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section 29 of the Internal Security Act No 74 (198

Explanation
a piece of legislation created to allow for indefinite detention for the purposes of interrogation. Detainees were held in solitary confinement. Many detainees were tortured while held under section 29. See states of emergency.

... 1987 and severely tortured by named Western Cape Security Branch operatives. He was held in custody under section 29 of the Internal Security Act for six months, and then for three years while on trial for terrorism. Two members of the Security Branch were granted amnesty for his torture ...
An MK operative who was detained under section 29 of the Internal Security Act and severely tortured in detention by named members of the Security Branch at their offices in Cape Town, on 21 July 1988. He was held for six months until his release in January 1989.
... for 180 days without trial after their school was burnt down. In 1988 he was again arrested and held under section 29 of the Internal Security ...
A Turfloop university student who was detained on 31 July 1985 under Section 29 of the Internal Security Act after visiting a friend`s father in exile in Botswana. She was held and tortured without access to lawyers or family for three months, allegedly at Hanensberg Police Station, and then ...
An ECC member who suffered severe psychological stress when she was detained under section 29 of the Internal Security Act on 9 September 1985 and kept in solitary confinement for eleven days at CR Swart Square in Durban.
A student activist who was detained in November 1985 while attempting to cross the border into Botswana. He was then transferred to his home town of Paarl, Cape. During his detention under section 29 of the Internal Security Act, he was interrogated and threatened by named perpetrators. He and two ...
Was taken from his mother while she was detained under section 29 of the Internal Security Act in a prison in Caledon, Cape. They were separated for eight days in July 1990. When Haroon was returned, his mother tried unsuccessfully to get him medical attention for the illnesses he had developed in ...
An ECC member who was detained under section 29 of the Internal Security Act and kept in solitary confinement at CR Swart Square in Durban for 12 days in September 1985.
An MK operative who was detained under section 29 of the Internal Security Act for several months in 1985 and again from 25 June 1990 in Cape Town. During her second detention, her infant son was forcibly removed from her for eight days. She was falsely accused, by the Minister of Law and Order, of ...
An ANC supporter who was detained under section 29 of the Internal Security Act on 18 November 1988 for providing support to MK operatives. He was held in solitary confinement for two months in the Sea Point and Macassar police stations, Cape Town. During her detention she was hit, abused and ...
Was beaten and sustained pellet wounds after being shot by members of the SAP in Katlehong, Transvaal, in October 1993. Ms Vilakazi and other residents of Sali section, Katlehong, were protesting against the Internal Security Unit (ISU) beating a school child in their vehicle.
 
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