e l l e d t o RAND burg attorney; This time Billy Nair coded a Elias Matroaledi and message, using a book, and Andrew Mlangeni. posted it to Johannesburg. Mr X said he left Mantzburg on May 30. He had gone by taxi from Durban to Mantzburg “ I did not know the road,” said travelling under the name ofoi i| Mr_ x “ I was looking round all Zulu In Johannesburg he went j the way and reading signs. I re- to His Majesty’s Building and was member passing a place cauea directed to Slovo’s office in Innes either Rivonia Garage or R^oma Chambers Service Station. A little distance Slovo told him to stay with £arther we stopped, walked back Levy Silora while he, Slovo, a short way, then across a piece arranged a meeting with the . of veid on which there were the High Command. . marks of car tyres. At an A.N.C. party in Phefeni w walked between servant’s he contacted a man, Mtembu, who | rooms Then Mtembu knocked on next day took hirn to the High doo;. o£ a thatched-rooied Command. Brian Somana drove I(. opened. There was Sisulu the car. sitting on the left-hand side. 1 ------— -1 knew him, and the others I recog nized because I had seen then photographs in the papers.’ Found with Sisulu was introduced to him as “Allah” , Mbeki was callec “Rlamini,” while Kathrada was “foreign Known as “Pedro.” Mr. X said he was at Rivonia for several days. On the first night Sisulu gave him a message observers” _ i the A.N.C in Durban. The police were “ perturbed" ..At the end of July, 196^;’’ to find that people whc described Slsulu said, “ it was required that themselves as foreign observers ^ a .N.C. must ° ^ an“ ® 20J were in possession of copies of vojunteers, and at the end oi documents handed in as evidence, O cto b er the A.N.C. must organize said Dr. Percy Yutar, Deputy i qqo volunteers m the rural Attorney-General, at the Rivonia a’reas >■ trial today. . Mr X said he was told later This was not in the interests ’ eveninK> after Sisulu had of the security of the state, he “ , . th volunteers were to said, and he could not make such trained in sabotage, documents freely available. Be tralnecl ln Dr. Yutar was replying to an (Proceeding) ______j application by Mr. V. C. Berrange, of the defence team, for extra copies of documents for each of the four counsel and the attor­ neys appearing- tom tne were camping on pilot operation.” . private property. The camt) broke It said that that night mars Mr. X denies torture

R. X, the mystery Rivonia witness, ended his five days M of evidence -in-chief in the Pretoria Supreme f-ourt to­ day with a denial that he had been threatened or or u e the police. “ 1 m entioned last w eek that my heart was no more this work,” he said in reply to a question )> • ■. Yutar, the Deputy Attorney-General, on why he had deci to turn State evidence. Rivonia” at Kloof, Natal, the house ■‘So on the day X was arrested, of Abel Mtembu, the that night I thought matters over, used to ™ee‘ rlvvSilora, I decided to tell the police every- miston, the house National thing I knew,” said the witness. a contact man g K He was arrested on August 3, B u M m g^ r^ O rla n d o, the place Pretoria Reporter rpH E 10 accused at the Rivonia H, „so point*, out Util. h.„n W JL trial were yesterday, the | Dr. Yutar today were four bearing 1 2 th day of the trial, showing I a certificate of the Acting Secre­ little sign of the strain of tary for Foreign Affairs that they what promises to be a long had been published outside the hearing. SECOND j country. So far the State has called 17 o f the 200 witnesses it plans “ FIGHTING ARM ” to call. One of them described the aims, The only man who appears to be MYSTERY functions and programme of Um- strained is Lionel Bernstein. konto we Sizwe—“the fighting arm His fai. skin, under tightly of the people against the Govem- waved ginger hair seems to be paler than it was three WITNESS | merit “ kittle R jVonia ” Mr. X said, weeks ago. . ♦ . Continued ------from Page 1. Ronnie «■«*■Kasrils posed------as - the . RELAXED , will learn no stand at attention, ° ^ n®r. Tire Sand an at ease and how to turn, and so diessea * wore a green With his left cheek cradled in on. You will also be given mstruc- ^“ dian, “ al t0 bc a handy- his left hand, Bernstein watches tion on first aid, the field tele- overall, pretenu h witnesses with a fixed stare, Phone and the use of a duplicator.- m^ ' nnie.s .. girl friend,” Eleanor Dr. Yutar: Why was this neces- Anderson, bought their supplies in : sary?—-These things are necessary DUrban. his forehead creased with a i in the case of a revolution where At the end of Mr. X 's evidence, permanent frown. 1 i it would be required to use gueril- j^r. V. C. Berrange (for the Most relaxed of the accused is las. We were not told who was defence) described him as James Kantor who has trimmed i going to wage the revolution. : obviously one of the most impor- his beard and lost his im­ 1 tant witnesses in the trial. He patient glare. EREEDOM SONGS was applying for cross-examina- Mandela spends his time taking Round the camp fire on the first i tion to be reserved. . notes and exchanging asides i evening of the camp they listened Dr. Yutar agreed as to his lm- with Walter Sisulu next to him. to records of songs sung by free- iporcance, Dortance, butuuu repeated his ieais, — • Goldberg takes a lively Interest dom fighters throughout------Im - 1- the 1' expressed - gj— when ^ Mr. v X Parted started his in the proceedings and laughs at 1 1 world. CY,^..v,wevidence, that his life was in amusing situations while Mbeki’s Vi Guerillas were to operate in the danger „ shouId be able face, his mouth pursed with ' country areas, continued Mr. caid the disapproval, remains expression­ ; would M . to f c less. With only today’s proceedings tc C0U1/!7 v , ,Pe0P ln 1 Wet allowing Mr. Berrange’s •j needed help. lication go before the trial is postponed until next year, the public gal­ ] Sentries were posted. The cam- al i»,. jj^rrange said the defence leries are nearly empty. i pers sang “Nkosl Sikele Afrika” j h a$ ' a two-fold task following Mr. 1 and went to bed. X ’s evidence. They h * to take PULLED FACES Mr. Y said he gave lectures on 1 full instructions from t * accused, The most regular spectators are the field telephone and on judo. because nearly all of ’them Mrs. Barbara Kantor and some o n .he third day W f | P W o l Mr. X s African women in A.N.C. uni- w 5R ;g- a w .i: Yesrerday a witness, Mr. English Tofo Mashiloane, complained thgt African women in the pub- (Proceeding ..w He gallery were pulling faces at him. Mr. Justice De Wet warned the public that if any spectators were seen to misbehave they would be removed from the court. A

