Three months ago the South African police in a dawn swoop arrested eleven courageous Anti-Apartheid fighters, banned leaders and members of the South African Coloured Peoples Congress. Under the hard conditions of South African prisons, they were put into separate gaols in differents parts of the Cape in complete isolation, awaiting trial under the notorious Suppression of Communism Act, They were refused bail, and despite the fact that they were remanded from time to time, no specific charges have yet been made against theme These brave men, who have given their whole life fighting for freedom for their people at tremendous sacrifice, are in desperate need, both legally and materially. Most of them are married with families, whose sole supporters they were. In one case = that of William Bok - he was breadwinner for a wife and eleven children, and now his wife is expecting a twelfth child, Under Verwoerd's police state these men are likely to be held for a long time, and the chances of them obtaining a fair trial are extremely slin, Money is therefore needed urgently, not only to provide for their dependants, but also to ensure that they will receive a fair trial. Since news Wes first published. about these soldiers of freedcm in the
asks all progressives and liberal-minded people to give Ritiecisle, All monies should be forwarded to Defence & Aid, 2, Amen Court, London E.0.4.