Banning Orders Being Reviewed
(N.Z.P.A. Reuter—Copyright)
CAPE TOWN, August 31.
The South African Minister of Justice (Mr John Vorster) announced yesterday that all cases of people banned under the Suppression of Communism Act were being reviewed.
He was asked in Parliament how many banned people had applied to have the banning orders lifted, and how many had been successful. He replied: “As the cases of all restricted persons are at present under review, a statement for general information will in due course be published, giving the exact number still restricted and the number whose restrictions have been removed. “Restrictions in respect of 45 persons have to date been withdrawn,” Mr Vorster said. Majority Non-Whites Recent unofficial estimates put the number of banned people at about 450, the great majority of them non-whites. Since the Suppression of Communism Act became law in 1950, the Justice Minister has had sole discretion in banning anyone who he is satisfied is “furthering the aims of communism.” There is no appeal against the order, and no recourse to the Courts.
Banning orders, which are nearly always for five years, bar people from attending public or social gatherings or from carrying on their professions.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31153, 1 September 1966, Page 15
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