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B Y J ' " “ ^ 8C .ohW eC^m rem Xa S- tt. identified a document be- , ‘h. " a n d senior offi.-l ot ^ fore the court which is alleged by fthe State to have been found at men, ,„,d M , Justice De Rivonia, as being similar to th met, among orners, ™ , one Billy prepared. I Pretoria, yesterday. men, Walter Sisulu, Govan Moeki 1 Mr.■*ip_ X, _ whosei___ identity is pro­ and Ahmed Kathrada. UMBRELLA tected by the court, and who ha^ They had all used assumed When a group of recruits was given evidence at the Wv°n names and Kathrada’s hair was sent from Durban by train to the Trial lor most of this week, said dyed. RandRand, it was arrangedarrange that tne he was a married man with t A t Rivonia, Sisulu told him group lonHprleader carry an umbrella umbre la children. He had been which he would open and close the police since April, but n lthat i n ­ reneatedly on arrival. This wouiu ! attempt had been made to taxe j gress required 2 0 0 ^ ‘ t ^ r o m he the signal to a contact man, him to a place of safety as had been promised. October, 2*000 recruits from the Umkonto We Sizwe had taken rural areas of Natal. him from his regular employment, I The last named‘- . - Tmkonto were to Wel be “manzi”. This would serve as a but in 12 months he had re­ taken over by U™k°abotePrs!Umkonto We complete identification. ceived only R20 in payment lor , Sizwe and trained as saboteu , yutar told the court that his services. jin groups. | .her evidence from Mr * It struck him that the high SEVEN ZONES would only take ^ e r ^ a lf ^ command was not interested in the security of the rank and file. . 1. 1 1 .her, pxDlalned that the hour and the trial Trainees leaving the country .hs ew— 12s were arrested at the borders, bu Natal into sevenBU zones. Theyj ------when members of the “high com­ were to be 1, P ^ t Shepstone,, mand” fled the country they Defence is were not arrested TELEPHONE K S S T 0* *.• He had seen Walter Slsulu’s allowed home and it contained furniture town Hammersdale anP.J“ , “like a White man” and------even had 1 town rx Ladysmith to a telephone. court; 6 , Coienso, j prie- Both Sisulu and Mlangeni had Emblumayo, me Weenen and J cars and Sisulu had been paid fontem area, and , one only R6.000. N ew castle.______^ w Pretoria Reporter He was in hiding at Kloof in Each' of these ZObCS rganiser r . p . YUTAR, Deputy a hideout he had named Little! ,, ,.nder a regional & D 4 ttnmev-General, who leads i Rivonia” when the police had,fal d(^ionaI “sub-reg ruvonia wnen me ------. — - 1*— ^ pp additionai »------. , the prosecution in the Rivonia raided Lillleleaf farm,farm. and 3 on and ththree r® aa, ld be established. established. ! the P yesterday refused to give AueiiRt 3 he had been himself L nmmands wouia be August 3, he had been himselfLommands „.mander, to be the defence more than one, * had not been -.T jI shall certainly m not a gt*- o{ intact with the “ national high, His tTalnlb f caid, as r 3 defence any further copi I command” of Rivonia. thusiastic, lready cooling 11 these exhibits.” 1 He had already told the Judge-1 stage y® V o n t0 We Sizwe- i 'president that he was a member, towardUm t of thej ■|of the Umkonto We Sizwe regional! Mr x told the precautlons command, and that as such hrc f.\aborate seen command 1carried_____ out and «v,nsnredsponsored numer-| numer- i^aken by the “regmna, ! ous acts of sabotage in Natal. He in Natal- __ i i | had done this at the instance ot rea d BOOK i the “high command.” Kc . Billy Nalr, After three previous attempts, I he was received at Rivonia, : through the good offices of Andrew 'Mlangeni, an accused, and Joej the “high cuom^ afed through its j Slovo, an advocate named as a co- read a hook, leafea then , i conspirator. pages and c0'," b' 0f numbers, written down ^ T ^ o n s to DYED HAIR previous coin nd” bad also At the house, which he reached the "bigh comm.nthismanner. after passing a service station been sent in coae called either "Rivonia Garage or “Rivonia Service Station, he had “Mystery man” bought ^Goldreich’s home ■JSunday i'Express «. Reporter i director.director, Vivian Vivian Ezra. Ezra, fled South Africa by means of the Bechuana- TT.T.TF.T.EAF FAR M . the land “escape route" two months L Rivonia, Johannesburg, head­ ago. quarters of Arthur Goldreich, Navian paid R25.000 for the Harold Wolpe and others connec­ 28-acre farm two years ago. It ted with the "Rivonia” sabotage was sold for R26.500 last week. trial, which was sold by auction No attempt has been made to to a mystery buyer last week, tidy the house or its grounds, but was still standing forlorn, un­ an African watchman has been tidy and overgrown with weeds guarding the property since when a Sunday Express reporter vandals broke several windows visited it yesterday. and daubed obscene words on the Mr. K. A. Meikle. the auc­ white-washed walls. . .. tioneer, refused to disclose the The chicken coops behind the identity of the purchaser, house are rotting away and the represented at the sale by a spacious gardens -Are over­ voting man whose name was grown'with weeds. given as “Mr. Schuhnitz” and The servants’ quarters, where who spoke with a German the fugitives Ahmed Kathrada flicccnta and Walter Sisulu were found Thft farm was form erly owned hiding, are still cluttered with by a London company, Navian (Ptjp.) Ltd., whose managing old newspapers. ______

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w ith K ivonia A t. the Rivonia trial yesterday afternoon the secretary of Sun- gold Products (Pty.) Ltd.. Mrs. Frances Wessels, gave evidence. She said that Vivian Ezra, one of the alleged co-conspirators, had been employed by the firm and she gave details of his earnings. During her evidence Dr. Yutar told the court that he had said during Mrs. Ezra's evidence that the name Sungold Products was important. He said he intended that only to show Ezra's financial position and not to connect the firm with any of the activities at Rivonia. MR. Y FOLLOWS MR. X \]V, \ detlieS ‘Comrades’ set % torture

M R. X, the mysterv Rivonia witness, ended his five day ^up camp to of evidence-in-chief in the Pretoria Supreme Court to day with a denial that he had been threatened or tortured b: the police. train guerillas “ I mentioned last week that my heart was no more n this work,” he said in reply to a question by Ur. I erc> Yutar, the Deputy Attorney-General, on why he had decider SlJmvn Prom a Staff Reporter A to turn State evidence. Rivonia” at Kloof, Natal, the housi Mr. x ~ aMT STERY WITNESS— Mr. Y, wlio followed "So on the day I was arrested, of Abel Mtembu, the man who Town. * i ' lort’ bearded Coloured man from Cape that night I thought matters over. used to meet the recruits at Ger- training• ‘ ’ describe'l Vonn at ,he' ,,c Rivoniamvonia trial todaytouay a camp for I decided to tell the police every­ miston, the house of Levy Silora thing I knew,” said the witness. a contact man for the Nationa: Goldberg u \i ” ,,eri^as alleged to have been run by Dennis He was arrested on August 3, High Command and the S. K run on strict , a.,.,.,r e ‘ This Cape Province camp, he said, was and pointed Lilliesleaf farm at Building in Orlando, the place -— _____ 1,11 ,tary lines, and the training was in prepara- Rivonia out to the police, he said. where he was taught to manufac­ lion for a revolution. He also pointed out “Little ture black powder. Among documents handed in-by Mr. Y. whose evidence was Dr. Yutar today were four bearing given in c a m e r a , said Goldberg a certificate of the Acting Secre­ was addressed as " Comrade tary for Foreign Affairs that they Commandant " and Looksmart SECOND had been published outside th Solwandle Ngudle as “ Comrade Sergeant.” country. Mr. Y, who said he had some “ FIGHTING ARM ” experience in elec, ionics, was in MYSTERY One of them described the aims charge of teaching the young functions and programme of Urn guerillas to attach field telephones konto we Sizwe—“the fighting arm on the " call up ’ system of the people against the Govern The camp was started on Boxing WITNESS ment.” Day, 1962. There were two truck- + Continued from Page 1. At “ Little Rivonia,” Mr. X said, loads, one of 'Africans, and on Ronnie Kasrils posed as thf another himself and men named will learn to stand at attention, owner. The witness said ht at ease and how to turn, and so Peres, Gabriels, Lotter, Stone, dressed as a gardener, and ar; Satterdien and Andrews on. You will also be given instruc­ Indian, Ebrahim, wore a greei Mr. Y then gave details of the tion on first aid, the field tele­ overall, pretending to be a handy first day at the camp. Goldberg phone and the use of a duplicator. Dr. Yutar: Why was this neces- man. called them together and made Ronnie’s “ girl friend,” Eleano saryv—These things are necessary them stand in a straight line and Anderson, bought their supplies l in the case of a revolution where addressed them. Some of the Durban. Africans could not understand it would be required to use gueril­ At the end of Mr. X’s evidenct las. We were not told who was English properly, and Looksmart Mr. V. C. Berrange (for th - acted as interpreter. going to wage the revolution. defence) described him a Dr. Percy Yutar (the Deputy FREEDOM SONGS obviously one of the most impor Attorney-General): What did tant witnesses in the trial. H Goldberg say?—He said: Com­ Round the camp fire on the first was applying for cross-examina evening of the camp they listened rades, this re a camp that is going tion to be reserved. to be run on military lines. You to records of songs sung by free­ Dr. Yutar agreed as to his im dom fighters throughout the ♦ Turn to Page 3 Column 8. porcance, but repeated his fears WOrld- „ ! .ho expressed when Mr. X started hit Guerillas were to operate in the evidence, that his life was in country areas, continued Mr. Y. danger. They would have- to befriend the “ But the police should be aou country people in case they to protect the witness." said tht TH EY HAD needed help. Judge-President, Mr. Justice d* SenLries were posted. The cam­ pers sang “ Nkosi Sikele Afnka Wet. allowing Mr. Berrange’.- TO MOVE and went to bed. application. Mr. Y said he gave lectures on Mr. Berrange said the defenc N the third day at the the field telephone and on judo. had a two-fold task tollowing Mi Ocamp a police patrol On the third day a Cape lawyer X ’s evidence. They had to tak arrived. Albie Sachs 'he was introduced full instructions from the accused, "They asked to speak to the as “ Comrade Sachs”) joined the because nearly all of them ha<. person in charge,” said Mr. camp, and lectured on political been implicated. Y. “They spoke to Goldberg, economy and security methods. in addition, most of Mr. X • who later told us we would evidence dealt with Natal, and thi (Proceeding) have to shift our tents be­ defence would have to go dowi cause we were on private there to make further investiga­ property.” tions. Goldberg told them to say the telephone equipment was r f ’iT T T - ' there to entertain the chaps and that the camp was for “health and spiritual pur­ poses.” G m wimi h Cp hd en od that told been had Cape the

