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Special Report Transcript Episode 20, Section 5, Time 38:41

The government has had no choice because it’s responsible for the safety of the lives and property of South African citizens to declare a state of emergency.

Notes: Louis Nel (Dep Minister of Information 1986)

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A state of emergency was declared on 20 July 1985 in terms of Section 2(1) of the Public Safety Act of 1953. It affected 36 magisterial districts in the Cape, Transvaal and the Orange Free State, and was extended to eight other areas on 26 October 1985. It was lifted on 7 March 1986 and re-imposed ...
 
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