- ZA HPRA A2084-A-Aa-Aa1-Aa1.1-Aa1.1.11-Aa1.1.14.1
- Bestanddeel
- 1988-1989
Part of Helen Suzman Papers
Includes: 29/02/1988: letter from Lykop Medium Prison addressed to "Her Majesty 49 Melville Road, Hypark"; Correspondence between Helen Suzman and the Head of Prisons, W.H. Willemse and other officials; Oct — November 1988: correspondence concerning Emergency detainees being held at Krugersdorp Prison, occasioned by a letter smuggled out by Rev. Molefe Tsele and passed on to Helen Suzman by Joyce Soeldner. The letter particularly mentions Colonel Coetzee, the head of the prison, who "literally thrives on tension between ourselves and himself or his staff" and is signed by 40 prisoners.