h bs wy f rnig the bringing of way best the mm...... M ini n «w iriii*> oenet o t kes was knees its to Government y ann cnrl f the of particularly riches, control country’s gaining by h mines. the hs iett i big pro­ being is identity whose tected by the court, said at the the at said court, the by tected continuation of the Rivonia Rivonia the Judge-President, the of before trial continuation Mr. Justice De W et, in the the in et, W De Justice Mr. rtra urm Cut yes­ Court Supreme Pretoria terday that taking control of of control taking that terday the mines was advocated by by advocated was mines the eris n oiia economy. the political lectured on who recruits Sacks, Albie Goldberg in mid-1962 at a a at mid-1962 in Goldberg Coloured people's congress. congress. people's Coloured odeg nie hm o on a join to him invited Goldberg ht gerla a a lecturer. a as guerrillas White training cam p for young non- non- young for p cam training ated in bushy, hilly country at at country hilly bushy, in ated ar i te ae n ee ­ Decem on Cape the in Mamre e 26. ber % military lines, trainees starting starting trainees lines, military the day with calisthenics and and calisthenics with day the camp. camp. qa drill. squad him him Mr. “Y ,” another witness witness another ,” “Y Mr. was elected “ Comrade Sergeant’ Sergeant’ interpreter, Comrade “ elected Goldberg’s was as acted t odegs suggestion. Goldberg’s at aid, the field telephone, political political telephone, field the aid, economy and security. There was was There security. and economy lo ntuto o judo. on instruction also they listened to recordings of the the of recordings to listened they songs of f r e e d o m fighters fighters m o d e e r f of songs throughout the world, heard the the heard world, the throughout t pltcl implications. political its news over the radio and discussed discussed and radio the over news subjects they were studying were were studying were they subjects essential to young guerrillas guerrillas young to essential Mr. “Y ” said he met Dennis Dennis met he said ” “Y Mr. hn h rvlto satd in started revolution the when ot Africa. South a l l i r r e u hy et o h cm situ­ camp the to went They eg o te erl nie as engine petrol the of ledge guerrillas would need petrol- petrol- need would guerrillas driven transport. The field field for way The best the was transport. telephone driven Goldberg was in in was Goldberg The camp was run on strict strict on run was camp The uril dtcmns o ep in keep to contact. detachments guerrilla A man called Looksmart who who Looksmart called man A Lectures were given on first first on given were Lectures be out of touch with proper proper with touch would of who out action be in guerrillas ert riig ap in camp training secret eia fclte ad h dupli­ the and facilities medical ao ws h bs wy f bring­ of way best the was cator n "h pol” p o ae poli­ date to up people” "the ing tically and for disseminating disseminating successes. for guerrilla of and news tically fire carAp the round night At should share in the country’s country’s the in share should ihs , ,, , riches. Goldberg told them that the the that them told Goldberg trainees on the operation of the the of operation the on trainees il telephone. field said to them: “ Comrades, what what Comrades, “ them: to said o lan ee ut o b for­ be not must here learn you hy a t hv sm know­ some have to had They gotten because it will be used used be will it because gotten in the battle against the White White the against battle the in rtra Reporter Pretoria man.” tre te oie rie and arrived police the started First aid was necessary for for necessary was aid First told them they were camping on on camping were they them told rvt poet. h cm broke camp The property. private They were told the workers workers the told were They "Comrade "Comrade uh country Bushy Mr. “Y ” said he , lectured the the ,lectured he said ” “Y Mr. On one occasion Looksmart, Looksmart, occasion one On Four days after the camp camp the after days Four He told trainees to call call to trainees told He Mines were target Training o gerla acts, guerrillafor a s ex-instructorsays eris t a at recruits Commandant.’ charge charge of of the *- niMi- i M i n ■ n i n / v " the police that it was a "health "health a was it that police the n siiul camp.” spiritual and trial. Rivonia the in accused wtes M. Y” alleged “Y,” Mr. witness, A ducted a guerrilla training training Cape. guerrilla the con­ in camp had a he ducted that yesterday give the police only their names names their only police the give n adess f questioned. if addresses and range for the defence, Mr. Y approached] Y had Mr. defence, Goldberg the said for range him to lecture at .the camp camp .the at lecture to him "blindly” because he knew very very knew he because "blindly” ite f him. of little OR REPORTER COURT clear to him he could be held held be could he made him was It to clause. clear 90-day the nes i ases aife the satisfied answers his day 90unless of periods successive for for the rest of his natural life life natural his of rest the for uhrte. ... authorities. il, e i nt eoe de­ become not the did from he apart books, Bible, and tors rse utl e a be i been months. had two nearly he for jail until pressed a nt od f opn. * company. of fond not was ens odeg oe f the of one Goldberg, Dennis ots h pritd n i lieo his in persisted two he than more months, over spread tions, o h plc. " police. the to Trainees were instructed to to instructed were Trainees had been held to train guerrilla guerrilla train to held been had Questioned by Mr. V. C. Ber- Ber- C. V. Mr. by Questioned ihes hc wste truth. the was which lighters, told him he could be charged. In In charged. be could he him told tog osblt o ti being. this was of there possibility thought he strong case any ° ' s it itroain he interrogation sixth is t'h d°A od h tuh eas h was he because truth the told Later he was detained under under detained was he Later ie o big okd p n be­ and up locked being of tired o ok ...... work. to as h ws niu t gt back get to anxious was he cause told the police on this occasion occasion this on police the told a be a fabrication. a been had edy r “ ietfe a identified ” “X Mr. terday Although detained without visi­ without detained Although periodical called “The African African “The called periodical Communist” as one which cn - - cn which one as Communist” He had never been lonely as he he as lonely been never had He culated among the members or or members the among culated For five successive interroga- interroga- successive five For i Cmuit el n Durban. in cell Communist his Then he told them the camp camp the them told he Then cutor, read an article from the the from article an read cutor, had police the possible was It publication which described the the described which publication ih o Dcme 1. 91 as 1961, 16. the December on of Africa night South in bombings io operation.” pilot w ^ He denied that anything he he anything that denied He opeig i eiec yes­ evidence bis Completing Dr. p. Yutar, the State prose- prose- State the Yutar, p. Dr. t ad ht ht ih mark night that that said It Pilot operation Pilot

