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16 THE CAROLINA TIMES South Africa: SAT.', JANUARY 23,1982 Arrests Point To Higher Level Of Confrontation IAN Last week, South African officials served a banning order on David Johnson, chairman of the Black Students Society at Wit watersrand University, the latest in a series of sovernment actions Amendment Act. Among t those detained were: Emma Mashinini, general secretary, of Commercial, Catering and Allied . Workers' Union; Samson Ndou, president of the General and Allied woricers pointing to an increased " Union; Rita Ndzanga, of rnn flirt with On V V V w v - - - I . ponents of the system of s white ruie. t Early this month government figures released to opposition MP Helen Suzman recorded 179 people be ing' detained under various security laws,, up from 92 a year ago and from 134 only two mon ths previously. The de tainees are in addition to some 520 "security prisoners" tried and con victed under these laws, and approximately 160 , rest ricted under various banning orders. The latest wave of government actions against opponents of the apartheid system began on; November 27, with the detention of some eighteen leading trade unionists, labor experts, students and other ac tivists, under Section 22 of the General Laws organizing secretary of. the same union; Merle Favis, editor .. of the South Africa Labour union, in 1980, and his latest arrest "followed closely on the proclaim ed December 4 in dependence of the Ciskei homeland,' where many of Saawu's 20.000 members reside, com muting to work in near by 'white' East London, As a result of Ciskei independence, over two million Xhosa-speaking South Africaas legally South,-'.. Africa's, . in telligence service, where his duties ' included,; surveillance of Biko. The Ciskei was, also the site of the funeral in ; late November of Grif fiths . Mlungisl Mxenge, one of South Africa's most prominent black , lawyers. -The outpouring of some 1 5,000 for the services contrasted ' sharnlv with the follow ing week's independence , flMefm;CedncMayson,, became "foreigners, in ceremonies, attended bv iV?. the eyes of the Pretoria .hat Npw Ynrb nm,. j- , former editorof the ban ned Christian Institute's Pro Veritate; and Sam Kikine general secretary of the South African Allied Workers' Union (Saawu). At the same time, the homes of a number of leading church figures, including that of Beyers Naude, former director of the Christian In stitute, were searched by police. In mid-December, the president of Saawu, Thr7amile Gaweta. and the vice president of the months, same union, Sisa November Npkelanavere, were also arrested. Gqweta, 29 years old, had been de: tained without charges four times previously since he . founded u. ma mentis AFFORDABLE LIVING Wall, to Wall Carpeting Wall Papered Kitchens. Major Laundry Appliances Laundry Facilities Within Complex Water and Sewer Utilities Included Professional Management and Maintenance v 1 & 2 Bedroom Available Convenient Parking Formica Countertops Fully Draped Mon.-Fri. 8-5 Sat. 12-5 Sunday X-4 410 Pilot Street Phone (919) 688-4346 . eovernment, joining in that status the citizens of nominally independent Transkei, Venda and Bophuthatswana. The SaawuCiskei confrontation, which has been escalating over the past year, is one indica tion of the growing in teraction between political struggles in ur ban black South Africa and in the homelands. Over 200 members of Saawu have been held by Ciskei police-in recent and on 1 Gqweta's mother and uncle died when their house-burned in a suspicious fire. At their funeral, Gqweta's eirlfriend was; shot dead the when police opened fire on over 1 ,(XX) mourners. Gqweta is being term ed by some a new 'Steve Biko,' the black con sciousness leader who died in detention in 1977. Ironically, Gqweta's nemesis. Major General pharles Sebe, brother of Ciskei's prime minister and head of its security forces, is a veteran of what New York Times , correspondent ' Joseph Lelyveld . termed?; a J.'Mistlcss and distracted" crowd. ' ; ' Mxenge's mutilated body had been found in ., Durban on November : 20, and speakers at the