CO FIDE TIAL DEPO TATIO
HE VTVS CASE CO TI VIS
Tenured orth
ctivi t Dennis
ordered to a deportatio
South Africa poet been termed one 0( �op t ty-
oppo n of South Africa by the aparth' rqime.
In this excl . ve intern , Brutus talks about recent
devleopmen in . bid to remain in the United State .
Th« I developmen: IMI wt' lire II re of if 'NIl tJw U. S. SIll
DeJHUltnml nt II letter 10 youdm)'in6 your �qwJlfo, poliliaIJ
tuylum lind nfnri our CII# bile 101M Imm ",tion
DeJHUlmenl for II deportation Mlllri"6. b IMI co,�ct'!
B UTUS: Yes . th the po . tio t I couJd be depor1ed to
En nd. They id Zim b also a po ·bility.
There a ne de lopmeot just before the ri te on
riday afternoon January 7th, my attorney S n GzaIl
ned 'th a memoraDdum from the immipatioo department
d . i that the iJllDliaration nice bad � to the judie
t called on record material covered by an eucutive
order." Thi meant that cenain information aiven to the
jud s cia sified, 'cb I ould not be able to lee, and
. h my attorney ould no be able to lee. So, u1d in fact
be afIU . ithout too' hat beina UJed api
me.
Thi infonnation' co red by a new pro . 'on in the 1980
ref ee ct bich a110 the pre 'dent to declare information
c . ed by n executive order from the executive offICe.
Then nt to court and my attorney made a motion yina
that it impossib e to arpe the cue on its merits if did not
kno t the c . icd information and' t there
be a pretraiJ besri at . ch e and the ovemment attorney
ould meet . th the jud e in. . c mben to lee ho much of
thi information could be dec . ed, The 0 mmentattomey
mo oppo . lion to that motion and . d the lovetnment i
completely opposed to it and they did not nt any pretrai1
hearin .
The jud fortunately overruled the overnment attorney and
id t there ould be a pretrail h ri at a date 'ch he
auld determine.
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The k/�' from 1M Jlllle deptUlntml mMeJ nfennce 10 IMftlCI
INII you Ittt� II .ron who if pn.nlly livin6 in ZimbGbwt'. WIatlt if
1M 1WU0n IhIIl you lin not dnirow of 60 10 ZimIHIb..w?
BR.UTUS: It is quite correct that I ve a 10 0 pad ted
and i no teac' in Zimbab . It i true t u of
not been eJpoted to any but of coone can't tell about
the future. In f ct, the South African ,0 romeot at this
DOt made him a tarpt but I have been a taraet oftheiractiviti
for 10 time. AAxordina to their 0 flIe re� by a
defector Gordon Wynter, the South Africans re rd m as 0 of
the t nty most danproUJ oppo ts of the apartheid J'el)eme
o they ould be much more interes1ed in IDe.
Another aspect to this q tion i that have
inciden of activity by South African IeCret ents ou . e of
South African into neiJborina count' A We have IeeIl them
penetrate t 0 hundred kilometers in 0 Anao and set up ei t
military base i . e another state. We have n them penetrate
into Mommbique and attac an offace of the African atio 1
Conares (A C) in the capital, Moputo; blo up the office, kill
vera) peop and kidnap t 0 others and take them to
South Africa for interroption under torture to use them a . nst
other 'people in South Africa. Mo recently in December' 1 982
have n South Africa 10 into the capital of tile neipbori
state of Loeothc and machine ,UD forty people, ome of them
omen and children. I auess the most sipificant of these
ctivitie is the case of Joe Gqabi, a man ho on Robben
Is nd in prison ith IDe. Joe in Harari, the capital of
Zimbab and machine gunned a he lki from hi
home down the drive y to his car. He killed and the
Zim b ,ovemment has id bluntly that Joe' assassination
do by South African a u, This in July of 1981. So
there is plenty of evidence to 0 that the South African secret
police are active in the neiabborina tes.
I ould allO add that have p nted totbejud ea letter by
a member of the Zimbab cabinet yina that bile I ould be
lcome to Zimbab they do not feel that they could guarantee
my fety there.
WluJI if YOUT reluaanc« about nturing 10 &glllnd?
BRUTUS: There are leveral points. The first one' that the
matter of my being present in the United State i a matter of
ic human riab.1 ve ajob here. I have pecial skill If they
nt to deport me that ve to come out . th good reason aDd if
th reuon are political, I think. should brin them open.
While on the one nd thi . a fi ht fOT human right , on the
other nd the Briti ,ovemment has never coneeeded me full
citizenship riahtt. So it is not true that I have a right to return to
Britain in the teDJe that I ould become a full citizen there.
The third point' the fact that recently the offices of the South
African re . tanee movement, the A C, re blown up in
London. The A C ubsequently given an office by the
British Council of Church so they could continue to function.
t the point i that have seen South African a ent active in
Britain. In December 1982 one of the South African wasexpeUed
from Bri in. He uppolCdly orkin for the South African
em y, he s expelled becau he in fact working for the
South African IeCret police. He nt back to Johannesburg and
the South African ,ovemment made a very revealina tatement.
"They admitted that he a member of the security police but
they contended that he not in Britain to take action a inst
the urity of Britain. By implication they re yina that he
there to take care of other kind of mi bier.
At this point what can be dOM to assist you, case?
BRUTUS: There are t 0 ction bich have been happenin for
hich I ould like to expres my appreciation and I trope that
there will be even more in the future.
One, I have been gettin a trememdou number of letter
te rams, mailgrams of upport, orne of them goin directly to
the jud e. Letters ould be sent to Jud e Irvin Sch � 219 S.
Dearborn, Olicalo, IL 60604. (P ease nd a copy of your letter
to the DBIX:, P.O. Box 59364, Olicago, IL 60659.)
On the other hand have been tryina very hard to rai
fmancial supportal o. While I ha fourattomi hoareaCling
for me "pro bono," the I al expen are till hi hforcopyilliof
documents, tina material, research, phone call and 0 on. So
do need fmancial a . tance.
Also, we ould be glad to et peop e on our mailin Ii t and
keep them informed. If peop rite to the OBDe, will be glad
to nt them infonnation.
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BE 0 TO SHIP, - Lake i hi-
gan College again ill hou and rve a
the fi al ent for the Berri n Count
Interagency Collaborative Board (lCB)
which has received a tate gran of
$39,252 to continue its or of impro -
ing the economic development of the
county through increased link e among
business education, and training and
employment encies.
The ICB first e ablished its head­
quarters at L C in July 1981. Th
pre nt ICB- C contr t ill run
through September, 1983, cording to
Dr. James Fent, vi e-pre 'dent of in-
ruction.
, On important role of the I B i
to support and encour e th coordina­
tion of training and pi cement TV' es
for high hool and community college
tudents in Berri n County and thi i
why we are parti ularly glad to ha e the
Ica on our campu and to a . t it in
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