7 » ■ / ■ » i after a struggle for democratic th democratic u o S for struggle a after rights bv the non-Whites or or non-Whites the bv rights af century. a half national liberation, it said the the said army it an liberation, of nucleus national the as aine f h pol ws not was people the of patience eIT heSarticle expressed the hope hope the expressed heSarticle eIT ht h Gvrmn wud re­ would Government the that consider its policy before the the is war before civil policy of stage its •■desperate consider __ reached.” aspect of the campaign would would campaign the of aspect continue, but warned that to use use to that warned but continue, non-violent methods alone would would alone methods non-violent f i ars h ws led dis­ already was he arrest his of e aiaet o surrender. to eauivalent he illusioned about Umkonto we we Umkonto about illusioned Sizwe. On the night of his arrest arrest his of night the On Sizwe. e a dcdd o ae clean, a make to decided had he rat f h woe atr to matter whole the of breast r " thHeP had never been threatened threatened been never thHeP had y h plc o asutd by assaulted or police the by Describing Umkonto w eS izw e e izw eS w Umkonto Describing iwiiilillllllllllllllllHIIIIIIM f f l i i i i i i i i i i n u i i i i i i i i i i i i i ii i i i n i ) i i i m i w i ' n i i i i i l ' i H i i i i i i i i i ' i i i W i i f f l i l B ! U l l i a today. today. It said that the non-violent non-violent the that said It Mr “ X " said that at the time time the at that said " X “ Mr

r J! h haig a ajund till adjourned was hearing The w* ) ? X Africa which had lasted lasted had which Africa r|1HE second mystery mystery r|1HE second VSS- cm m rc -T S S 'V K surrender A cross-examination yesterday, yesterday, cross-examination he enjoyed it. it d>d no no d>d it it. enjoyed he make him lonely or oe oe or lonely him make t gv eiec a tne at evidence give to * SOLITUDE pressed, and he appreciate appreciate he and pressed, the solitude—because he did did he solitude—because the o lk hs fellow-men. his like not good. He missed his children children his missed He good. bt o hs wife. his not —but n, fe hs it interro­ sixth his after and, ain eie t tl the tell to decided gation rm Saf Reporter Staff a From oie h truth the police Mr Y said the food was was food the said Y Mr vnuly hwvr 1 however, Eventually, ^ Rivonia trial—‘ aKl trial—‘ Rivonia ^ 1 0 9 ______LIKED. he had “ had enough enough had “ had he ...... -DAY m i i i m i i i i n i i i i i i i i i H i i i m n 1 ^

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% LETTERS T o,o <*3 His shop used | the garage, said Mr m f 116Motsoaledi returned with Mlan- geni and another man, o{ as rendezvous cyim dricaf objects.^ He told me this was dynamite. TO THE RAILWAY Motsoaledi trought another par- for trainees affisaaa-sa ! a railwav line. - , . a ™ Yutar- By the way, what A FORMER AFRICAN* ^ " ' urer, cousin of one of tie ;I°Pretoria today how l« — ' - S J S Motsoaledi, told the Supreme C°ur hlv point for his Orlando business was used •'* a" . other nart« s r s “ recruits on their way to train: back AfEngUsh Tolo Mashiloane, a | Mr M a s ^ o a n e ^ ^ ^ ^ Jin8 K%« ee^arK« herbalist, of S.K. Building, Or- j the letter daughter's,” said g : ^ 't o fd althe dynamite had been lando, said he resigned from the 0 ' ler That is her •s buried about a mile ' help A.N.C.a .n .C. in 1957. (A previous wit-; I the Intel - pieter. ness, Mr. X. told the court that name. taken the ' I J S S S S ^ ? Mr. Mashi. it was in' S.K. Building that he | His ^ daugh>'e gt^ t h e1 p ost t office, and loane. "1 M10 abdl approached my was taught to manufacture black letter back t P ,, addressed said 1 would and^app^ ^ uve powder.) ___ i I later, wher^a when a J imim m m ^y . g ^son ^with friend, Sc°Jfhtv^ city Deep mine He wwas told the young men were letter ’^ fice. sticks fr°m k d -the following going to Basutoland and Bechua- it to t P d Ma£SOaledi what naland to be educated to become V. hen Matsoaledi was judges, lawyers and magistrates, he had ,, Matsoaledi showed But one day one of the young ’'very - • . a similar envelope, men, a Xhosa. told him they were him a lette m had numbers S U S SS “'■* M” 8” “ i going to Ghana and other places “ but msiae on There were —“1 have forgotten the names — 19, " £ 1 too become soldiers. I .am he could read it S ’ ^ S T S i W - SC.U* « ™ '« Mr. Mashiloane said he taxed Motsoaledi, who admitted this was This particular lettei^ told correct. They were going to be meet someone at Canaaa yOT DANGEROUS nice news. spear of the trained as soldiers' “so they could “ The boys of the t.pe Braam. return to fight the Whites and Nation have smashed P obtain freedom.” 116 rn be sent ” 300 in money in fontein.” this was a refer- going to be sent sQ on He I Dr. Yutar said this w » £ r suP. BRINGING FKUtuu® FREEDOM amounts Ofof JO. 50, ou auu* arriving i ence to the blowing P £onteln The “war” was already _being being was told that the p®?p ls 0 voung power station at the ^ rticuiavs to fought in South Africa, M nW Jjgj at Canada SMticm^w thal the told him. Buildings were being boys for training. penses. I m f indictment show that repairs broken and electric supplies dis- money was for the p send cost R40.966. rupted, and that would bring them Motsoaledi told him p lt b ig b u il d in g freedom. “ Then he showed another- Mr. Mashiloane said three " D E ^ Y m a r '“Now 1 would like hp showed “‘T j gathered m^Orlando and were I to Dcome Y to a* thirdth andanu final deal topic with“ ” h taken off each time by car At | dynamite. I warn a^tgtuilding in Pretoria-£erred to 'o n e stage Motsoaledi told him his , th year d any Di Yutar said^ tins offfce Wock “big boss” was Mlangem (No. 10 , arwl« aV^ ^ am.te7-Y e s the blowing-UP o ^ t e r o£ Agn- C o a le d ! and Sisulu rented an j^ w h a t connection?-! worked I cultural Technical Services- upstairs room in 1961 for dis- on the mines cussion groups to learn about | politics and the ‘laws of the Government that we objec FOR EDUCATION After about a month SisuVu no longer came. It was in the wunter oi 1962 that Motsoaledi asked to be allowed to use the building a place where scholars could con gregate before leaving for, the Pro ' © tectorates to further their educa V tion. . © srssWhen the ss third So“ei;»»»«, group had lett,

