According to the minster of police in May 1969 Mr Jundea Tubakwa was detained on 10th September 1968 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act and on 11th September hanged himself at the Pretoria prison. According to information provided by the minister of law and order on 29th March 1983 an inquest was held into Mr Tubakwa's death on 29 November 1968 at the Pretoria magistrates' court and a verdict of suicide given.

Mr Lawrence Ndzanga,aged 53, a former secretary of the Railway Workers Union and a national executive committee member of the South African Congress Trade Unions (SACTU),was detained under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act on 18 November 1976. His wife Rita and twenty others were detained at the same time.He was held at the Johannesburg Fort.

Mr Ernest Mamashila, aged 35,was detained on 16 November 1976 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act.His wife was told that he was being held at the Brakpan police cells. A police statement said that on 19 November he hanged himself in the Balfour police cell.