The World - News from June 14, 1989

A disabled South African black nationalist leader and scores of other mourners were whipped by police at the funeral of a slain trade unionist near Natal’s provincial capital of Pietermaritzburg, the disabled man’s family said. Harry Gwala, 70, who served 21 years in jail alongside imprisoned African National Congress leader Nelson R. Mandela for plotting to overthrow white rule, was injured on his shoulders, back, legs and hands, his daughter said. Gwala’s family said he was among mourners who attended the funeral of Jabu Ndlovhu, a trade unionist killed in fighting between rival black groups. Police had imposed restrictions on the service, including a limit on the number of mourners.