funeral had no hesitation in laying the blame on . South Africa's security ' forces, The lawyer, an early member of the African National Con gress (ANC) and former Robben Island prisoner, had served as instructing attorney in political trials of both ANC and Pan Africanist , Congress. (PAC) members. His funeral was marked by open and emotional displays of . support for .the banned ANC. Such signs of an escalating conflict 'have not been limited to the Ciskei. In mid November Tshifhiwa Muofhe, a 29-year-old former leader of the Black People's Conven tion who was employed by an insurance com pany in the homeland, died ,,, Or- - 1 ' 1 i -- ' I " s f -i , -, ( -- -5' vxs v -:', ..-... ... r t ' v, . ; 1 ,1 A MOURNFUL MRS. SANDRA MELVIN, wife of slain Guardian Angel Frank Melvin, breaks into tears as she is helped into the car by her father-in-law, John Melvin, Sr., after funeral services for her hus band in Newark, NJ recently. Melvin was shot and killed by a Newark police officer who was answering a UUIjiBIjr vail. Vtl Photo by J.C. Aadcnoa weeks after being detain ed by Venda police. The death, along with the detention of at least fif teen people in that homeland,- including three Lutheran pastors, came after an October 26 guerrilla attack on a police station at Sibasa. Among those held in communicado by Venda authorities is Lutheran Dean Simon Farisani, a former president of the Black People's Conven tion. According to a BBC correspondent, with the, arrest of UIIVU4VI UO I V 1 VM1 MJ , I 1 .1 Venda, - month, the top leader two ship ; of ,some 45,000 i Lutheranstin Venda has en aci uAnirin , , been virtually wiped out SILAS I. MAYFIELD ,by detentions. :Photograihcr'-r:'5:r!'v.' Vt''titc:'iYenda is'part of a. Portraits: Indoor & outdoor ! series'" of - continuing Weddings Anniversaries Reunions forays by guerrillas of Banquets Social Affairs -Athletic Teams . the ANC, who have Phone (919 682.'157I twice hit powe;r stations : -none.ilj03-lDd in Pretoria in recent - , - months, as . well as raiding the Wonder boom police station in the heart of the South African capital. ANC .forces also attacked government offices in Cape Town in December, and hit "of-r fices - in Soweto in December and again last week; The escalation of guerrilla action has con tinued despite arrests of a number of suspects, in cluding in December six members of an alleged ANC cell in Durban, suspected of a series of ten explosions in that ci ty during 1981. The ANC celebrated its 70th anniversary on .January 8; while its arm ed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, marked wenty years on December 16. Its leaders pledged that 1982 would mark a "ma jor mobilization," with' "new military operations and in intensification of the political and economic struggle." Israel's Memorial To Dr. King Grows NNPA The unique overseas memorial to Drv Martin Luther King, Jr,, a 10,000 tree Memorial Forest on a hillside near Nazareth, Israel, is now in its fifth year of plaa7 ting. Every black and Jewish Member of Con gress serves . as an Honorary Sponsor of the Forest. Co-chairmen' of the Honorary Sponsors are Congresswdman Cardiss Collins, chair man of the Congres sional Black Caucus , and Sidney R. Yates. In 1979, trees were planted in the Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Forest in memory of A. Philip Randolph, noted black labor leader. Visitors to T li o I o V 1 M y i r q SALE STARTS Wed. Jan. 20, ends Sat., Jan. 23 unless otherwise stated ' I S trim brushes In V 1,2-ln. widths ONLY 9 S Oct Vi4n. trim brush PRII when yen buy . 4-ln. brush at Ms re pries of $JJ Gst IVHn. Trif Bmsti ntU when you buy -pointing pad 1 . . i roa.prtosor I ' SbsJ' 11-oz. high gloss enamel Reg. $2.99 STOCK-UP ON LIGHT DULOSI Ask about Sears Credit Plans Sears Standard Frosted 60,75, or 100-watt Dulbs Youa CHOICE S ft- v f Peckagt of 4 bulb Sears DleHard "AA" "AAA" BattorlM , , . a.'- ., ..V,- , f r?' , , . i , Reg. 11.99 . $4 pkg.of2 - I Sears DieHard-C. "0"or 9-volt batteries. Reg. $2 39 (pkg.of2 .....t.50pkfl. 4-ln. Diameter Outlet Box 1 SO Reg. 991 33-ln. 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