JUSTICE SEASONED WITH MERCY
‘When 46 South African men and women were taken from their court cells to a police lorry, after appearing briefly before F,A,Johl February 24 in Bellville.Magistrate!s Court where they were remanded to March 17, police stood by with Sten guns, while a police sergeant stood armed at one of the entrances of the court.
The display of “guns -and : the (chanting of the prisoners drew a. large crowd,
The newspapers “pevealed the next day, however, ‘that this police-
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state scene was not one of unrelieved grimness., Among. these 90-day detainees, who may. face the death penalty under :charges of "sabotage," was Mrs. Lettie Sibeko towards whom the court displayed unexpected leniency,
She was arrested at her home in Nyanga West on June 25, Under the 90-day clause, she was held in solitary confinement for 160 days.
Now, on the grounds that she was about to have a baby, the court. decided to release her on bail, The only condition is that she must report to- ‘the: > police twice. a week,
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