Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Penal System of the Republic of South Africa, (1977), S.A.: Government Printer. The issue of capital punishment was specifically excluded from the Commission's terms of reference. See Government Notice no. 1854 of 18 October, 1974.
2.
Report of the Penal and Prison Reform Commission, (1947), S.A.: Government Printer.
3.
Id., at 93.
4.
Kahn, E. (1960) "Crime and Punishment 1910-1960—Reflections on Changes since Union in the Law of Criminal Punishment and its Application ", Acta Juridica, 209, 191-222.
5.
Midgley, J. (1974) "Public Opinion and the Death Penalty in South Africa", Brit. J. Crim., 14, 347, 345-358.
6.
Kahn. E., supra, note 4 at 216.
7.
Supra, note 1 at 78.
8.
These include contraventions of legislation which impose curfews, require the registration of Africans and stipulate that they carry and produce on demand passes which permit the bearer to be in a White area. See Horrell, M. (1963) Legislation and Race Relations, SA: Institute of Race Relations.
9.
Debates of the House of Assembly, 25 May, 1971, Vol. 16, col. 7491.
10.
Prisons Act, no. 8 of 1959, s. 2(2).
11.
Corry, M.T. (1975) Crime and Imprisonment in South Africa with Particular Reference to Prison Labour, 23, S.A.: University of Cape Town, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis.
12.
Steyn, J.H. (1974) "The Punishment Scene in South Africa". In Crime, Criminology and Public Policy, ed. Hood, R., 542, U.K.: Heineman.
13.
Midgley, J. (1977) "Two Studies of the Politics of Penal Change in South Africa", Howard Journal, 16, 32-34.
14.
Supra, note 1 at 23.
15.
Corry, T. M., supra, note 11 at 92.
16.
Midgley, J. , supra, note 13. See also Bates, F. (1971) " Contempt and the Criminologist", Criminologist6, 78-84.
17.
Shangasi, S. v. et al (1972) (2) S.A. 410 at 415.
18.
Steyn, J. H., supra, note 12 at 558.
19.
Report of the Commission of Enquiry into Criminal Procedure and Evidence, (1971) S.A.: Government Printer .
20.
Supra, note 1 at 163.
21.
Id., at 48.
22.
Graser, R. (1977) in an editorial in S. Afr. J. Crim. L. & C. , 1, 5, 4-5.