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,, PRETORIA. REPORTER w it* i i„i,i iliat “the war is^on, & | \FTER a series of acts of sabotage, he * He was t«M also that I> AA' ^;;;jd eaU, aaltU t t h e R.v»n.a'n.lRivonta .Ha, .n ^ ,h lo by EliashUias lyiaisua-icui,Matsoaledi, one --of the,. The ■ I1H accused /H .bU 3l»U the bundles in lk.i, their shirt.*shirts andand, accused, and others as a clearing house for young Africans leaving! I The following Friday they re­ the Rand for military training. J tT'-S"'** peated the procedure. Next day Mr. Mashiloane, who said n GOLDBERG, g ^ A N M B E - Matsoaledi told h im they were had been branch treasurer of tne, KI, AHMED KATHRADA, going to use “Lerumo la, Sechaba j African National Congress 1 LIONEL BERSTEIN RAY­ (the dynamite) to fight the Whites George Gogh location ® MOND MHLABA, JAMES for freedom when and where they to the end of ie&L said Walter KANTOR, EL!A8 MATSOA SiTOiu and Matsoaledi approached | LEDI, ANDREW MLANGENl- They would attack post offices, [ 5 him in 1960,i960, after thebannmgthe banning They are facing two charges of « of, the A.N.C., and asked him if 1iney y 0f contravening„rtMtr!ivpnmc the supplies,* municipal in- « they could, , use___ 1his- 1 ~ home, tVlPthe 5SK 0f Communism Act elec me uy^ f^ tories. {I Building, in Orlando, iorfor meetings niwuno PP { contravemng the ■ M te ledi said that with dyna ,lI i and— for*...... readingwrUine- and He writing. General He Law Amendment ^ 51 agreed. The State alleges that the his house _ a double-storey build accused, together with 24 othe | ing _ ..with one shot.” Gatherings men named m the > ^ " ”d Mats0aledi ask«d him to help as co-conspirators campaig^,^ ^ ^ dynamlte. He approached Matsoaledi said people would for the overthrow of th African mine employee in front gather there to learn politics and ment by revolution and Matsoaledi and asked him to get hear about the laws to which his assisting , an^am ‘ , — ed ‘ jn vfnrf.Pc a s m n dynamite. organisation objected. the country by foreign forces. During 1962 Matsoaledi told him | the organisation was recruiting Goldreich papers i young Africans of standard six ; education, or higher, for runner He objected II The man obrtained five sticks of education in Basutoland and the dynamite and [five detonators - --- and Bamangwato area of Bechuana- three fuses which he stole from the City land. Matsoaledi asked if the youths "“srs; ,s ss wmbs “ S rss could gather at the SK Building obiected for the explosives and Matsoaledi during the week and leave from pleadings and urgings had only given him R4. there for their destinations each, I fro m Andrew Mlangeni, who was Detective-Sergeant P. J duPreez,! Friday night. introduced to him as “The Boss. a handwriting expert, identified he1 refused to allow any more tw 0 docUments before the cou rt Off to Ghana Jroups to use his premises. Gne dealt with K TVToQbiinane went on to and the other with the estabiisn On receiving assurances from Mrt w IaMatsoaledi had shown ment of a “hidey hole.” He said Matsoaledi that what they were him news reports and Photo- they wer€ m the handwriting o doing was not illegal, he agreed g r a p h s of destruction caused bV Arthur Goldreich. , j to this as well. ^ a brlnof thrWation (Umkonto The hearing was adjourned to, 1 When the second group of vouths gathered at his home, a we Sizwe) and described them today. , Xosa youth told him they had oo ■'big,“hip-, good news. news.’ 1 , enlisted as soldiers and were leav­ / ing for “Nkrumah’s Ghana and other places for military training Bombed sites about Therpup pictures and reports f elec_eiec- con- wnenne raxcu — - „„„tvi rerned the bombing of an eiec lit, Matsoaledi said tricitv substation in Braamfon- should not have told him this but tn^ v ^ office in Pretoria, that it was true. . , U building in Durban. I some of the youths who had state a l le g e s that the I gone for training had already re- buj ” fnK in Durban h o u s M th ^ 'turned. Matsoaledi said. ^°,u , offices of “Die N ataller, bo i ppeople e o p le ddo o nnot w *sr,ee r t w h ***w a t , the .war is night of January 1 this ' already. * ■ on. r-r-'V. These nnnnpeople b XV who n D OTPare year. this bombing Matsoaledi breaking buildings and electr city O f | lines are fighting. This type of fight will continue until the real S“„,S 'w « “d. S S i war starts.” .. Matsoaledi explained they would M„ He r ”a ls0 » io told M .w Mr. . “ Masnuoane f “ s r i oi eet their, . . weapons frnfrom m tVlPthe WWhites h llP S abortive attempt to blow up with whom they fought as the real "“ J court where Nelson Mandela war would. . be in the.V,- rt,f(occities ,.,h»rpwhere tried„ ln Pretoria. there were plenty of weapons. Mr. Mashiloane said that , In Asked how they would get the January last Matsoaled P 1 weapons, he replied: “That is what paper-wrapped parcel hlmhnotg tQ 1 these youngsters are going to rage. Matsoaledi “ and ^ learn, to take the weapons — and they will take them.” it. RIYONIA: MR. V SAYS: Long jail term better fthan 90-day spell l A * From Staff Reporters

TH E CAMP RUN BY DENNIS GOLDBERG at Mamre i n Cape o .t a 1 - r n , said a Rivonia trial witness, im. m recruits for guerilla warfare, saiu , cross-examination in the Pretoria Supreme■. <-■ be -lootorf released. the defence) that he wanted to detainee startsiano w ___ nid Mr. Bizos: Will you not be the visits of his mterroga o ^ D'd 1 l*gQUO“save hisKir. own skin” when Vihe n nPf-per­ released when you have given this happen to you?—It did n 0 • your evidence?—I don t know. 1 sisted, through six police interro­ Mr. Y said his interrogators gations, that the camp was purely was not promised that. always began courteously, but Answering further questions, Mr for ‘‘health and spiritual" reasons. ended “sore” when he refused to! He eventually decided, towards — - - Mashiloane said he thought that answer their questions. (the end of his period of 90-day - stions. be too, Was an accused Pers9? He was still In custody, but had i and was on triai as well. He .(detention, to tell the truth because been told he would be released j had already been locked UP m e preferred a long term of jail whenhen he had given his evidence ij gix months and had no idea wh 1 to detention. □ ueienuon. - But there is a charge against he would be released. “I was bored by the inactivity,” ' «pvnloi»M>»j ia ta 7 d MhU vY* <*‘‘i1t mdn’T rd/iiv’t’ miriHmind j me inToape Cape Town,” Mr. Y^added.! Y added. i ., The onjyoniy ^hmg thing tothat 1 Mr English Mashiloane, who j about is that I am a prisoner. Only jit: it too much for the first uireethree gave evidence yesterday that his | the Government knows when X months, but the threat of another three months was getting me Orlando house was used as a rally- will be re.eased. he added. down." ing point for recruits who were , AN...... ACCOMPLICE...... — sent away 'for training, Mr. Berrange: Getting you At this stage the judge inter- down? That is perhaps an under­ cross-examined by Mr. Georg statement. I am informed that a Bizos. TU“ I am concerned that there He said that his cousin by might be an irregularity,” he said. marriage, Elias Motsoaledi » “ j j r Yutar (thfe Deputy Attorney- accused, had a very gUb t°r«ue General >, you are using a person and persuaded him to do all sorts who is an accomplice. Are you of things he did not wish o Jo. not compelled to warn him. For instance, he had been po. suaded to let “ soldiers on the Should vou not tell him that he should give his evidence satisfac­ wav for training stay at ^ls .h o ® 0 The Judge President, Mr. Justice torily or face prosecution. Dr. Yutar said he did not regaid de W et: Isn’t it the truth that you were sympathetic towaids him as an accomplice. what vou were doing?—Motsoaledi •• In any event should I have po- warned him that he need not say has got a very sweet tongue. Mr. Mashiloane said that he was anything the’ « W it incnmmate K i.n l” thtf judge a * e d . Dr. Yutar said Mr, M^hiloane was being held in protective custody only. ;__ After further discussion the judge told the witness that if ne gave satisfactory evidence i.e would be released. Mr. Mashiloane was asked. At i first you denied you knew any­ thing about soldiers and dynamite and that sort of thing. What made 1 you change your mind?” "Jail,” was the reply. When the court resumed after lunch Dr. Yutar told the judge that Mr. Mashiloane had com­ plained that African women spec­ tators had grimaced during his evidence. The judge warned those in court that if they misbehaved , > i i

