‘Pimpernel’ of Soweto caught
NZPA-Reuter Johannesburg Eight black student activists. some of whom had received military training in Nigeria, have been arrested, the South African security police chief, General Johan Coetzee, announced. He said yesterday that the eight were captured last Thursday while trying to enter the black satellite city of Soweto outside Johannesburg. They are all alleged to-be members of the South African'Youth Revolutionary Council formed in neighbouring Botswana in 1977 after the bloody riots in Soweto in 1976 in which more than 500 people died. Among those held, General
Coetzee said, was the socalled Scarlet Pimpernel of Soweto, Khotso Seathlolo, alleged to have played a leading role, in the 1976 troubles. Seathlolo is said to have travelled into and out of Soweto several times since .the riots. The general also said that Thami Mazwai. news editor of the black daily newspaper. “Sowetan,” who was arrested last Wednesday, had been detained in connection with the capture of the eight. The police said the Youth Revolutionary Council was formed by about 100 exiled students in Botswana and later won the financial backing of Nigeria, which also provided academic and military training. '
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