threat in Africa For the most part Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance have tended towards the former position. But the debate is a serious one because, for once, RenUine *Soviet threat, Southern Africa is the obe area of the globe where the Soviet Union does Socialist Challenge 24 May 1979 page 12 RHODESIA 'to solidarity the Africa.. THE South African scored a victory when it found the real weight of the mass 11 black students guilty on sedition charges, but the weight of the back movement is such that the count could only Impose relatively light senThe 'Sowero 11' Irial was an attempt to pin responsibilly for the massive uprising of 1976 on a small group of "agitators'.
The 11 were aceused of trying create political, socia and/or cultural awareness and amongst black schoolgoing students with the ultimate object of contributing toward the liberation of blacks complacency, Four comrades Repubik of South Hut the openly political nature of the trial undermined attempt present the uprising as a conspiracy. And when it came to the sentences movement outside war felt.
Seven of the 11 were only given suspended sentences and of the four who have gome to jail all have part of their suspended. heaviest penalty is for Sechaba Dan Montsist, president of the Someto Students Representafive Council at the tone of his arrest, who has an eight yeur sentence, four them suspended If the moderate penalties surprised most observers they still CORESE for are still in the apartheid juil and efforts to releuse them must not let up now.
• Free the four!
• Reverse all guilly vendicts!