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. ------Taximan’s evidence at Rivoniatrial From Staff Reporters FORMER pirate taxi operator, Essop Amod Suli- j man. said at the Rivonia sabotage trial today that he had ferried a total of 360 “ recruits” in 12 con­ voys from Johannesburg across the Bechuanaland border for training abroad, reference books and a hstoi tne j The Judge President, Mr. Justice people in the convoy. a d ‘ “ de Wet,n'-vj warned« dXIlcCl Mr.iVXi . SulimanOUUiltotr in him to chase after the ^ terms of the section of the Crimi­ catch them up, because the plane nal Code applying to incriminating is ready to leave from Francis- evidence. town.” | The very first convoy, said Mr. The twelfth convoy on June » Suliman, was stopped by a Secur­ ended in the arrest of an the ity Branch man, Sergeant Strum- people in four vans. All were; pher, before it reached Roodepoort, taken to Pretoria jail. but he allowed it to pass after On this convoy, Mr. Suliman warning the driver of one of the said, the vehicles were heavily vehicles to repair the tail light. overloaded. First one and then Mr. Suliman said he owmed another broke down. M r. Suliman three light vans, and he used to said he went back to help one hire other vans if needed. Sisulu vehicle, but found it had "disap­ paid him R50 in cash for each peared.” • of the vans used. ••Near Zeerust we were stopped He knew Sisulu as a leader of by Mbata. who told us to make the A.N.C., and visited Sisulu’s a U-turn, as the two vehicles office in Macosa House, Commis­ ahead of us had been arrested, sioner Street, Johannesburg, in June, 1962, to get instructions said the witness. •■Outside Rustenburg the police about the first convoy. stopped us. Mbata and an African FOR DELEGATES woman with us were taken to the police station. Next day we were Sisulu told him a conference taken to Pretoria- * , was being held In Lobatsi and Mr. Suliman added: "I was not hired the three light vans to con­ vey delegates, continued the wit­ paidpaid in iuiifull iuifor the last*— trip.~_r ness. About three weeks later Sisulu again hired two of the vai now mey and a panel van. "Sisulu told me I must convey 4 f / # ’ people as far as the border. They W’ere going to train as soldiers. He said he needed the van to Ethiopia carry the luggage,” said Mr. Suli- man. “Sisulu told me to go to a From Staff Reporters garage at Orlando. There Modise (he is named in the indictment A WITNESS AT THE Rivonia trial today described how as a co-conspirator) met us and lie went from Cape Town to Tanganyika as a “recruit.'' [ took us to a double-storey build­ He was Alfred Jantjies (281, now serving a two-year sentence ing. We waited outside. Modise went inside and returned with for leaving the country without a permit. _ u httoh in Cane from Bloemfontein started crying. about 30 Africans.” WOFF E TO1U snSOCCER ttL iv j “ Afriran Youth 3 3 League. * He ^ was uuuauw,safe •=? c , When Sergeant Strumpher TO tolc 1C. byDv O,a Iimil man uanicunamed Ngundle that----- house at about o a. ., - stopped them, he was told they “ schools were to be opened,” and witness, were going to play in a soccer was asked, if he would like to go. GOT £11 EACH He and two others said they match at Zeerust. He made a They left Lobatsi the same day cursory inspection of the licence would go. . , i by train for Palapye, stayed there and third party discs as well as Ngundle • booked them tickets to Johannesburg and gave them black three days, and then continued by the tail light. bus to Francistown. Modise met Modise accompanied the young tjesties and and ann ann bands bands so so matthat tney they ous ^ . h of tbe Africans across the border,-cross- C0Uld be recognized on being met them there and g 1 Vou ing through the veld in the early m Johannesburg. 30 m hours of the morning. The luggage Before they entrained they were are separated. was transferred to another van and each given 30 cigarettes and food Next day they crossed a n\ r he (Mr. Suliman) took it to for the Journey. In spite of the on foot and travelled by van to Lobatsi. They were met there by black arm bands and ties nobody Bulawayo railway station. Modise and they took him back met them at Johannesburg, so they T hey went by tram to Lusaka, to Johannesburg. went by taxi to an address in Com- Ancj then by road to the ianga-j “Modise told me the young; missioner Street. They were taken nyika border. From there they, Bantu were being taken to Kenya to a basement, and a White man walked for a day to Tunduma. and Tanganyika to be trained as arrjveci and spoke to them. Jan- inhere they were taken to tne soldiers.”soldiers. 1 tjies could not Identify the man | u n ip offices. Mr. Suliman said the other trips from photographs shown to him f i k ALLY TO ETHIOPIA followed much the same pattern, In court. i r 1A , , except that he did not cross the TantiiPS KfilCl tllclt after 3- Stay Of border. The Africans' Vere off­ STAYEL HOTEL i| th^Pr ^ eeks in Dar es Balaam they loaded just short of tb« border and The three Afrlc, ns were taken to !J went by bus to Nairobi. They had “ disappeared into the night.” the Marabi Hotel in Orlando, where ,| met Oliver Tambo (one of those they met seven men from _ Port t nams as co-conspirators) m oar R50 A VEHICLE Elizabeth. Joe Modise arrived, but ; es salaam. At different times Mlangeni, nobody told them where they were In Nairobi passports were Kathrada and Nokwe engaged going. , . ( arranged and the party flew to him to convey young men. and There were also four men irom Dabraseur in Ethiopia. he was paid at the rate of R50 a Durban and five from Bloemfon- "There we were put into a van vehicle. tein at the hotel. I mti taken to a soldiers’ camp. They If they were stopped by the After waiting for three weeks at | „ ointed out places for to stay, police before Zeerust they were the hotel they were taken to a [ ^ave us clothes and taught us 10 to say theytney were going to aa| double-storey house byDy Matsoaledl.jiviatsoaieai. i drill,”drill.” said tnethe witness. There soccer match. If stopped the There one night two vans fetched I werere many -sound‘soldiers’ a there, . other side of Zeerust their excuse them and they were taken to what „We Wp werewprp issuedtSSued with h was to be they were going to a_ he was told was “iiilvn the hnrrifif.border. boots and a water bottle. We a- wedding—or_____„ ______a funeral. , laT,t1ifis said- “ We walked had a steel helmet. My name was On one occasion (in June this' throSghthe bush. One young boy j changed to APinan£ I was pam year) Mbata, also described as a W dollars a j«™irned co-conspirator, gave Mlangeni six I The Rivonia trial was aajoui ,Hy is moontlik Vi medepligtige ^er-presideiitfwaarsku '^getuie.? eg( in liivmiia-saak i e STAAT deel die getuies in die Rivoniasaak nie mee dat hulle na hul getuienis D vrygelaat sal word nie, sodat nie gese kan word dat hulle op beloftes ge uig het nie, het dr. P. Yutar, Adjunk-prokureur-generaal van Transvaal, gister in die

