NOVEMBER
FRANKFORT, Sept, 22 ~- According to defense counsel, an appeal in the Dr. Neville Alexander case may be heard in the Court of Appeals at Bloemfontein in November. Yesterday's issue of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported this information which it received from its South African correspondent.
Dr. Alexander is the outstanding South African intellectual, well known in West Germany where he studied, who was sentenced to ten years at hard labor for allegedly plotting to commit "sabotage" against the Verwoerd government because of its racist policies,
Rumors have been persistently spread in West Germany that appeal efforts were being dropped, These rumors have been energetically scored by defense counsel.
Difficulties have been encountered in preparing the appeal but this is due to obstacles placed in the way by prison authorities at Robben Island where Alexander and six other defendants in the case were assigned to the infamous stone quarry. The Robben Island jailers have blocked counsel from consulting with the prisoners in preparing the appeal,
The four women defendants, held at Worcester jail (Cape province), have been permitted to talk with their lawyers, however, and allowed to sign papers empowering counsel to file the appeal.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that the campaign to colleot funds for the appeal, launched by former fellow students of Dr, Alexander, has met with considerable success, Contributions have been received in particular from Britain, Japan and the United States in addition to West Germany.
Since the case began, a total of DM 44,000 [$11,000] have been received, To carry through the appeal, it is estimated that DM 36,000 U9, 000] more will be required, German supporters have pledged DM 5,000 1$1,250] of this,
Gontributions can be sent to Mrs. Connie Kirkby, 27 Thursley House, Holmewood Gardens, London, 8.W.2.