remainindeathrow. Theirfateremains uncertain because theApartheid regimeretains thelegalpowertoliftthemoratorium andresumeexecutions. Therearealsoover300political trialsstillinprogress. (SeeAnnex 4attached). 17.1.0 TheregimehasyettoaccedetoProtocol 1oftheGeneva Convention relative tothetreatment ofprisoners ofwarofAugust 12. 1949.whichrecognises warsofNational Liberation aslegitimate armed conflicts andrulesthatcaptured combatants belonging tothearmed formations ofNational Liberation Movements shouldbetreated as prisoners-ef-war. Accordingly, captured combatants ofUmkhonto We Slzwe. havebeencharged withcriminal offences Jincluding murder. Somehavebeensentenced todeathandexecuted. Othersconvicted areserving sentences. Nonehaveeverbeenaccorded prisoners-of-war status. (Vi)EndInformal Repression 18.0.0 Although theHarareDeclaration eftheOAUAd-Hoc Committee /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library^/44/963algllsh Page 25 oo Souchern Africa on the Quescion of South Africa and the United Natl.ons Cons€nsus DeclaratLoo on Apartheid and its Destluctlve Consequences iir Southern AfrLca require the Apartheld reglroe to fulf11!, at the least, five cordLtlons Ln orde! to create the necessary cll.Bare for negotlatlons, the Monltoring Group has found that there exlsts lncense v{olence lhroughgut. South Africa, broughc abouc by state-sponsored lnfordal represslon and that lt aLso l[i.lltaEes against che cleatl,or of the necessary cllmate for nego tlatlon. r8,t.0 Inforrnal represslon ln the South AfriLan contexE 1s noc new, but received a c!enendous boost lrith thc establLsh[ent of che Nallona.]- Security Managehent SystaEr, with the National Security Counci.l at lls head. In Security hatcers,fhls counell became nore po{erful chan the cabinel itself. lts tentacLes reached cvery level of soclety through Jolnt Management CentEes by co-optlng local councLls' local J.odustry and local buslness, etc. In thls nanner antl-apartheid actlvlscs and orgalisatlons are ldenrl,fled, noniloEed, harassed and neutrallsed I'n various i{ays. of 1ate, the role or the profile of the Natlonal Securlty Counc!l has been subdued but 1cs ba6lc features retraln lntact. It renalns a najor lntLDidatory factor agalnst free polttical actlvlry' Crowlng fascl€c vlolence of whLte rlght \"'lng groups and lhe regloerg lnclinallon to condone this have led to the escalatlon of vlolence agains! the tnajority of the people 1n South Afrlca. For
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on the political situation in South Africa during the Apartheid era. It discusses the treatment of political prisoners, the lack of recognition of prisoners of war status, and the use of informal repression by the government. The text also mentions the violence and human rights abuses perpetrated by the government and white right-wing groups.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights