SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT MURDERS THREE MORE
: Despite anguished cries. ‘of protest from all over the world, the hangman at Pretoria slipped nooses over the heads of three men and sprang the trap on them. Thus on Noveniber 6 died 1 Vuystte Mini, Weison: Khayings and Zinake 1 Okabu. ..
. They had: been charged with . inwrdering | an African state witness allegedly to block him from giving away the names of members of a: secret political organization alleged to have sought the overthrow of the fascist-like Verwoerd government of South Africa.
Pleas for mercy had poured into. South’ “Africa from all over the .world, - United Nations. Secretary-General. U Thant sent an appeal, The African beast government paid no attention. Shortly after the | executions, the UN General Assembly Committee on Apartheia met and. formally condemned the South African murders, :
Meanwhile other "sabotage" ‘trials. ground on. ‘On November 2 in Cape Town the Supreme Court began the trial of Anthony Andrew Trew, 23, Alan Keith Brooks, 24, and Stephanie Kemp, 23, all of whom pleaded guilty to furthering the aims of:communism by membership in the National Liberal Movement, later known as the African Resistance Movement, The trial of these students was held separately from two others who pleaded not guilty. These were Hdward Joseph Daniels, 30, and David Guy de Keller, 24. ; a ee,
In still another trial Sedick Isaacs, 24, a school teacher, and two of his pupils, Achmed Cassiem, 18, and James Marsh, 18, and a stores clerk, Abdurrahman Abrahams, 18, were charged with sabotage."' They denied allegations they. had’ sought to blow up a post office, an electricity sub-station and planned to blow up the Coloured university. oO
In the trial of Daniels and de Keller, a state witness broke down November 4 and, between sobs, shouted: "Oh, God, how I loathe . apartheid and all that it means -- this tragedy I place at the door of that system." a