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Treason inquiry nets 140 held in South Africa crackdown
In Johannesburg 140 men and women including whites Africans Indians and mixed race people were held at a prison for a peacetime treason probe into anti apartheid foes. They face court hearings with no bail and many were flown in by military airlift from Capetown Port Elizabeth and Durban. A preliminary hearing for some was recessed until December 19.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Evie H. Louw
New York
Capetown
Port Elizabeth
Durban