Pr5 0ri^se Strafhof’ gese. , ______„ ...... hi. het d Mnr. Y,C wa^^getuig ^iet dat op get. ontkennend geantwoord i Na die middagete het dr. Yutar besk. Dennis Goldberg ’n kamp het. Motsoaledi het_toe_«o_n jangetondig =da^ Mashiloa^e, y horn gekla het dat daar agter in vir jong guerrillas by Mamre in skriftelike aansoek namens get. aan ’n konstabel oorhandig. die hof vroue sit wat vir hom Raapland gehou het, en English gesigte trek terwyl hy getuig. Tolo Mashiloane, wat vertel het van Elias Motsoaledi en Andrew Nie gevoel Voordele Mlangeni se beweerde bedrywig- Hy het nie gevoel dat hy regs- neid met „jong soldate” en dina- verteenwoordiging nodig het nie, Regter De Wet het die gehoor rniet by get. se huis in Orlando, deur middel van die tolk gewaar- het Mashiloane gese. is gister heeldag onder kruisver- sku dat as enigiemand hom wan- hoor geneem. Hy het gese dat hy eers alles gedra, hy hom die hof sal laat Nadat adv. G. Bizos (namens wat by sy kruiedokterspraktyk verlaat. Motsoaledi) Mashiloane geruime gebeur het, vir die polisie ver- Mashiloane het ’n bewenng tyd onder kruisverhoor geneem swyg het. maar later het hy alles van adv. Bizos ontken dat die het, het regter-president Q. de vertel. „Ek het gevoel dat ek polisie mense na hom gebring Wet aan dr. Yutar gevra of die niks met die soldate te doen ge- het sodat hy aan hulle kon ver­ hof die getuie nie moes gewaar- had het nie en dat ek in die ding tel van die voordele as ’n mens sku het dat as hy as medepligtige ingetrek was.” n verklaring afle. bevredigende getuienis lewer, hy Adv. A. Chaskalson (namens Mlangeni) het in kruisverhoor vrygelaat sal word nie. dit aan- Mashiloane gestel dat Beloftes Mlangeni in 1962 glad nie m Johannesburg was nie. Dr. Yutar: Na die Staat se Beskuldigdes Get.: Roep die seuns wat hy mening is hy nie ’n medeplig­ weggestuur het, hulle sal jou tige nie, en daarom is hy nie ge- Die beskuldigdes is Nelson vertel. Ek het hom daar gesien Mandela, Walter Sisulu, waarsku nie. as hulle vertrek. Dennis Goldberg, Govan Adv. Chaskalson: Ek stel dit Regter De Wet het gese vir Mbeki, Ahmed Mohamed horn lyk dit of ’n saak uitge- aan jou dat al jou getuienis oor Kathrada, laonel Bernstein, Mlangeni onwaar is. — Dit is maak kan word dat hy wel ’n Raymond Mahlaba, James medepligtige is. Hy het gevra die waaeheid. Kantor, Elias Motsoaledi en Mashiloane is ook d$ur adv. of hy die getuie nie moet meedeel Andrew Mlangeni. dat hy vrae wat horn inkrimi- V. C. Berrange onder kruisver­ neer, nie hoef te beantwoord nie. Hulle verskyn op twee aan- hoor geneem. . Dr. Yutar het gese Moshiloane klagte van sabotasie, dat hulle Vroeer gisteroggend is mnr. Y is in beskermende arres en hy die doelstellings van die ook onder kruisverhoor geneem. Kommunisme bevorder het en Hy het ontken dat die kamp wat sal vrygelaat word nadat hy ge- tuig het. Hy weet dit nie. want geld ingevorder en bestee het hy saam met Dennis Goldberg om sabotasie te pleeg. bvgewoon het, vir gesondheids- die Staat wil nie dat gese en geestelike doeleindes gehou is. word dat beloftes aan die getuies Hy het gese dat dit gehou is gedoen is nie. Get. het gese dat Motsoaledi om met die doel om hulle voor te Skriftelik die beurt erken en ontken het berei op guerrilla oorlogvoenng. dat die jong manne soldate is. Die saak duur voort. Hierop het regter De Wet aan en soms gese het dat hulle ge- get. gese dat volgens die getui­ wone skoolleerlinge is wat vir enis wat hy gelewer het, is hy verdere studie weggestuur word. moontlik ’n medepligtige. Die Hy het nie geweet wat die waar- wet maak voorsiening daarvoor heid is nie en was gedurig in dat hy nie getuienis hoef te twyfel. lewer wat horn inkrimineer nie, Maar as hy getuienis lewer en dit Geglo bevredigend doen, sal hy vry­ Na nog vrae of hy geglo het gelaat word. dat die mans leerlinge of stu- Onder verdere kruisverhoor dente was, het Mashiloane aan deur adv. Bizos het Mashiloane adv. Bizos gese: „Toe die dinge gese hy weet daarvan dat die gebeur het, was jy nie daar me. beskuldiges voor n uitkennings- Hy het regter De Wet versoek parade sou begin het, skriftelik dat hy en Motsoaledi toegelaat gevra het dat hulle eers toege- moet word om die ding in die hof laat moet word om regsverteen- uit te praat. woordiging te kry. Motsoaledi het get. daama ge- Regter De Wet het gese dat ra of hy skriftelik om regsver- hy dit volgens regsprosedure nie 'enwoordiging gevra het, waar- kan toelaat nie. ___ Iiivonia trial witnetow f a late - V 3warning •

PRETORIA REPORTER ^ WITNESS, by his own evidence, liad sliown him self to be a possible accomplice of the accused at the Rivonia trial, the Judge-President, Mr. Justice De Wet, said yesterday. He said that possibly he should have warned Mr. English Tolo Mashiloane in terms of the law that he would only be free from prosecution if he gave satisfactory evidence. Mr. A. Chaskelson (also for the When Dr. P. Yutar (for the State) defence) told Mashiloane that there said the State did not regard him would he evidence that Mlangeni, as an accomplice and that it did whom he had identified as the not want to be accused of pro­ "Big Boss” of alleged trainees mising benefits to witnesses, Mr. was never in Johannesburg during Justice De Wet said that at least 1962 when the trainees had used the witness should have been his house as a staging post. warned that he need not give Mashiloane replied that any one evidence which could incriminate of the trainees would confirm that himself. Mlangeni had, in fact, been there, He then gave Mr. Mashiloane at the time he said he was. the statutory warning. The hearing continues today. The 10 charged are Nelson • The defence has asked the Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Dennis "Rand Daily Mail” to point out Goldberg, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed that in Saturday morning's re­ Mohamed Kathrada, Lionel Bern­ port Mr. X said Sisulu had re­ stein, Raymond Mhlaba, James ceived R6.000. Mr. X added that Kantor, Elias Matsoaledi and An­ Sisulu had paid this in bail. drew Mlangeni. They face two charges of sabo­ tage, one of contravening the Suppression of Communism Act and one of contravening the General Law Amendment Act. PLOTTED

The State alleges that the accused, with 24 men named in the indictment as co-conspirators, plotted the overthrow of the State by revolution and helping an in­ vasion of the country by foreign forces. Earlier, Mr. Y, a witness who gave evidence about a camp for young non-Whites at Mamre, Cape, in December, 1962, was re­ called for cross-examination. Answering Mr. V. C. Berrange (for the defence), he said that he had decided, while being detained, that years and years of imprisonment with hard labour was preferable to a second term of 90-day detention. DIDN’T KNOW Mr. Y said he had been sym­ pathetic to the Coloured People’s Congress and went to most of its functions, but he did not know if at that time the C.P.C. was a legal organisation or not. He did not know if the camp at Mamre had been organised by the C.P.C. and the African Youth League, but denied that the camp had been designed merely to further the education of youths with political ideals. Mr. G. Bizos (for the defence) told Mr. Mashiloane that it was useless for him to pretend that he did not know the difference between an accused and a witness and that there would be evidence that the police were using him to explain the advantages to detained per­ sons of making a statement. Mr. Mashiloane said he did not know of any such people. ETHIOPIA TRAINED SABOTEURS, < * !> COURT TOLD

A TRIP from South Africa, through Bechuanaland, Rk °d®“ “’r in yika and Kenya to three montl..’ m i ™ | " S ^ in Pretoria Ethiopia, Mas described by a witness at the K n ot ------_ yesterday. Mr. Alfred Jantjies, of Cape Town, said he had been recruited in Cape Town in 1962 as a result Conference of joining the African Youth League. He had travelled through During 1962 he went to the Johannesburg to LobatSi, to Ice Of W alter Sisulu in Com- Palapye and Francistown. issioner Street, Johannesburg, From there his group travelled here he was told a conference to Lusaka and to the offices of as to be held in Lobatsl. He the United National Independence as required to take three loads Party in Tanganyika. Then they ■ delegates to the conference. were taken to Nairobi, where they >r which he would be paid R50 took an aircraft for Dabraseur. eHe°a(took the delegates to Three months Jbatsi and was paid in terms of he agreement. There they entered a military After this, at the inslstance of camp, where they spent three Sisulu Mlangeni or Kathrada, months in training. loe Modise and a certain Mbata Those before the court are Nel­ ie took hatches varying from 20 son Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Dennis o 50 young Africans to the Goldberg, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Bechuanaland border near' Zee- Mohamed Kathrada. Lionel Bern­ rust His passengers alighted on stein, Raymond Mhlaba, James ‘ ^r>uth African side of the Kantor, Elias Matsioledi, and irder and crossed the border on | Andrew Mlangeni. foot. They face two charges of sabot­ age, one of contravening the Sup­ Separated pression of Communism Act and On each occasion he was told one of contravening the General , the man who had organised Law Amendment Act. The State e convoy that the youths were a'ieges that they, with 24 other otng outside South Africa to men named in the indictment as >ceive military training. co-conspirators, planned a revolu­ The man organising the convoy tion and assistance to invading l«o told him and his drivers to armed forces of foreign powers. 11 the authorities, if they were topped, that they were a foot- Weapons .»uPtekm or that they were Icing to attend either a funeral Mr. Jantjies said he was taught squad drill, musketry, and the '"on 'th flaft occasion on which use of hand grenades, machine- guns, pistols, the BAR, the Bazoo­ ka and land mines. He also received instruction in first aid, in thicd As the vehicle in I swimming, map reading, signals, Se&ch he was travelling whl

Convoys* They set out for South Africa by way of Lusaka and Bulawayo, where they were detained by the police and handed over to the South African authorities at Beit Bridge. There the police found , a passport and a sketch map used . in Ethiopia In his possession, i He and eight other trainees detained in Bulawayo were sen-' I tenced to two years’ imprison­ ment each. Earlier Mr. Essop Amod Suliman, a taxi-driver, of Johan­ nesburg, told the court he had taken 12 convoys of young Africans, who were to train as soldiers outside South Africa, to the Bechuanaland border. In all he conveyed about 360 youths to the border near Zeerust.

