text: Effect onAttemots"co CreatetheClimate NecesRarv forNegotiations (a)OeathsinPoliceCustodv 14.O.0Sincethebeginning of1990.4peopleheldforpolitical reasons, havediedinpolice custody. Onewas16yearoldNixonPhiri. Hewasamongst alargegroupofchildren andyouthwhoweretakentothe Welverdiend PoliceStation forpurposes ofinterrogation. Theywere calledintointerrogation rooms, oneatatime. WhenNlxon's turncame, theycouldhearhimscreaming, andeventually, therewassilence. His interrogators cameoutoftheroom,closed thedoorandwentintoanother roomandcontinued interrogating theothers. Theyallege thatNixon, never c~meoutoftheroomandwasnot$eenagain. The.postmortem findings revealed severe hendinjuries nndbruising alloverhisbody. Therewerethreewitnesses whowereprepared totestify. Twoofthe three.hnvebeenshotdownbypolice. Thethirdboy.16.isonthe runfearing forhislife. 14.1.0 Another deathindetention, wasthatofClayton Slthole, detained underSection 29oftheInternal Security Act.Mr.deKlerk hastily setupacommission ofinquiry intothedeathwhichthejudge foundasltsuicidell • /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryL/ 44/ 963 English Page 22 14. 2.0 The death of }tichael Zunga, fo1lowed. Although orgadlsatlons c,rLIed for siEilar inquiries into che Phiri and zLrnga deaths, !here has been a toEal lack of response by Mr. de KleEk. In March, another detal.nee' Lucas TlhotlhoEisang,acivlc nenber fron Schqeltzer-Reneke d1ed. Sidilatly' chere has been no enquiry lnto his deach. I4.3.0 The police have respooded to the nass actioos of co@unlties ln an unpredlctable way, Mass Earches and gatherings have taken Place rrlth elther no po1lce 1n evldence or keeplng a 1ov proflle. when th19 haPpens' thele is never a probler. At other tl es, rhe polLce are there 1n force and act 1rr a brutal manner. ln January, ln Khutsong, at a gachering to Protest the deach 14.4 . 0 in police custody of Nlxon Phirl, pollce flred on the People I'j.lhouc varnlng. A horrj.fled Australlan diplonat, Mr. Coledzlno'rskl wLlnessed the deaths and voundlng of the people and ',las so enraged th4t he Publlcly .?l rl.l.a; rha n^11.a 14.5.0 There l'as an unprovoked attack on people at a Peaceful Sebokeng Barch, I4 pcople were killed and hundreds wounded. President de Klerk has annouoced that an lndependent enquiry lttl1 be insEltuted' 14 . 6,0 On 19 Aprll 1990 in Rasrulotsl tottnshlp, 0range Free Stace' four pupils between the ages of 13 - 16 were shot by the PoLlce and
analysis: The text appears to be a report on human rights abuses and police brutality in South Africa during the 1990s. It highlights the deaths of several individuals in police custody, including children, and the lack of accountability and justice for the victims' families. The text also mentions the government's response to protests and gatherings, which is often violent and unpredictable. Given the focus on human rights, police violence, and government accountability, it is likely that the text falls under the categories related to human rights and social issues.