first hangings under South Africa's new Nsabotage" law took place in Pretoria's central prison November 1 when three men were sent to the scaffold,
The three -- Lennox Madikane, Vezile Felix Jaxa and Mxolosi Demane -were sentenced to death last May.
They were alleged to have participated in riots last November in which five Africans and two whites were killed when crowds accused by government officials of belonging to the Pan-Africanist Congress, a pro= scribed organization, demonstrated in Paarl.
The case involved 21 defendants originally. Five were acquitted and sixteen were found guilty of "sabotage," Of these, eight were given twelve~year sentences, five were given eighteen=year sentences, and three the death penalty.