MilV a v T«v,urmpshlir£. HI0 .0 0 0 BAIL ^OR KANTOR,

7 \ i t > From a Staff Reporter TAMES KANTOR, the Johannesburg aHorne^ " ^ twice previously applied unsu< * „rai»te*i bail of in the Rivonia sabotage tria , '' ,, r }u8tice tie Afl, RIO,000 by tbe Judge President, >1r. MxAxve

this afternoon. The bail must be in cash, or in securities to the satisfaction of * Percy Yutar, the Deputy Attorney- General. tllQt Other conditions are that Kantor must remain in ™ Johannesburg magisterial district while he is living in his Johannes­ burg home, and in the magisterial district while his Kosmos home at Hartbee

P He may* leave those magisterial districts only to attend t at Pretoria and. except JhUe attending the triah must report twice daily to the police, surrender his passport. The bail application was not opposed by Dr. Yutar who saw, however, that he aKJ’ee „mount conditions with a certain amount of reluctance, hut was satisfied .n the light of assurances given by Kantor’s counsel, Mr. J. F- coa REFERENCE TO HEPPLE • But I hope Kantor will not do a Hepple on me, added

Pr°HeUwaS referring to the flight of Bob Alexander Hepple, one the Rivonia accused, who fled Dar es Salaam, and then to London, after charges against him were withdrawn and he agreed to become a State witness. Dr. Yutar said his reasons for opposing bail on the pi occasions still stood. He was re- f err in 2 to ?i statement he then that the police had received information of an escape 'plot to JAMES KANTOR .. . last night’s picture. spirit all the accused out of the country. ^ Rivonia trial report—Page 3. Kantor is out celebrates at dinner party STAFF REPORTER fAMES KANTOR, the Job.nne.burg attorney anil one J of tbe central figure, in .he Rivcmi. celebrated hi, relea.e from Jail on R1«0"» ^ ^ , small dinner forty l . « nigh, and » .d . I absolutely oo intention of fleeing the ronnlrj. ■ Looking pale and thin, hi, The ™ “ gl,ter,.l beard now almost entirely grey, c . Johannesburg and Kantor said he was determined distnets^of t to face trial until the end. hi’s Kosmos weekend cot g Kantor's release after ll y- the Hartbeespoort Dam.

day alter ineuus 0,0.0 MUST RETORT in cash for bail granted by the ...... hV H , a » , Judge-President, Mr. Justice De terial districts only to <«tena Wet. trial in Pretoria and, « « f report t r i e d t w i c e attending the trial, ln lhe to the police twicea d a y ^ He had twice previously applied morning and m that bail •I was very surprise vlous ” s r , r , f i 2 . %“i, m= r-. ~ „aeh f.nd cheques was raised was granreu, prosecution

President granting bail. raised nu _ _ havey,„ve been ir0n aw - sr I am glad these nave For the duration of the trial, out," Kantor said. nder W which he expects to lastat least Kantor has had to suirena another six _ months rouuui=, Kantor — will stay at his rented home in passport. nmve Johannesburg. children LondonrH m - p ^« \ 6e S s . ^y i i' r' 1

SUNDAY TIMES Johannesburg! nrilE two children of Mr. Bo J e p p , ^ ^ ^ ^ he waJ Tad.ocatc who^fledJonttnegg ^ the Rivonia trial, arej

flyingU. London today to joinjhcir parents. s s s s s a f e 1 dT h eUchiWren were due to _ fly fromTho. Jan ni smui-sSmiits n Airport w last , night was

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land via Dar-es-Salaam. in E” B‘ Rivonia witness in custodyt | *|120 days —EVIDENCE PRETORIA REPORTER A WITNESS told Mr. Justice De Wet at the resumption of the Rivonia trial in the Supreme Court, Pretoria, yesterday, that he had been kept in custody for 65 days before the police took ^state­ ment from him, and was then kept a further do days before the final portion of the statement was taken. Mr. Essop Amod Suliman, who gave evidence before the Christ­ FIRST TRIP mas recess, was recalled for cross-examination by the defence In the present case he said yesterday. He said that his state­ that he had made the first trip ment to the police had not been in June, and in one of the pre­ completed because “the police­ vious cases he said it had been man had to go somewhere.” in June, and in another that it had been in August. Answering questions by Mr. V. C.. Berrange, Q.C., for the In one of the previous eases defence, Mr. Suliman, a taxi he had stated that Sisulu had operator, who said he had con­ employed him for a trip and in veyed African recruits for mili­ this case he had said that tary training outside South kathrada and not Sisulu had Africa to the Bechuanaland employed him for that trip. border, said he had not been In this case he had said that threatened with assault by the Miangeni and Matsoaledi had police on his arrest on June 10 employed him for all trips made last year. during 1963, but in a previous case he had said that Sisulu had ONE PUNCH Employed him for a trip in However, when he told a lie February, 1963. to the policeman who arrested him, the policeman had said: “Do CONFUSED you know that with one punch • Mr, Suliman said that the I can knock you down.” evidence he gave in the present Before the court are Nelson case was the correct version and Mandela, Walter • Sisulu, Govan ^hat he had apparently made mis­ ivibeki, Dennis Goldberg, Ahmed takes in the previous cases. This Mohamed Kathrada, Lionel Bern­ had been because he was con­ stein, Raymond Mhlaba, James fused, or because his memory had Kantor, Elias Matsoaledi and faded him. Andrew Mlangeni. He denied that he had changed They are appearing on two his evidenoe from case to case counts of sabotage, one of con­ to make it fit the State allega­ travening the Suppression of tions, or that he was now giving Communism Act and one of con­ evidence to implicate people who travening the General Law had not been implicated before. Amendment Act. " No one had induced him to change his evidence, neither had REVOLUTION l)e changed it in fact. The State alleges that they, The proceedings were ad­ together with others who have journed before lunch because of no- left the country, or are dead, the illness of Mr. Berrange, and embarked on a campaign to over­ will be resumed today. : Dr. P. Yutar. D C . , Deputy Attorney- throw the Government by violent General. with him Mr. J. J- M. Naudt, revolution and by assisting an senior public prosecutor ol Pretoria, and invasion of the country by foreign Mr. T-. B Vorster, of the office ot the Senio.r Public Prosecutor. Johannesburg, to­ troops. gether with Mr A. J. Krogh. and Mr. K Kinsman, appeared for the State. Mr. Mr. Suliman told the court ,in A Fischer. Q C . Mr. V. C. Berranpe. his’ evidence in chief of several Q .C .. with them Mr G . Bizos and Mr. A. Chaskelson, all instructed by Mr. Joel trius he had made to the Bechu­ JofFe. appeared for all the accused bar analand border, once to convey James Kantor Mr J. F. Coaker On- delegates to a conference at sfructed by Mr. Jack Cooper of Benjamin Lobatsi and on the other occa­ Joseph, Cooper and Partners) appeared for sions to convey young Africans Kantor. who were travelling to other African states to receive military training. , DIFFERED He gave the dates of these trips and also the names of the people who had engaged him to jnake the trips. Yesterday he acknowledged that he had given evidence of these trips in three previous cases, and when Mr. Berrange read from the records of these cases, ad- rnitted that his evidence as to the dates of the trips and the names of the people who em­ ployed him, given in the first three cases, differed from his evidence in the present, case

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