International Marxist Group Archive

Magazines, bulletins and booklets of the IMG and its forerunners, 1961–1984

Detained for 180 Days as a “material Witness"

The Week Vol. 4, No. 10, 16 September 1965 · p. 10 of the scan · 127 words

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A Johannesburg man, Mr. Izzie Heymann, was arrested by Security Branch police on lst September in terms of the new "180-day law" for State witnesses. Tre law = the Criminal Procedure Amendment Act passed in June allows the Attorney General to order the detention of any person likely to give evidence for theState for periods of up to six months, The Attorney-General may also order that the person be held incommunicado. Mr. Heymann, 45, is the manager of a department store in Johannesburg. His wife told the press that he had been stopped by security policemen while on his way to worke The Security Police head in Johannesburg refused to confirm or deny the charge. N.B, He has since been released and immediately re-arrested on another chargee

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