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- 1978 (Creation)
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July — September 1978: correspondence concerning a T.G. Whitlock, jailed for dagga offences; correspondents are Helen Suzman, Mrs. Whitlock and Minister Jimmy Kruger; in a letter dated 05/09/1978 letter to "Dear Jimmy" re Whitlock, Helen Suzman also mentions detainee Mr. Khayalethu Mqayisa who was originally held under Section 6 and then Section 10 of the Internal Security Act; he became ill in Grahamstown jail; PEN [international writers group] has taken up his case.
15/11/1978: correspondence raising various cases with Minister Kruger including: a request to allow Thandi Magubane to visit her fiancé Stanley Nkosi (convicted under the Terrorism Act, jailed in 1977) on Robben Island, various dagga offenders and parole for them, Mr. M. Moodley, whose father is a member of the SA Indian Council, unable to get a firearms licence; Helen Suzman also thanks Kruger for investigating the case of Khayalethu Mqayisa and strongly protests the detention of Mrs. Sally Motlana under Section — "I cannot allow the continued harassment of leading members of the Soweto community to go unprotested.".