text: 4NQvember, heexpressed deepconcern aboutthebanning QfI~~~Moil, andQn 12June1989,hestrongly condemned therenewal ofthestateofemerqency f~rthe fourthconsecutive year,emphasizing thatthat"ruthless anddesperate" actwould further aggravate thecQnflict inSvuthAfrica. On22August1989,heexpressed concern attheincrease inviolent attacks perpetrated against~~ opponents, inparticular against thepeople's poetMzwakhe Mbuliandhisfamily, andatthe ArreRtofUDrleader Mohamme~ ValliMOQse. 208.OntheSUbject ofpolitical prisoners anddetainees, theChairman senta message toZephania MothQpeng, President andfounder ofPAC,ontheoccasion ofhis ~eventy-fifth birthday on9September 1986.Subsequently, on29November 1988,he welcomed Mr.Mothopenq's release afternineyearsofincarceration forhis opposition to~parthei~ (seepara.201). 209.Following theconclusion oftheDelmastrial,inwhichthreeUDrleaders w~re convicted Qf"hightl'eason" andeightothers wereconvicted of"telrorism",thH ActingChairman criticized theuseQfthejUdiciary tosuppress theanti-aJ.ltUt.beJ.Jl opposition. On9February 1989,heexpressed theSpecial Committee'R Rnlidarity ··!:>3-withdetainees whowereonhungerstrikeinprisons throughout thecountry to protest against their"unjustified andprolonged detention without trial". 210.Inresponse todeathsentences, executions andassassinatl~ns, theChairman condemned thedeathsentences pronounced on24January 1989on14individuals who hadbeenpartofthe"Upington 26"case(seeparA.22above). Notingthatthe 14persons hadbeenconvicted solelyonthegroundof"common purpose", t.he Chairman stressed thatthisnotionofcollective responsibility hadlongbeen rejected byinternational law. 211.On23November 1988,theChairman expre3sed a .,"ilarconcern aboutthe s~heduled execution ofPaulTefoSetlaba andconde'.edtheplanned executions of Ndumiso SiloSiphenuka, Mackezwana Menze,Sibusiso Masuku, OupaMbonane and Abraham Mgomezulu. On11.August 1989,theChairman e,.-pressed concern onceagainat thecondition ofpolitical prisoner Robert JOh!lMcBride, whoisstillondeRthrow alongwithmorethanasotherpolitical prisoners. 212.On5May1989,theChairmftncondemnecl theaSB8ss.lnation .in~lohannf!sburg fill 1MayofDr.DavidWebster, aleading SouthAfrican whitedemocrat. Pointluy to hisassassination aBthelatestinRlonglineofasyetunresolvea nssnss\nnt\onR ofanti-apartbill activists, theChairman calledforathorough investiqation into thecircumstances surrounding thiscaseand,further, forani.nternational InqulL'Y intotheactivities oftheincreasing numberofdeathaquaclsinSouth"'frfen (IWO para.30). C.Ac..t..J,!d.tJ..eaJ2.L._t..ue_ Special C.o.mmiUee li\q~in.at. ~tQ~Q.t.fl.UQ1LWJ,.th SwAthAfr~.c.Q 213.TheSpecial Committoe continued itsefforts toperRuade Uoverrunentn tocnase theireconomic, military andotherrelations withSouthAfrica, andwhen appropriate, brought totheGovernments' attntionreports concerning actsor collaboration. Onseveral occasions, it.alsoexprel;sed apJ:lreciation tothose Stateswhichhadadopted measures toendsuchrelations. 214.TheHearings wereorganized bytheIntergovernmental GrouptoMonitor the !;upply andShipping ofOilandPetroleum Products toSouthAfrica, inco-operetiull w..i.ththeSpecial Committee, andwereheldatUnitedNations Heiulquflrt.ers all 12and13August 1989. APanelunderthechairmAnship ofMr.Abdelaziz Al,-w8tterl, Secretary-General oftheOrganization ofArabPetroleum Exporting CountriflS (OAPEC), andconsisting ofplghtexperts inthefield,heardtestimony by 16witnesses onanumberofaspects oftheoilembargo i-lgninRl". HouthAfr t~l'l.'I'ho opening session oftheHearings wasAddressed bytheChairman o(theSpacial Committ~e, Major-GAneral Josoph N.Gorba, andbytheChnirman ofthe Intergovernmental Group, H.E.Mr.TomVraalsen (Norway). Throughout t.hoIIEH,,·jllgfl, thePl'melfocuseditsattention onLheimplementation finde[feeU'.of!!nol1iLUL1tl~1()( t.he,111embargo andontheI'Jedt.oco-ordinate intornational lJ(furt.~; LuBLopthe flowof011andpetroleum product::; toSouthAfrica. AmongthespocHlc lSBucti co.'lGidered w~re:thedependence ofSouthAfrica onoilllnclpetI"olE'Jtun producLn and itsattempts tostockpile1 thedevelopmRnt ofsubstitut.es dill!I.HhUtiveB byHoutll
analysis: The text appears to be a collection of statements and condemnations made by a chairman or leader regarding the political situation in South Africa during the late 1980s. The main focus is on the human rights violations, political prisoners, and the economic embargo against South Africa. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, agriculture, industry, transport, communication, health, education, employment, humanitarian aid, culture, or science and technology.