SOUTH AFRICA: THREE MEN CHARGED UNDER TERRORISM ACT, AFTER ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF OPPOSITION LEADER, COLIN EGLIN.

Record ID: 1049465

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: THREE MEN CHARGED UNDER TERRORISM ACT, AFTER ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF OPPOSITION LEADER, COLIN EGLIN.
  • Date: 3rd August 1979
  • Summary: 1. LV Outgoing Progressive Federal Party leader Colin Eglin leaves home in Clifton, Cape Town. 0.06 2. MV Security guard. 0.10 3. MV Sea breaking on shore PAN TO Eglin's home. 0.16 4. MV Eglin points to where shooting occurred. 0.18 5. GV Supreme court back entrance with prosecution council including F. Khan, Deputy Attorney General of Cape arriving at court 0.27 6. CU Mr.Van Elst, Chairman of the Conservative Students' Alliance, answering questions. 0.56 7. GV Street at back of court. 1.00 8. CU Mr. Dave Hill, President of National Union of South African Students, answering questions. 1.44 TRANSCRIPT: REPORTER: "To what extent do you think the Conservative Students' Alliance is representative of students' views?" VAN ELST: SEQ 6: "Well the UCT campus is liberal. We claim, and maybe could prove it, that we certainly hold the majority of students. Our support is small actively, but passively we have support which is far in excess of that of the left." REPORTER: "Is the Conservative Students Alliance on the campus representative of white students views?" HILL: SEQ 8: "Well, the Conservative Students Alliance founded at the end of 1977 and immediately launched a campaign to take over student government, particularly the Student's Representative Council. They put up a large bloc of candidates in the SRC elections, all of whom were defeated, except Brian Hack. The SRC itself is at present, and has been for the past number of years, composed largely of people who fundamentally oppose the status quo in South Africa. I think it would be fair to say that the CSA is therefore fairly unrepresentative of certain English speaking whites in this country." The men charged under the Terrorism Act are David Beelders, Arnold van der Westhuizen -- a businessman -- and 22-year-old University of Cape Town student, Bryan Hack. Their trial -- one of three involving terrorist offenses currently underway in South Africa -- is expected to be lengthy. Initials JS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 17th August 1979 13:00
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  • Location: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: LVAA99S5UCV7PGZUI070WW30RIFI
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