Alex and Marie-Jose (Smoothy) Moumbaris were arrested on the 19 July 1972 while trying to cross the border from Botswana. They were secretly detained for 4 months, before being charged, and their relatives were unable to establish their whereabouts. Helen Amiel, Alex Moumbaris mother, traced their whereabouts from their departure in Paris on the 8 June 1972, having received the last news from Gaborone in July 1972. The matter only appeared before the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on the 20 November 1972, when Alex Moumbaris and 5 Others were charged under the Terrorism Act. Marie-Jose, who was pregnant at the time, had been released and deported in September 1972.
The Indictment was delivered on the 8 March 1973, and the trial commenced on the 19 March 1973. The co-accused were Tloi Theophilus Cholo, Maqina Justice Mpanza, Petrus Aron Mtembu, Gardener Sandi Sijaka, John William Hosey. Alex Moumbaris was represented by Adv. George Bizos, instructed by Richard Wilson & Partners.
Including the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT); and Association of professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff (APEX)
Letter to Alex Moumbaris, sentenced on the 20 June 1973, informing him that the Minister has declared him to be an undesirable inhabitant of the Republic, and that a warrant for his removal from the Republic has been issued.
Including correspondence with the Minister of Justice, Prison and Police and the Prison department, in order to obtain permission to visit Alex Moumbaris.
