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- May-December 1972 (Creation)
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Includes: 09/05 letter from Vicar General of Damarland about detained Ovambo including Rev. Olavi Nailenge; May documents concerning the position of Indian Bread Stall Holders at the Victoria Street Market in Durban; 24/05/1972 handwritten letter to Helen Suzman from Judge Jan Steyn about the conduct of the Minister of Justice, Dr. Mulder: "Although the Minister of Justice dismisses my suggestions on penal reform with considerable contempt, I don't take it personally or in fact seriously. His whole performance was so almost unbelievably inept that one cannot but feel sorry for him — and for our country of which he is the head of the legal profession.", he also comments on Mulder's insulting behaviour towards Helen Suzman; 23/05 letter from Amnesty International, West Germany, re detainee Charles Simpatie; February-June 1972 correspondence (some with Mrs. Deena Streek, mother of Barry Streek) about Alex Tikana, banished to Frenchdale, near Mafikeng 10 years before; 31/05 letter from Rev. David Russell, King Williams Town about ex-prisoners sent to "resettlement townships" such as Ilinge and the food rations they (and people at Dimbaza) receive; November 1971-September 1972 correspondence concerning housing conditions at Ilinge Township and employment of Mr. Arthur Gama (former political prisoner) who is living there.