Wits Student Terror Edition 1971
Presumably distributed by Wits SRC.
November 1971
Quote by Elliot Shanangu on pg 1.
In the late 1960s Shabangu became a member of SACTU’s Witwatersrand local committee.
Following the arrest of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in May 1969, Shabangu, along with Samson Ndou, Rita and Lawrence Ndzanga and other members of the underground network initiated by Winnie were also arrested and placed in detention. After 5 months in detention they were set to appear in court.
Death of Ahmed Timol on pg 4.
Ahmed Timol (3 November 1941 – 27 October 1971) was an anti-apartheid activist in the underground South African Communist Party. He died at the age of 29 from injuries sustained when he fell from the top floor of John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg. Police claimed, and an official inquest confirmed, that Timol had committed suicide by jumping out the window. The claim was widely disbelieved in anti-apartheid circles, and in the movement Timol's death became symbolic of the broader phenomenon of deaths in police custody, as well as of the abuses and dishonesty of the apartheid state.
In 2017, the inquest into Timol's death was reopened. It found that Timol had been tortured in custody and had fallen from the window because he was pushed by police officers, not because he jumped.
4 loose double side pages.
Some foxing.
294mm x 300mm
R1,500